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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.

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Flooded streets in Lismore, NSW

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.

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Report confirms arts projects support sustainable disaster recovery outcomes

Disaster recovery stories Media releases: 20 June 2023

A report released today has validated the long-term and multi-pronged impact of creative projects in the recovery of rural communities following disaster events.

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The Common Approach – A whole of community response to child and youth wellbeing

Community stories Disaster recovery stories: 2 June 2023

Mission Australia has worked in partnership with Mid Coast 4 Kids to deliver ‘The Common Approach’ training to build capability for a whole of community response to child youth wellbeing in the Mid Coast region, thanks to a grant they received through the Rebuilding Futures program.

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Melinda Jones, Nina O'Brien and John Carey stand on the verandah of the Ration Shed Museum in the Burnett.

New locally-led partnership set to strengthen disaster resilience across Burnett Inland

Disaster recovery stories Media releases: 3 March 2023

A new initiative to enable Burnett Inland Communities to be disaster resilient and future ready has begun to roll out.

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FRRR welcomes Newcrest’s flood appeal donation

Disaster recovery stories Media releases: 15 December 2022

FRRR today welcomed a contribution of $150,000 from the Newcrest Sustainability Fund, which will go toward flood-recovery in communities affected by the ongoing flood emergency across the Central West of NSW.

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Rebuilding community through clearing tracks for management of fire (kala) in Ngadju country

Annual Review stories Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Community stories Disaster recovery stories: 10 November 2022

Following the 2019/20 bushfires, Ngadju Conservation Aboriginal Corporation received a $25,000 Strengthening Rural Communities grant RR to help the Ngadju Rangers to both repair the damage and undertake work to protect the environment and cultural sites from the devasting impact of the bushfires.

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Creative bushfire recovery in the Scenic Rim

Annual Review stories Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Community stories Disaster recovery stories: 10 November 2022

Through the News Corp Bushfire Fund program, FRRR helped to fund The Little Pocket Association’s initiative ‘Regeneration – Creative Bushfire Recovery’ project.

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Creativity rises from the ashes in Mooral Creek

Annual Review stories Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Community stories Disaster recovery stories: 10 November 2022

Following the devastation of the 2019/20 bushfires, the Mooral Creek Hall & Progress Association Committee embarked upon a project to bring the whole community together to connect, reflect and support each other through the bushfire recovery process. With the help of a $25,000 Strengthening Rural Communities grant, came Creative Spark – an arts project aimed at encouraging creative expression and developing confidence and skills in a range of artistic forms.

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Rathdowney Memorial Grounds

Building back better in Rathdowney

Community stories Disaster recovery stories eNews: 16 August 2022

RMGA received a $15,000 Rebuilding Futures grant funded by Suncorp Group that allowed them to repair the equestrian arena, and to mitigate the impacts of future flood events on the Rathdowney Memorial Grounds.

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