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Partnership helps put communities ‘In a Good Place’
28 Sep 2022 – Jeremy Yipp and Lauren Clair from our partners at CCI Giving recently joined one of our team meetings as part of an overview of the CCI Giving / FRRR partnership,…
Community-driven regional health solutions
28 Sep 2022 – Funded through an FRRR Enhancing Country Health Outcomes (ECHO) grant in 2020, Northern District Community Health (NDCH) is making the good use of their $115,000 grant, funded by Beyond Medical…
New life for the Katanning pool hall
28 Sep 2022 – Thanks to a $10,000 Strengthening Rural Communities grant, funded by IKEA Australia, the Katanning and Districts Pool Association was able to revamp the ageing pool hall and add a meal…
Forging friendships and recovery
28 Sep 2022 – The Kingscote Men’s Shed received a $3,683 Strengthening Rural Communities grant to support recovery from the 2019/20 bushfires that devastated much of Kangaroo Island, by restoring an historic jetty trolley.
Rural communities given a $1.7 million boost
28 Sep 2022 – Thanks to FRRR’s Strengthening Rural Communities (SRC) program, 130 projects across remote, rural and regional Australia will share in $1,663,531 in grants. These projects are all community-led initiatives that will…
Trailblazers supported to strengthen rural communities
28 Sep 2022 – In partnership with the Sally Foundation and ABC, FRRR is awarding grants to support six young leaders who are working on projects that respond to challenges, issues and opportunities in…
Donor Spotlight: Raine & Horne Foundation
21 Sep 2022 – Earlier this month, The Raine and Horne Foundation announced a new partnership with FRRR. The funds will be used to support hyper-local community projects in rural Australia. In the lead…
Tiwi Enterprises strengthening their community
15 Sep 2022 – On the Tiwi Islands, 80km north of Darwin in the NT, Tiwi Enterprises strives for the economic betterment of Tiwi people and their community. They were supported through FRRR’s SRC…
FRRR welcomes Raine & Horne Foundation’s support for remote, rural and regional Australia
09 Sep 2022 – The Raine & Horne Foundation today announced a $100,000 donation to FRRR. The Raine & Horne Foundation supports a range of causes and is Superbrand Raine & Horne’s private philanthropic…
More than $900,000 awarded to community-led groups building pandemic resilience
06 Sep 2022 – Twenty-seven community-led groups in remote, rural and regional NSW will share in $912,505 awarded through the Resilience NSW COVID Regional Community Support (CRCS) program.
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