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Back to School for Barossa Valley kids
10 Nov 2022 – In total 753 Back to School (BTS) vouchers were distributed to schools across the country thanks to the ongoing support from our generous donors.
Vocal Locals Strengthen Loxton
10 Nov 2022 – A $148,250 grant through the Future Drought Fund’s Networks to Build Drought Resilience program has been used to establish the Vocal Locals – a project that supports local networks access…
Talking Hands for Frontline Responders
10 Nov 2022 – Using a $25,000 grant through the News Corp Bushfire Fund program, Deaf Can: Do partnered with SA CFS volunteers across the state to teach basic AUSLAN skills.
Building capacity in Nambucca Valley
10 Nov 2022 – The Nambucca Valley in NSW was one of the first participating communities in the Investing in Rural Community Futures Program. The Mujaay Ganma Foundation was established to support Aboriginal people…
The return of the Outback Festival to Winton
10 Nov 2022 – Outback Festival Australia have used a $45,000 Tackling Tough Times Together grant to help them host one of their largest Festivals capitalising on the holidaying demographic contained to Queensland due…
Resilient Educators Program
10 Nov 2022 – Ltyentye Apurte Catholic School is one of the most successful remote Aboriginal Schools in Central Australia and the NT. Using a $10,000 Strengthening Rural Communities grant they funded the Resilience…
Putting the impressive geology of the Furneaux region on the map
10 Nov 2022 – Thanks to the help of an FRRR grant of $24,924, through the Strengthening Rural Communities program, the Furneaux Historical Research Association was able to complete the second stage of the…
A mobile boost for Freycinet’s Volunteer Marine Rescue Association
10 Nov 2022 – A $2,244 grant from FRRR’s Strengthening Rural Communities program supported the Freycinet Volunteer Marine Rescue Association installation of the mobile booster. The project, described by the Association as ”one of…
Strengthen pride, strengthen youth in Nauiyu
10 Nov 2022 – With collaboration between local artists, community members, young people, and service providers, and a $5,000 Strengthening Rural Communities grant, Red Dust will deliver three large murals.
Remote laundries building strong remote communities
10 Nov 2022 – The Northern Australian Aboriginal Charitable Trust used a $10,000 Strengthening Rural Communities grant to use as a deposit to purchase a washing machine for the Yarralin Remote Laundries Project.
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