Engawala Art Centre to take root
Community stories: 15 September 2023
A small grant to the emerging Engawala Art Centre in a remote area outside Alice Springs is making a big impact, according to the local committee.
Fun in the sun on the Cox Peninsula
Community stories eNews: 30 August 2023
Wagait Shire Council received a $6,000 SRC grant to help establish a youth program that focused on building more opportunities in the community for young people.
Northern Rivers Community Healing Hub in action
Community stories Disaster recovery stories eNews: 30 August 2023
Northern Rivers Community Healing Hub received a grant for $24,570 through the Rebuilding Futures program to help strengthen their organisational capacity.
Creating connections in Quorn
Community stories eNews: 30 August 2023
The Quorn Community Sporting Association used a $9,000 grant from FRRR's In a Good Place program, funded by CCI Giving, to run mental health workshops.
Gulf Youth in Ag’s ‘Paddock to Plate’
Community stories eNews: 30 August 2023
Gulf Youth in Ag received a Heywire grant for $9,979 to deliver a series of Paddock to Plate microdocumentaries to illustrate why we need farmers..
Supporting disaster recovery in the Northern Rivers
Community stories Disaster recovery stories eNews: 27 July 2023
NRCF holds a Fundraising Account with FRRR to attract tax-deductible donations, enabling them work together to build resilience across the community.
Building drought resilience in Qld’s Northern Gulf
Community stories: 24 July 2023
Providing opportunities for community connection helps build preparedness for, and resilience to, the impacts of drought. Through the Future Drought Fund’s Networks to Build Drought Resilience program, Northern Gulf Resource Management Group Ltd received $49,700 funded by the Australian Government to deliver three drought awareness and networking events across regional QLD.
Building connection by improving food security
Community stories: 24 July 2023
Geeveston Community Centre in Tasmania is Australia’s southernmost Neighbourhood House and works closely with the community to address local needs. In 2021 they received a $9,419 Strengthening Rural Communities grant, funded by the Bertalli Family Foundation, to improve community food security by growing more local produce.
Expanding capacity of the Cobargo Wellness Group
Community stories: 24 July 2023
The Cobargo Wellness Group (CWG) supports local community to thrive through education, wellbeing, and creative projects after crisis and beyond. CWG received a $10,000 grant through the Investing in Not-for-Profit Capacity in Regional NSW program to develop capacity to meet increased need for its services across the region.
Growing the bush resource industry in the Kimberley
Community stories: 24 July 2023
Environs Kimberley (EK) seeks to build capacity for First Nations people to engage in and lead a Kimberley native plant resource industry. In 2020 they received a $24,995 SRC grant funded by John T Reid Charitable Trusts to support one of their initiatives.
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