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Fundraising in focus: Mycelia Renewables
28 Feb 2024 – Mycelia Renewables has partnered with FRRR to fundraise, using a Not-for-Profit Fundraising Account, to support and enable circular economy initiatives with Traditional Owners, rural business and regional communities.
Grants available to connect rural communities
27 Feb 2024 – Telstra’s Connected Communities Grant Program is offering grants up to $10,000 to strengthen social capital and digital capability.
FRRR reports $22.5M granted in FY23 to address remote, rural, regional priorities
20 Feb 2024 – FRRR distributed a record $22.5M last financial year, shared across more than 550 communities across Australia, as reported in the FY23 Annual Review.
Support continues for local groups leading bushfire recovery in rural Victoria
19 Feb 2024 – Three Victorian NFPs, working in places impacted by the 2019-20 bushfires, have been awarded grants in the closing round of FRRR’s Bushfire Recovery Fund.
Rural communities receive $1.5M boost
13 Feb 2024 – More than $1.5 million in grants has been announced for 110 community groups across remote, rural and regional Australia through FRRR’s flagship SRC program.
Funding available to prepare for dry times
13 Feb 2024 – Funding is available from the latest round of FRRR’s Small Network Grants for initiatives that build community preparedness and resilience to future drought.
Kyabram’s Tastes & Tunes Festival
07 Feb 2024 – A Gardiner Foundation Community grant funded the entertainment component of the Kyabram Development Committee’s Tastes & Tunes Festival.
Strengthening Victoria’s dairy communities
07 Feb 2024 – Community groups in small communities across three Victorian dairy regions can now apply for Gardiner Foundation Community Grants up to $5,000.
IncrediGirls makes for incredible learning opportunities
07 Feb 2024 – A Gardiner Foundation Community grant has helped the Welshpool and District Primary School address the gender imbalance through their IncrediGirls program.
Reconnecting community in South Purrumbete
31 Jan 2024 – The South Purrumbete community banded together to save the disused Recreation Reserve building with a vision to create a vibrant community hub.
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