Active Farmers raise awareness for mental and physical health in WA
Community stories eNews: 29 March 2023
Active Farmers used a $6,340 Strengthening Rural Communities grant to support their one-day event, the Active Farmers Games, that raises awareness of physical and mental health.
Co-design Counts
Community stories: 2 March 2023
First Steps Count (FSC) Child and Community Centre is a community hub for children (aged 0-12) and their families in Taree, in the NSW Mid North Coast. The journey to bring this space to the community began 12 years ago, and excitingly, the centre recently completed Stage One of construction and is now open to the public.
HR help for our local heroes
Community stories: 24 February 2023
A $5,000 Nutrien Ag Solution Community Grant in 2021 provided the opportunity to improve the employee and volunteer management of Ravensthorpe Community Resource Centre Inc.
Community Hub takes on disaster response
Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Community stories: 22 February 2023
Southern Yorke Peninsula Community Hub used a $25,000 Strengthening Rural Communities grant to purchase a multipurpose trailer for the community.
Better Communication Sounds Good
Community stories: 22 February 2023
The Grants Only Group in the Lower Tarwin Valley District in Victoria successfully applied for a $4,838 Gardiner Dairy Foundation Community Grant to purchase a Community PA System.
Copmanhurst Pre-School’s journey to recovery
Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Community stories: 23 January 2023
Copmanhurst Pre-School have created a Healing Circle and Native garden using a $8,650 grant through The Yulgilbar Foundation Fund.
Tanjil Valley Settlers’ stories printed
Community stories: 20 January 2023
With a $3,400 grant from the Gardiner Dairy Foundation Community grants program, the History Gatherer's Group was able to collate and publish History Talks - Settlers' Histories A Generation On.
Celebrating Yolngu culture in Ramingining
Community stories: 20 January 2023
Using a Strengthening Rural Communities grant, funded by the Bertalli Family Foundation, the Bula’Bula Arts Centre was able to bring together the older and younger generations of Yolngu people to commemorate their culture through the creation of two large public murals on the outside walls of the cyclone shelter.
Kempsey Shire Council shares insights on changing climate
Community stories: 12 December 2022
Earlier this year, the FRRR team heard directly from Kempsey Shire Council, who had recently received a $56,960 grant for the Macleay Valley River to the Sea Festival through the Future Drought Fund’s Networks to Build Drought Resilience program, co-funded by the Australian Government and a private donor.
It’s all about networking!
Community stories: 12 December 2022
To foster help-seeking practices and build community connectedness, the District Council of Yankalilla in South Australia used an In A Good Place grant to engage a coordinator for the Fleurieu Coast Community Network.
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