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Empowering carers and the chronically ill with support and information
23 Nov 2021 – Anam Cara House Colac is a community owned hospice established to provide respite, palliative care and end of life care for the people of South West Victoria. Carers, family and…
$1.3 million granted to communities that are tackling drought together
22 Nov 2021 – Thanks to FRRR’s TTTT program, 38 community initiatives in remote, rural and regional communities tacking drought will share in $1,316,217.
Local Victorian groups playing a critical role in bushfire recovery share $400,000 in funding
19 Nov 2021 – FRRR has awarded grants to four Victorian community groups playing a central role in the long-term recovery of communities impacted by the 2019/20 bushfires through the Bushfire Recovery Fund.
Progress update: November 2021
17 Nov 2021 – In the last quarter, we approved grants of $5.43M in grants to support 230 projects via 10 programs. The average success rate was 48% – this was from 481 requests,…
Insights from the bush – November 2021
17 Nov 2021 – Our Program Portfolio Leads recently presented to the FRRR board on some of the common issues and themes emerging in funding requests that we are receiving from community groups, and…
Donor Spotlight: Pinnacle Charitable Foundation
17 Nov 2021 – Mary Jung has a dual role with Pinnacle Investment Management – as the Community Investment Manager for the company, and as the CEO and Company Secretary of the philanthropic arm…
Rural women leading from the front in responding to a changing climate
15 Nov 2021 – Disaster Resilience and Recovery Lead, Nina O’Brien, discusses the efforts made by local people, particularly women, to build community resilience to drought.
Youth-inspired ideas set to become life-changing projects
15 Nov 2021 – Twenty-three youth-inspired projects have been awarded grants through the FRRR ABC Heywire Youth Innovation Grants program.
FRRR reports significant increase in support for rural communities
05 Nov 2021 – A unique Australian charity significantly increased its year-on-year grant making, giving remote, rural and regional communities across the country a much-needed funding boost as they adapted to the impacts of…
Tassie Youth teach Anti-Racism
03 Nov 2021 – Unlearning prevalent and systemic racism in this country is a requirement if we are to move forward as a unified Australia – and who better to facilitate this and implement…
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