Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR)

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WHAT’S HAPPENING

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COUNTRY

The Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal acknowledges the Dja Dja Wurrung people as the Traditional Custodians of Jaara country (Bendigo) where we are based, and extends our acknowledgement to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations where we fund organisations and activities. We pay our respect to Elders past and present and to the continuation of the custodial, cultural and educational practices of Australia’s First People.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this website may contain images, audio or names of people who have passed away.

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LATEST REPORTS

Annual Review 2021/22: Sustain and Strengthen

The ongoing impacts of COVID, coupled with the legacy of bushfires, drought and significant flooding, made FY 2021/22 another difficult year.
Despite this, communities once again pulled together, harnessing the strengths of local people and their connection and commitment to their places to forge head.
Explore this snapshot of our activities and a showcase of the resilience and tenacity of the local leaders who helped sustain and strengthen their communities.

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Investing in Not-for-Profit Capacity in Regional NSW: Community Insights Report

Commencing in early 2021, Investing in Not-for-Profit Capacity in Regional NSW (INFPC) was a place-based program designed and delivered by FRRR that ran in three communities affected by the 2019/20 Black Summer bushfires – Bega Valley, Glen Innes, and Taree and Wingham. 
This Community Insights Report captures our shared learnings and the future priorities and opportunities identified, for communities, their supporters, and interested donor partners.

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Impacts of Creative Recovery Report

Creative Recovery Network and FRRR partnered to investigate the valuable role that creative projects and processes play when communities are recovering from disaster or other significant climate impacts.

Connected communities are more capable of enduring future droughts

If agriculture-dependent communities are to be sustainable in the long-term, we must also ensure local people are ready to withstand the pressures that come with extended dry periods. Read more in our Future Drought Fund’s Networks to Build Drought Resilience report.

Small Grants are vital to strengthen rural Australia

Jill Karena, FRRR’s Place Portfolio Lead, explores how the needs met through small grants programs address areas of disadvantage and basic quality of life in communities with little visibility to funders and policymakers. These programs are well suited to co-funding approaches that enable collective contributions to achieve more together and create leverage for funders and communities.

ABOUT FRRR

The Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal – FRRR – is the only national foundation specifically focused on ensuring the social and economic strength of remote, rural and regional communities.

We understand the big picture, and the fine grain, and collaborate to address real needs, at scale.

Our unique model connects common purposes and investment with locally prioritised needs, often reaching some of the smallest communities. We amplify this support into longer-term capability, momentum and resilience.

Harnessing goodwill to ensure the long-term vitality of remote and rural Australia.

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Together, we can achieve incredible results

36,160

applications
received

$408M

requested
in funding

12,929

grants awarded

$5,000

median grant

$155M

granted out
including more than…

$58M

for disaster projects

$27M

for learning, education

$35M

for building community
resilience

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