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Good times and opportunities for Eden youth
26 May 2020 – Youth unemployment and disengagement is a big problem in Eden. The Eden Game Development Centre received a $9,692 ABC Heywire Youth Innovation Grant to deliver their version of the Heywire…
Sally Foundation Trailblazer Development Fund – 2020 Grant Recipients
21 May 2020 – Sally Foundation Trailblazer Development Fund – 2020 Grant Recipients
Nearly $2M granted to drought-affected communities
19 May 2020 – Fifty-eight community-led projects that help drought-affected rural, regional and remote Australian communities are sharing in nearly $2 million in grants, through FRRR’s Tackling Tough Times Together (TTTT) program.
Investing in Rural Community Futures Start-Up Grants now available
18 May 2020 – The Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal is inviting not-for-profit organisations in the Shoalhaven communities of Ulladulla, Batemans Bay and Nowra to apply for Investing in Rural Community Futures Start-Up…
Government’s bushfire recovery funding announcement welcomed
14 May 2020 – The Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR) has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement of $650M from the Bushfire Recovery Fund to be directed to ten bushfire-affected regions. FRRR supports…
Local facilitator appointed to help Junee turn ideas into reality
13 May 2020 – Junee not-for-profits will now have a set of helping hands to assist in the development, implementation and evaluation of projects suggested as part of the Investing in Rural Community Futures…
Grants available to improve health services in rural Victoria and NSW
05 May 2020 – The Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal is inviting not-for-profit organisations to apply for an Enhancing Country Health Outcomes (ECHO) grant to deliver initiatives that improve the health of people…
Visy Tumut Region Recovery Fund awards further grants
05 May 2020 – The Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal, in partnership with the Pratt Foundation, has granted a further $79,600 to support four projects that will help Tumut Region communities recover from…
New partnership to support community groups in the Shoalhaven
30 Apr 2020 – The Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) and The Snow Foundation have announced a $2.5 million, multi-year partnership that will help boost the confidence, ability and skills of not-for-profit…
Gippsland’s Healthy CHAT project
28 Apr 2020 – Latrobe Community Health Services were awarded a $125,200 Enhancing Country Health Outcomes (ECHO) grant to develop and evaluate a training package for primary health staff in rural settings, in the…
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