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Looking forward, looking back
23 Oct 2019 – In 2018, 25 years of QRRRWN history was celebrated at the QRRRWN annual conference in Kingaroy. This celebration featured a history project funded by the David Mactaggart Foundation via FRRR’s…
Wee Waa set to be Disaster Resilient: Future Ready thanks to $40,000 grant
11 Oct 2019 – The Wee Waa Rotary Club will build a Community Arts Hub and fund a Cultural Trail as part of the Disaster Resilient: Future Ready (DR:FR) Get Ready NSW Pilot, thanks…
FRRR and TFFF – an enduring partnership
27 Sep 2019 – The Tim Fairfax Family Foundation has been an ardent supporter of FRRR since it first partnered with us on the Rural Education Program in 2003. Seventeen years later, we sat…
Double the space, double the history in Lockhart
25 Sep 2019 – The Lockhart & District Historical Society used an FRRR fundraising account and a $15,000 grant from the Culture, Arts, Tourism and Community Heritage (CATCH) grants program allowed the Historical Society…
Fifty Small & Vital projects receive Strengthening Rural Communities grants
13 Sep 2019 – The Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR), in collaboration with a number of donor partners, is supporting 50 community projects from around Australia with a share of $328,121 through…
Training for the future
05 Sep 2019 – A $19,950 grant from the Grants for Resilience & Wellness grant program, funded by VBAF, enabled the Boolarra Community Development Group to run practical skills and knowledge workshops to increase local…
Grants for youth-driven initiatives deliver change in rural, regional and remote Australia
19 Aug 2019 – The Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR) today announced that 17 communities will share $135,516 in grants to pilot one of seven innovative ideas, thanks to the FRRR ABC…
Investing in Rural Community Futures helps NSW communities on the way to a more vibrant future
15 Aug 2019 – Community groups in five New South Wales locations will share in $300,000 in Start-Up Grants through the Investing in Rural Community Futures (IRCF) program. The program is a partnership between…
Support continues ten years on from Black Saturday
16 Jul 2019 – Thirty-five community projects that will assist the continued recovery of communities impacted by the Black Saturday Bushfires will receive funding totalling $602,308. The groups are the latest recipients of the…
FRRR supports the Uluru Statement from the Heart
12 Jul 2019 – We’re proud to be joining our peers and partners as a signatory to a letter to Australia’s First Nations peoples from the philanthropic sector supporting the Uluru Statement from the…
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