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Brewing success in Karoonda

Community stories: 24 April 2024

In an effort to empower local youth and provide employment skills, Karoonda District Council successfully secured a $10,000 FRRR ABC Heywire Youth Innovation Grant under the 2022 idea, ‘Discover Your Future’, with a project that is now brewing success for local youth.

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Cultivating Communication Skills for Farming Families

Community stories: 24 April 2024

BCG secured an In a Good Place grant to hold a one-day Tomorrow Farmer event, to discuss the skills that all members of the farming operation require to have the crucial conversations about farm business prosperity, without compromising the social fabric of a family.

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Sprouting Joy: Morawa Playgroup’s Nature Playground Project

Community stories: 24 April 2024

Morawa Playgroup in Western Australia's wheatbelt, transformed its outdoor space into a vibrant nature playground with support from an FRRR grant.

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Reviving Namabunda

Community stories: 24 April 2024

Bundjalung Tribal Society utilised an SRC grant to reengage their volunteer support base after interest had waned due to volunteer fatigue and lockdown restrictions.

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Audiologist conducting a hearing test.

Healthy ears for kids in remote WA

Community stories: 26 March 2024

A project supported through FRRR's SRC Small & Vital program, funded by Sidney Myer Fund.

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A group of young people holding up signs that say Live4Life

Mental health training to support young people

Community stories: 26 March 2024

A project supported through FRRR's In a Good Place program, in partnership with CCI Giving.

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Creating happiness with Happy Boxes

Community stories: 26 March 2024

An FRRR Strengthening Rural Communities grant funded by the Australian Government to support COVID recovery in communities.

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Motherland: No rural mum left behind

Community stories: 13 March 2024

Founded by Stephanie Trethewey, the 2022 AgriFutures National Rural Woman of the Year, Motherland Australia’s mission is to eliminate the crippling social isolation many rural mums face by connecting them to a supportive online community and offering a mothers group program that every rural mum can access, regardless of her location.

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Wardell CORE building community resilience

Community stories Disaster recovery stories: 1 March 2024

The work of the Wardell Community Organised Resilience Effort (CORE) is an example of how a small town can rally in the face of a natural disaster and be ready for disasters to come. Most days, Wardell...

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Kimba’s Fusion Festival engages youth via Heywire program

Community stories: 29 February 2024

The Kimba district was among the hardest hit by the destructive rain and floods of January 2022, which battered most of regional South Australia. Our Town Kimba (OTK) is a community-led initiative dedicated...

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