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Art about town in Smithton
28 Nov 2020 – Circular Head Council brought the community together for a three week celebration of visual and performative arts performances and exhibits in Smithton and surrounding towns in north-west Tasmania, thanks to…
Grants continue to support Black Summer bushfire recovery
26 Nov 2020 – FRRR, in partnership with News Corp, has awarded 18 communities impacted by the Black Summer bushfires a total of $341,280 in grants for 20 projects that will support the recovery…
Communities tackling drought receive nearly $1.5M in grants
26 Nov 2020 – FRRR has awarded $1,454,165 in grants for 41 community-led projects through its award-winning grants program, Tackling Tough Times Together (TTTT).
Freestone Friday Friendlies
25 Nov 2020 – With thanks to a grant from the Australian Government, administered by FRRR as part of the Tackling Tough Times Together grant program, the Community Hall used for Freestone Friday Friendlies…
Seeds of friendship
25 Nov 2020 – Drake residents wanted to learning more about permaculture, so the Granite Border Landcare Committee created a six-part workshop series. With thanks to a $4,000 Small Grants for Rural Communities grant,…
Merrigum Primary’s Song Room
25 Nov 2020 – In partnership with Merrigum Primary School, The Song Room, an organisation that delivers integrated music lessons in school delivered a six-month music program to students from Foundation to Year 6.…
Totally Renewable Yackandandah
25 Nov 2020 – Totally Renewable Yackandandah (TRY) is a driving force behind its town’s push for renewables and increasing local ownership. TRY received $4,878 from the Australian Communities Foundation’s (ACF), through their FRRR…
Grants support innovative mental health solutions
24 Nov 2020 – Thirteen locally-run organisations in rural Australia are sharing in $200,000 in grants to support mental health initiatives through FRRR’s In a Good Place program.
Managing bushfire risk at Dolphin Sands
24 Nov 2020 – The Dolphin Sands Ratepayers Association received a $9,900 Tackling Tough Times Together grant, funded by Westpac Group, to engage a commercial mulcher and its crew, to process around 150 tonnes…
Disaster Resilient: Future Ready program to launch in Victoria
20 Nov 2020 – FRRR is inviting community members in Myrtleford, Beaufort, Korumburra, Paynesville, St Arnaud, Whittlesea and Yarra Junction to find out how the Disaster Resilient: Future Ready program can help them to…
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