strengthening rural communities
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.
CRASHENDO! Bairnsdale beats the blues
28 Jan 2021 – Unlike most other youth music programs, CRASHENDO! Bairnsdale is not only about the tunes. Modelled after Venezuela’s National System of Youth and Children’s Orchestras and Choirs El Sistema Global, CRASHENDO!…
Gwalla railway mural and art trail enhancements
28 Jan 2021 – The need for the diversification of industry has been well known to the Northampton community for many years, given the heavy reliance on agriculture. Drought and unpredictable seasons have seen…
Rural communities strengthened with more than $1.1M in grants
19 Jan 2021 – One hundred and one projects set to strengthen remote, rural and regional Australia have been given an encouraging boost, with 96 communities sharing in $1,112,492 in grants, thanks to the…
More than $580,000 in grants to strengthen bushfire recovery
19 Jan 2021 – Thirty-four projects set to seed and strengthen the recovery of communities affected by the 2019-20 bushfires are sharing in $589,945 in grants, thanks to aa special stream of bushfire recovery…
George Town Neighbourhood Home
09 Dec 2020 – It’s hard not to smile when entering George Town Neighbourhood House. The community centre is a vibrant place, buzzing with people working to fight structural disadvantages in the area. With…
Kingston Beach Surf Life Saving Club
09 Dec 2020 – If you head north along the stunning beaches of the Kingsborough coast in southern Tasmania, you are bound to hit the town of Kingston. It’s one of the more central…
Community Tree Planting in Peppimenarti and Nganmarriyanga
09 Dec 2020 – A Strengthening Rural Communities (SRC) grant from FRRR, funded with the support of the John T Reid Charitable Trusts, helped enhance the availability of fresh fruit, as well as create…
Grants now available to strengthen rural communities across Australia
15 Jul 2020 – FRRR’s flagship grants program, Strengthening Rural Communities, is now inviting applications for grants of up to $10,000 through the Small & Vital stream, and up to $25,000 through the program’s…
Nearly $140,000 in grants for bushfire-affected communities
25 Jun 2020 – The Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal has awarded $138,815 in grants for 12 community-led projects in rural, regional and remote communities impacted by the Summer bushfires, through its Strengthening…
More than $900,000 in grants awarded to rural communities
25 Jun 2020 – The Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR) has awarded $912,986 in grants of up to $25,000 to rural, regional and remote communities across Australia through its Strengthening Rural Communities…