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Kidz Group provides a safe place for kids impacted by domestic violence
15 Jun 2017 – The effects of domestic violence on children are well documented, yet often there are no systems in place to support these kids who witness the physical and /or sexual and…
Hot spot snapshots – Tasmanian Midlands biodiversity
30 May 2017 – A $4,000 grant from the Small Grants for Rural Communities program, funded by the Yulgilbar Foundation saw Greening Australia run two activity field days at Cressy and Campbell Town, south…
Eight years on, grants still supporting recovery from Black Saturday
22 Feb 2017 – Twenty-four community groups impacted by the 2009 Victorian bushfires have received funding to support the community needs that continue to emerge post the devastating disaster, thanks to the Victorian Bushfire…
Dungog learns from the past in preparing for the future
21 Feb 2017 – Dungog Information & Neighbourhood Service Inc. initiated Project Bounce Forwards to encourage and support disaster preparedness and resilience capacity building in Dungog and surrounds. To help bring this important project…
Foundation Barossa
20 Jan 2017 – Pinery Fire response supported by Community Foundation Account Foundation Barossa’s story is a particularly good example of how FRRR’s Community Foundation Accounts are able to help a community respond to emerging local…
Cotton grants bearing fruit for local communities
12 Dec 2016 – A further 30 not-for-profit and community organisations across cotton growing regions will benefit from a $5,000 boost just before the festive season, as the 2016 Aussie Cotton Farmers Grow Communities…
Grants from ANZ Seeds of Renewal program support 29 community projects
05 Dec 2016 – ANZ and the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR) have today announced that $275,000 in grant funding will be shared between 26 community groups from across regional Australia, while…
Communities receive grants to implement youth-developed ideas
15 Aug 2016 – FRRR today announced that 19 community groups will share more than $150,000 to implement eight ideas developed by young people to address issues of concern to them.
Domino’s and FRRR launch a new small grants program
01 Aug 2016 – FRRR has partnered with Domino’s Pizza Enterprises to launch a new small grants program to benefit rural, regional and remote communities. Grants of up to $5,000 are available to community…
Maldon market flourishes from Seeds grant
12 Jul 2016 – An ANZ Seeds of Renewal grant has enabled Maldon Neighbourhood Centre to raise the profile of the Maldon Markets, to the extent that now an average of 1,200 people turn…
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