Inspiration
Supporting locals to create vibrant, resilient and revitalised communities
Connecting good will with good purpose is inspiring work. In this section we connect you with ideas and action being led by remote, rural, and regional communities, that are making a real and lasting difference to the wellbeing, vitality, and resilience of their people, places, and environments.

Expanding chaplaincy services for rural Queensland schools
Through FRRR’s Tackling Tough Times Together grant program, Scripture Union Queensland received $131,490 to support chaplaincy positions at Ravenswood State School, Charter Towers Central State School and Mareeba State School…

Grant awarded to Jaithmathang Traditional Ancestral Bloodline Owners Organisation (TABOO) First Nation Aboriginal Corporation
The Bushfire Recovery Fund grant program has recently awarded a grant of $120,000 to be paid over 3 years to indigenous organisation Jaithmathang TABOO, who are working on Country in…

Reconciliation in the town of Yea
Yea Community Service Group successfully applied for a grant of $28,734 from the Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fund. The group decided that the creation of a meaningful Taungarung designed art installation…

Making Dongara multicoloured
The Dongara Patchwork Club meet in the WA fishing town of Port Denison, which is located almost four hours north of Perth. Every three years, the club hosts a ‘Hanging…

Kyabram teen fitness program inspires community spirit
A health and wellbeing centre has been established by Kyabram Blue Light at the town’s P-12 College thanks to $5,000 from the Gardiner Dairy Foundation Community Grants Program in partnership…

Perpetual power for Tarana’s Bushfire Brigade
Tarana Bushfire Brigade installed a solar powered battery backup system to ensure they would always be ready for urgent fire defence, thanks for a $25,000 VESF grant.