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22 Feb 2023 – The Grants Only Group in the Lower Tarwin Valley District in Victoria successfully applied for a $4,838 Gardiner Dairy Foundation Community Grant to purchase a Community PA System.
Grants for Resilience & Wellness for Kinglake Ranges communities now open
21 Feb 2023 – FRRR is inviting applications from local not-for-profit groups for grants to support ongoing recovery efforts following the Black Saturday bushfires in 2009.
$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.
2023 Back to School (General) Program Recipients
10 Feb 2023 – List of 2023 FRRR Back to School (General) grant recipients.
Local NFP partner needed for drought preparedness program
09 Feb 2023 – The Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) and the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation (ARLF) are looking for a local NFP partner to work with them across the Far West…
New partnership with Telstra to connect communities
02 Feb 2023 – FRRR today welcomed a new $600,000 partnership with Telstra, which will see Telstra’s Connected Communities Grant Program launch in March 2023.
Grants on offer in Victoria’s dairy regions
01 Feb 2023 – FRRR has announced the opening of this year’s round of the Gardiner Foundation Community Grants Program to support Victorian dairy regions.
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.
Tanjil Valley Settlers’ stories printed
20 Jan 2023 – With a $3,400 grant from the Gardiner Dairy Foundation Community grants program, the History Gatherer’s Group was able to collate and publish History Talks – Settlers’ Histories A Generation On.
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