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More than $330,000 awarded to cultivate better mental health for rural communities and farmers
05 Jun 2025 – Nineteen NFPs are sharing in $334,501 through FRRR’s In a Good Place (IAGP) program to cultivate better mental health for rural communities and farmers.
More than $1M in grants to keep rural communities thriving
02 Jun 2025 – FRRR has awarded more than $1M in grants to 101 grassroots organisations across remote, rural and regional Australia.
Castlemaine’s clinic for people and their pets
29 May 2025 – The Regional Community Vet Clinic was awarded a $50,000 SRC grant to establish Victoria’s first low-cost, volunteer-run veterinary clinic and outreach service
Digital inclusion in rural volunteering
29 May 2025 – With support from the Telstra’s Connected Communities Grant Program, Family Care implemented ‘Better Impact’ – a powerful volunteer management app.
Tasmanian youth lead mental health tour
29 May 2025 – Backed by a $10,000 Heywire Youth Innovation Grant, THEIRS Inc collaborated with young Tasmanians to lead a powerful mental health initiative.
Collaboration puts Aboriginal Health in Aboriginal Hands
29 May 2025 – In 2023, the Spinifex Foundation SA (formerly the First Nations Philanthropic Funders Working Group), began implementing a project called Aboriginal Health in Aboriginal Hands: Responding to COVID-19 designed to address…
Changes coming to FRRR’s online granting system
26 May 2025 – Significant upgrades to the software system that FRRR uses to manage grant applications and acquittals means that FRRR will soon begin moving to the new system.
Powering dreams and sustainability in Tenterfield
23 May 2025 – Container of Dreams Limited is helping vulnerable Tenterfield, NSW residents to access sustainable, off-grid power through a solar battery charging station.
Movement with meaning in remote NT
23 May 2025 – Tracks Dance Company and Miku Performing Arts delivered a year-long dance and cultural storytelling project, Wuyal – Sugarbag Man, with a $50,000 SRC grant.
Meet Jo Kemp, Investing in Rural Community Futures VIC Program Manager
19 May 2025 – Jo Kemp is now at the helm of FRRR’s IRCF Victoria program, so we’ve taken the opportunity to ask her a few questions, so you can get to know her…
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