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Sitting together; speaking up in WA’s mid-west
27 Sep 2021 – The Coorow Community Resource centre in Coorow, WA wanted to help support their community after a series of tragic mental health incidents. Using an In a Good Place grant they…
Yarra Valley ECOSS
27 Sep 2021 – Yarra Valley ECOSS is an environmental and educational not-for-profit organisation based on a 7.4 hectare permaculture-designed farm at Wesburn, just east of Melbourne. Their vision is to promote local food…
Nyngan mental and emotional wellbeing sessions to fight “Drought Fatigue”
27 Sep 2021 – The Wellbeing Mobile involved travelling out to small communities, providing an outreach service for mental and emotional wellbeing for adults.
Building Buchan’s resilience through rodeo
27 Sep 2021 – The Buchan Rodeo has been the highlight of the local event calendar for more than 50 years. Despite significant challenges, strong community leadership and strength overrode the challenging conditions and…
Tassie Food Co-op gets room to move
27 Sep 2021 – Okines Community House have built a user friendly extension to their Food Co-op to support families in need.
More than $1M hits the ground in rural communities across the country
22 Sep 2021 – Ninety locally-led initiatives that are set to strengthen remote, rural and regional communities across Australia are sharing in $1,057,044 in funding, thanks to FRRR’s Strengthening Rural Communities (SRC) grant program.
Rural mental health and wellbeing gets a $200,000 boost
21 Sep 2021 – FRRR has awarded $200,000 to 11 locally-led community initiatives that will provide mental health and wellbeing support for remote, rural and regional communities.
Volunteer Emergency Services encouraged to apply for funding
21 Sep 2021 – FRRR is encouraging local volunteer emergency services groups serving rural communities affected by the 2019/20 bushfires to apply now for the second round of Volunteer Emergency Services Fund program grants.
More grants available for community-led initiatives that build drought resilience
20 Sep 2021 – FRRR is inviting applications for the second round of the Future Drought Fund’s Networks to Build Drought Resilience program.
Desert paramedics get new kit bags
17 Sep 2021 – Through the support of FRRR, NAHS was able to upgrade the response bags in both of the NAHS emergency ambulances. The bags in use were ageing and inconsistent with a mismatch…
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