Recovery & Resilience Stories
You can use the categories to the right to explore particular topics. You’ll also find inspiring stories about some of the wonderful things community groups do with that funding. We also share a selection of media stories, where FRRR or a member of our staff has been featured. For any media enquiries, email Julie Weldon or call 0423 110 802.
$1.3 million investment starts rolling out in South Coast communities
13 Feb 2023 – FRRR announced today that they have appointed two facilitators in the Shoalhaven region to support the ongoing delivery of their Investing in Rural Communities Futures program.
Copmanhurst Pre-School’s journey to recovery
23 Jan 2023 – Copmanhurst Pre-School have created a Healing Circle and Native garden using a $8,650 grant through The Yulgilbar Foundation Fund.
Rural groups awarded nearly $1.45 million
18 Jan 2023 – FRRR has awarded $1,448,968 in grants to 121 projects across remote, rural and regional Australia as part of their Strengthening Rural Communities (SRC) program.
FRRR welcomes Newcrest’s flood appeal donation
15 Dec 2022 – FRRR today welcomed a contribution of $150,000 from the Newcrest Sustainability Fund, which will go toward flood-recovery in communities affected by the ongoing flood emergency across the Central West of…
Bega Valley communities receive a $1.3 million bushfire recovery boost
23 Nov 2022 – The Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal today welcomed the expansion of the place-based Investing in Rural Community Futures (IRCF) program to the Bega Valley, thanks to an injection of…
Shoalhaven fire-affected communities receive a $1.3 million recovery boost
23 Nov 2022 – The Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal today shared that a $1.3 million funding boost for the Shoalhaven region to further enhance the capacity of local not-for-profit organisations to support…
Rebuilding community through clearing tracks for management of fire (kala) in Ngadju country
10 Nov 2022 – Following the 2019/20 bushfires, Ngadju Conservation Aboriginal Corporation received a $25,000 Strengthening Rural Communities grant RR to help the Ngadju Rangers to both repair the damage and undertake work to…
Creative bushfire recovery in the Scenic Rim
10 Nov 2022 – Through the News Corp Bushfire Fund program, FRRR helped to fund The Little Pocket Association’s initiative ‘Regeneration – Creative Bushfire Recovery’ project.
Creativity rises from the ashes in Mooral Creek
10 Nov 2022 – Following the devastation of the 2019/20 bushfires, the Mooral Creek Hall & Progress Association Committee embarked upon a project to bring the whole community together to connect, reflect and support…
Festival revives East Gippsland
21 Oct 2022 – To help revive spirits and bring people back to East Gippsland, a group of locals came up with the idea of The East Gippsland Winter Festival, to help the community…