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Observations from FRRR staff.
Reflections from the rural heartland: transitioning from relief agency to community ally
Insights: 13 December 2021
Having worked at a community level for 5 years now, most recently as a Program Coordinator and Community Development Officer for Blackall Tambo Regional Council, Jaimee-Lee Prow has experienced first-hand the generosity and good intentions that relief agencies have when it comes to drought in remote, rural, and regional communities. However, these good intentions often don’t translate into practical and accessible support at a grassroots level. Here she shares her story.
Progress update: November 2021
Insights: 17 November 2021
In the last quarter, we approved grants of $5.43M in grants to support 230 projects via 10 programs. The average success rate was 48% - this was from 481 requests, seeking $12.49M. Ninety percent of successful...
Insights from the bush – November 2021
Insights: 17 November 2021
Our Program Portfolio Leads recently presented to the FRRR board on some of the common issues and themes emerging in funding requests that we are receiving from community groups, and through conversations with local community leaders.
Donor Spotlight: Pinnacle Charitable Foundation
Insights: 17 November 2021
Mary Jung has a dual role with Pinnacle Investment Management – as the Community Investment Manager for the company, and as the CEO and Company Secretary of the philanthropic arm of the company, which is the Pinnacle Charitable Foundation.
Rural women leading from the front in responding to a changing climate
Insights Thought leadership: 15 November 2021
Disaster Resilience and Recovery Lead, Nina O'Brien, discusses the efforts made by local people, particularly women, to build community resilience to drought.
Donor Spotlight: Portland House Foundation
Insights: 7 September 2021
Portland House Foundation (PHF) is a family foundation based in Melbourne, working in partnership with FRRR to to support Victoria’s remote, rural and regional communities.
Insights from the bush
Insights: 28 May 2021
“The last 14-15 months have been a surreal and challenging time for our community. We are definitely in the recovery stage and hope to move into the rebuild stage in the next 12 months. During this...
Donor Spotlight: Thankful4Farmers
Insights: 28 May 2021
Thankful4Farmers in one of FRRR’s newest donor partners who are generously supporting our latest program Future Drought Fund's Networks to Build Drought Resilience program, which seeks to help agriculture-dependent...
Disasters: time to evolve disaster philanthropy in Australia
Insights: 1 April 2021
FRRR's CEO, Natalie Egleton, explains the Foundation's approach to supporting disaster recovery and why it's time to evolve disaster philanthropy in Australia.
Insights from our team – Q2 of FY2021
Insights: 4 March 2021
Over the last few months, our team has continued to connect with communities around the country. It’s still primarily virtual, but that still gives us a strong understanding of what’s happening in...
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