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Observations from FRRR staff.
Recovery Underway Following 2019/2020 Bushfires
Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Disaster recovery stories Insights: 4 March 2021
Many regional and rural communities experienced devastation as a result of the 2019/20 Black Summer fires. The Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements reported that more than...
Donor Spotlight Q&A: Kellogg’s
Insights: 22 February 2021
In February 2021, we announced a new partnership with Kellogg Australia Charitable Foundation to help local communities access support to address food insecurity in their communities. We asked Esme Borgelt,...
Insights from the bush – October 2020
Insights: 18 October 2020
Each quarter, we ask FRRR's staff to share some of their observations from speaking with community leaders across the country, and reviewing grant applications. Below are a few comments from looking back on the first quarter of FY21.
Insights – observations from our team
Insights: 16 August 2020
Despite working from home, FRRR's staff are still in close contact with communities across the country. In this piece, we share some of their recent insights and observations about what is happening in communities across the country.
Donor spotlight: Mark Muller, Editor-in-Chief, R.M.Williams Publishing Pty Ltd
Insights: 13 August 2020
At the height of the bushfire crisis this past summer, R.M.Williams announced a long-term partnership with FRRR. In a recent interview, Editor-in-Chief of R.M.Williams OUTBACK magazine Mark Muller explained that the partnership came about because the company was seeking a practical, independent and respected pathway for R.M.Williams to give back across the country. He said that it was FRRR's connections and insights, as well as rigorous governance processes, that led R.M.Williams to partner with FRRR. “The grant recipients are organisations and endeavours that we wouldn't necessarily know about ourselves, but are a vital part of the underlying warp and weft of what makes communities strong.”
Donor partner profile: Wilson Asset Management
Insights: 7 April 2020
Wilson Asset Management (WAM) partnered with FRRR for the first time in September 2019, after seeing the extent of the impact of the prolonged drought and bushfires on rural, regional and remote communities. WAM agreed to match donations from their network, up to $500,000 - resulting in more than $1M being donated to FRRR’s Disaster Resilience and Recovery Fund. CEO Kate Thorley shared what motivated the business to donate, and how the partnership evolved.
FRRR and TFFF – an enduring partnership
Insights: 27 September 2019
The Tim Fairfax Family Foundation has been an ardent supporter of FRRR since it first partnered with us on the Rural Education Program in 2003. Seventeen years later, we sat down to have a chat with Sam Jorgenson, TFFF's Executive Officer, to get her insights on what it's like to partner with FRRR to support rural, regional and remote communities.
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