News - Community stories

Mullum Library provides tools for recovery

Community stories: 28 February 2020

With the help of a $12,000 Repair Restore Renew grant, the Mullum Library of Stuff was able to provide affordable access to quality tools and equipment for the Byron Shire community including individuals, families, schools, businesses and not-for-profit organisations.

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Camperdown community garden flourishes

Community stories: 28 February 2020

A refreshed community garden meant that the Camperdown community could enjoy a more inclusive space at a time when they needed it most.

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Fundraising Account: Child Writes Fund

Community stories: 31 January 2020

Child Writes Fund is a charity that 'empowers children to navigate their future through story'. The Child Writes program gives primary school-aged children a voice by offering them the opportunity to write and illustrate their own children's picture books. The Fund partnered with FRRR in March 2019 to create a Not-for-Profit Fundraising Account to support its endeavours, and the funds raised contributing to delivering more programs in rural and regional areas where children are in crisis and making the library of books widely available via an app.

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Growing together with Grow Lightly

Community stories: 22 January 2020

With a Gardiner Working in Dairy Communities program grant, Grow Lightly were able to fund a consultant to undertake market research and the development of a business plan for the expansion of their food hub and network of local consumers and producers.

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Cowell Silo art project

Community stories: 17 December 2019

This year, the Franklin Harbour district in South Australia has seen the lowest rainfall recorded on history. The District Council of Franklin Harbour have estimated around 99 farming families have sought...

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JUTE keeps Indigenous storytelling alive

Community stories: 16 December 2019

With the support of a $15,000 ANZ Seeds of Renewal grant, JUTE was able to take its 2019 show, The Longest Minute to ten North Queensland schools in very remote locations with significant numbers of Indigenous students.

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Northern Rivers Community Foundation

Community stories: 28 November 2019

Northern Rivers Community Foundation (NRCF) was established in 2004 with the purpose to connect people who care with local causes that matter, to improve community well-being for the Northern Rivers region...

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Looking forward, looking back

Community stories: 23 October 2019

Queensland Rural, Regional and Remote Women's Network (QRRRWN) is a member and volunteer based, multi-generational, not-for-profit organisation for women from, or supportive of rural, regional and remote...

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Double the space, double the history in Lockhart

Community stories: 25 September 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 to purchase the adjoining property and expand their offerings to include hosting events.

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Training for the future

Community stories: 5 September 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 capacity and resilience following the 2009 Victorian bushfires.

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