Community Stories
You can use the categories to the right to explore particular topics. You’ll also find inspiring stories about some of the wonderful things community groups do with that funding. We also share a selection of media stories, where FRRR or a member of our staff has been featured. For any media enquiries, email Julie Weldon or call 0423 110 802.
Glenburn growth project
30 Aug 2018 – The Glenburn Hall has become a crucial hub for community cohesion in Glenburn since the 2009 Victorian Bushfires, with good numbers of locals regularly attending community events. However the Hall…
Fitness program helps farmers tackle their health
01 Aug 2018 – GLENRAC in partnership with Rural Fit used a $9,826 Tackling Tough Times Together grant to deliver a Friends with Health Benefits program to Glen Innes farmers, helping to improve their…
Geelong Grammar’s Institute of Positive Education
28 Jul 2018 – Geelong Grammar School’s Institute of Positive Education Project aims to share the methodology of Positive Education throughout Australia and to encourage adults to embed positive psychology tools fostering improved mental…
Catered training opportunity for Heyfield residents
25 Jul 2018 – The Heyfield Community Resource Centre used a $9,720 ANZ Seeds of renewal grant to provide a special training opportunity for people living with a disability in the community. They ran…
Artistic approach to educating children about fire safety
29 Jun 2018 – The 2009 Victorian Bushfires were the impetus for the Strathewen and Arthurs Creek CFA to forge a strong creative partnership with the local school. They received a number of grants…
Festival shines light on iconic red gums
29 Jun 2018 – The red gums around Cavendish are beautiful, and many within the local community love them. The Cavendish community’s inaugural Red Gum Festival, funded in part by a $3,410 grant from…
Helping little kids with their big feelings after bushfires
26 Apr 2018 – Arthurs Creek Strathewan CFA were given a $15,730 grant from the Grants for Resilience and Wellness program funded by Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fund to deliver the Strathewen Primary School Fire…
High school students tackle ICE epidemic in Tasmania
19 Apr 2018 – The small town of Smithton, in Tasmania was in the grips of an ice epidemic, and this project developed a documentary targeted at high school students, highlighting how dangerous the…
Fitness connects a community and saves lives
19 Apr 2018 – The Fit For Free program was developed and implemented by Toolangi Castella District Community House Inc (TCDCH) for a community community in Victoria that was severely impacted by the Black…
Thallon a step closer to facilities to help locals age in place
26 Mar 2018 – The Thallon Progress Association received an FRRR Caring for Ageing Rural Australians (CARA) grant of $7,032, funded by the Sylvia and Charles Viertel Charitable Foundation. This enabled them to engage…