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.

Copmanhurst Pre-School’s journey to recovery
Copmanhurst Pre-School have created a Healing Circle and Native garden using a $8,650 grant through The Yulgilbar Foundation Fund.

Tanjil Valley Settlers’ stories printed
With a $3,400 grant from the Gardiner Dairy Foundation Community grants program, the History Gatherer’s Group was able to collate and publish History Talks – Settlers’ Histories A Generation On.

Celebrating Yolngu culture in Ramingining
Using a Strengthening Rural Communities grant, funded by the Bertalli Family Foundation, the Bula’Bula Arts Centre was able to bring together the older and younger generations of Yolngu people to…

Kempsey Shire Council shares insights on changing climate
Earlier this year, the FRRR team heard directly from Kempsey Shire Council, who had recently received a $56,960 grant for the Macleay Valley River to the Sea Festival through the…

It’s all about networking!
To foster help-seeking practices and build community connectedness, the District Council of Yankalilla in South Australia used an In A Good Place grant to engage a coordinator for the Fleurieu…

Helping to keep language alive in Kowanyama
In 2022, FRRR contributed $9,212 via a Strengthening Rural Communities grant funded by Friends of FRRR and FRRR towards the g-oz ‘Helping to keep language alive in Kowanyama’ project.