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DeadlyScience – Inspiring a new generation of scientists in remote Australia
24 Mar 2021 – Did you know that some schools in remote Australian communities might have as few as 15 books in their library? That discovery in 2017 prompted Corey Tutt to start sourcing…
Support available as recovery continues, 12 years on
22 Mar 2021 – Twelve years on from the 2009 Victorian bushfires, FRRR is offering another round of funding to support communities as they continue to rebuild, reconnect and recover.
Grant helps the show go on in Bega
16 Mar 2021 – Funded through the In a Good Place grant program, My Black Dog’ was a powerful youth-centric research and performance project, that set out to learn about and support the mental…
More than $640,000 in bushfire recovery funding distributed
16 Mar 2021 – FRRR has awarded $642,481 in grants to help seed and strengthen the recovery of regions impacted by the Black Summer bushfires, through its SRC program.
More than $1M distributed to Strengthen Rural Communities
16 Mar 2021 – FRRR has awarded more than $1M in grants to help boost remote and rural communities across Australia, through its Strengthening Rural Communities program.
Free grantseeker workshop for WA community groups
11 Mar 2021 – Update: WA Grantseeker Workshop recording is available to watch.
Shed helps create a community and strengthen networks
11 Mar 2021 – In the five years following 2014, the little place of Roughlie, in Queensland’s Maranoa district, experienced pretty much everything the elements could throw at it. They endured floods, fires, severe…
Local not-for-profits invited to have their say
10 Mar 2021 – FRRR is inviting NFPs in the Ulladulla region to take part in upcoming workshops to plan how the Investing in Rural Community Futures program can support them.
Managing for dry times in Hovell’s Creek
05 Mar 2021 – The impact of investing in resilience Hovells Creek Landcare (HCL), NSW received an FRRR grant to support a series of workshops to increase land management knowledge and strategies, at the…
Insights from our team – Q2 of FY2021
04 Mar 2021 – Over the last few months, our team has continued to connect with communities around the country. It’s still primarily virtual, but that still gives us a strong understanding of what’s…
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