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Nearly $500,000 in grants awarded to grow community resilience and wellness
13 Jul 2021 – FRRR has awarded $499,959 in grants through its Grants for Resilience & Wellness (GR&W) programs, for 31 projects to help Victorian communities continue to build back better following the February…
Grants on offer to address issues that matter to young rural Australians
12 Jul 2021 – FRRR is inviting remote, rural and regional community groups apply for grants of up to $10,000 to help fund projects that provide innovative solutions to five priority issues identified by…
Victorian Dairy Communities share in over $130,000 in grant funding
12 Jul 2021 – Thirty projects from across Victoria’s three main dairy regions will share in $131,188 in grant funding to help build community capacity.
Protecting the Stone Country
05 Jul 2021 – Warddeken, an Aboriginal owned not-for-profit company, combines traditional ecological knowledge with Western science to manage and protect one of Australia’s most unique environments.
Join the conversation and help build your community’s resilience for future disasters
05 Jul 2021 – FRRR is inviting members in Myrtleford, Beaufort, Korumburra, Paynesville, St Arnaud, Whittlesea and Yarra Junction communities to learn about the Disaster Resilient: Future Ready program.
Search for facilitator to help Nambucca not-for-profits
01 Jul 2021 – The search is on for a facilitator to continue to support Nambucca Valley NFPs in their ongoing development, as part of FRRR’s IRCF program.
Local groups secure more than $1.2M in funding to strengthen their communities
30 Jun 2021 – Twenty-two projects in the Clarence Valley and surrounding region have received a boost with community groups sharing in more than $1.2M in grants.
New partnership backs community-led recovery
28 Jun 2021 – FRRR has announced a multi-year partnership with HMSTrust and the Sidney Myer Fund to support the recovery of 2019/20 bushfire-affected Victorian communities.
Support continues for students impacted by Black Summer bushfires
24 Jun 2021 – More than 6,800 students and families in places recovering from the 2019/20 bushfires will head Back to School in semester 2 with a little extra support.
Wonthaggi artworks to the rescue
24 Jun 2021 – Building confidence and connection with youth through art was the focus of a project supported by a $4,840 Gardiner Dairy Foundation grant in 2019. The State Coal Mine – Rescue…
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