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Celebrating Yolngu culture in Ramingining
20 Jan 2023 – Using a Strengthening Rural Communities grant, funded by the Bertalli Family Foundation, the Bula’Bula Arts Centre was able to bring together the older and younger generations of Yolngu people to…
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…
Kempsey Shire Council shares insights on changing climate
12 Dec 2022 – Earlier this year, the FRRR team heard directly from Kempsey Shire Council, who had recently received a $56,960 grant for the Macleay Valley River to the Sea Festival through the…
It’s all about networking!
12 Dec 2022 – To foster help-seeking practices and build community connectedness, the District Council of Yankalilla in South Australia used an In A Good Place grant to engage a coordinator for the Fleurieu…
Helping to keep language alive in Kowanyama
12 Dec 2022 – In 2022, FRRR contributed $9,212 via a Strengthening Rural Communities grant funded by Friends of FRRR and FRRR towards the g-oz ‘Helping to keep language alive in Kowanyama’ project.
$500,000 in grants awarded for recovery from 2022 floods
09 Dec 2022 – FRRR, in partnership with Suncorp and GIO, has awarded $500,000 to 27 community groups impacted by the East Coast Australia floods in February and March 2022.
ANZ celebrates 20 years of Seeds of Renewal by awarding 20 grants to rural communities
06 Dec 2022 – In partnership with ANZ, FRRR has awarded $250,000 through 20 grants to remote, rural and regional community groups through the ANZ Seeds of Renewal Program.
Seed funding continues to make a difference several years on
05 Dec 2022 – Four years ago, PCYC Queensland received $8,000 through FRRR’s ANZ Seeds of Renewal program to buy some basic equipment for the initiative.
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