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Cotton communities receive $150,000 boost
20 Nov 2020 – FRRR has announced $150,000 in grants to boost farming communities in Queensland and New South Wales. 30 towns will receive a $5,000 boost as part of the Aussie Cotton Farmers…
ANZ Seeds of Renewal program helps 26 community groups in regional Australia
17 Nov 2020 – ANZ and the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal have announced 26 community groups across regional Australia will share $250,000 in grants through the The ANZ Seeds of Renewal program.
Partnership will help to strengthen communities impacted by Black Summer bushfires
16 Nov 2020 – The Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal’s Black Summer bushfire recovery funding has been bolstered thanks to a $250,000 donation from the Waislitz Foundation, in partnership with Australian Community Media.…
Leading in Longreach
26 Oct 2020 – A grant of $14,500 from the Tackling Tough Times Together program, co-funded by the Qantas Foundation and Friends of FRRR, meant that 20 people in Longreach, QLD, had the opportunity…
A new historic cellar for Beltana
26 Oct 2020 – Beltana is a small, state heritage listed town with a population of 35 people located 540 km north of Adelaide in South Australia. A $15,000 grant funded by ANZ and…
Friends of St Brigid’s get creative during COVID
20 Oct 2020 – The Friends of St Brigid’s (FoSB) Association Inc is a community organisation formed in 2006 after the closure of the local Church and Hall in Crossley, Victoria. The group purchased…
Episode 4: The Power of a shared passion for conservation
20 Oct 2020 – In our fourth and final podcast in this series, journalist Cameron Wilson discovers that a shared interest in conservation and environment can be a potent driver of social cohesion. We…
Insights from the bush – October 2020
18 Oct 2020 – Each quarter, we ask FRRR’s staff to share some of their observations from speaking with community leaders across the country, and reviewing grant applications. Below are a few comments from…
Grants to help fill the gaps in rural health
08 Oct 2020 – FRRR has awarded $368,768 in grants to four community health organisations in rural, regional and remote NSW and VIC to enhance the primary and preventative health service offering in their…
Local BTS partners sought in bushfire-affected areas
06 Oct 2020 – The Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal is seeking local partners in bushfire-affected LGAs to help with the distribution of more than $767,000 in $50 vouchers thanks to a special…
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