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.
Maldon market flourishes from Seeds grant
12 Jul 2016 – An ANZ Seeds of Renewal grant has enabled Maldon Neighbourhood Centre to raise the profile of the Maldon Markets, to the extent that now an average of 1,200 people turn…
Channel women tackle tough times
04 Apr 2016 – A TTTT grant funded by FRRR has helped reduce registration costs for women to attend the 4th annual Channel Country Ladies Day run by Red Ridge (Interior Queensland). Events across…
Clear ambitions from Foggy Mountain Bluegrass Festival
07 Mar 2016 – The Foggy Mountain Bluegrass Festival is supporting the recovery efforts of the Kinglake Ranges following the 2009 bushfires. It has driven community engagement while supporting wider economic development in a…
Raising the cards on mental health in Mt Isa
15 Feb 2016 – Since Junior Mayor of Mt Isa and 2015 Heywire Youth Representative, Justice King, helped secure a $10,000 Heywire Youth Innovation Grant, a group of Mt Isa youth have been part…
Taking marine science to rural Tasmania
24 Jan 2016 – A REAPing Rewards grant funded by the Ian Potter Foundation has covered travel expenses of the Woodbridge Marine Discovery Centre’s teacher, the purchase of resources such as ice boxes and…
TREAT for the environment
16 Dec 2015 – TREAT received a $3,000 grant, funded by the Sylvia and Charles Viertel Charitable Foundation, via FRRR’s Small Grants for Rural Communities program to retrofit purpose-built rack stands to the existing…
SAGE gets wise online
05 Aug 2015 – An ANZ Seeds of Renewal grant for $8,000 helped to create SAGE Online, possibly the first online portal of its type in Australia- an online Farmers Market.
Donation Account helps Bower Progress Association rejuvenate community facilities
28 Jun 2015 – Bower is a town in South Australia, approximately half way between Eudunda and Morgan on the Thiele Highway, 130 km north west of Adelaide. For a small community it has…
Back to School vouchers help farming families
12 Jun 2015 – FRRR’s $50 Back to School vouchers are making a big difference to farming families that have been impacted by consecutive natural disasters. For one family of four, it meant sending…
Fundraising accounts blaze the way
06 May 2015 – This story highlights to community groups that may be faced with recovering from some of the recent natural disasters across the country how a Donation Account could make a difference…