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Volunteer Emergency Services given Black Summer recovery boost ahead of fire season

Volunteer Emergency Services given Black Summer recovery boost ahead of fire season

Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Media releases: 7 December 2021

Thirty-five volunteer emergency services organisations supporting remote, rural and regional communities impacted by the 2019/20 bushfires are sharing $447,323 in grants.

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ANZ Seeds of Renewal gives rural and regional communities a $250,000 boost

Media releases: 30 November 2021

FRRR and ANZ have awarded $250,000 in grants to 22 regional community groups and NFPs through the ANZ Seeds of Renewal program.

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Cumulative disasters slowing the Heartbeat of Rural Australia

Media releases: 29 November 2021

Cumulative disasters have taken a heavy toll on remote, rural and regional communities according to the Heartbeat of Rural Australia study findings released today.

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TTTT grant recipients

$1.3 million granted to communities that are tackling drought together

Media releases: 22 November 2021

Thanks to FRRR’s TTTT program, 38 community initiatives in remote, rural and regional communities tacking drought will share in $1,316,217.

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Local groups playing a critical role in Victoria’s bushfire recovery to receive $400,000 in funding

Local Victorian groups playing a critical role in bushfire recovery share $400,000 in funding

Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Media releases: 19 November 2021

FRRR has awarded grants to four Victorian community groups playing a central role in the long-term recovery of communities impacted by the 2019/20 bushfires through the Bushfire Recovery Fund.

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Youth 4 Life

Youth-inspired ideas set to become life-changing projects

Media releases: 15 November 2021

Twenty-three youth-inspired projects have been awarded grants through the FRRR ABC Heywire Youth Innovation Grants program.

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FRRR significantly increases funding in FY20-21 to help rural communities adapt and evolve

FRRR reports significant increase in support for rural communities

Annual Review stories Media releases: 5 November 2021

A unique Australian charity significantly increased its year-on-year grant making, giving remote, rural and regional communities across the country a much-needed funding boost as they adapted to the impacts of natural disasters and COVID-19.

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Grants provide ongoing support for Junee and Nambucca Valley not-for-profits

Grants provide ongoing support for Junee and Nambucca Valley not-for-profits

Media releases: 1 November 2021

Funding announced by FRRR today, is helping local community groups in Junee and Nambucca Valley to carry on their operations, despite multiple disruptions, by funding staff, developing efficient processes and boosting their capabilities through collaboration and technology.

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Funding boosts vibrancy and wellbeing of rural communities across Australia

Funding boosts vibrancy and wellbeing of rural communities across Australia

Media releases: 19 October 2021

Community organisations across rural and regional Australia will share in more than $250,000 as Nutrien Ag Solutions, in partnership with the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal, announced the recipients from the first round of the Community Grants Program.

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Rural communities share in more than $1.4M to build drought resilience

Media releases: 15 October 2021

FRRR has awarded $1,413,319 to 33 remote, rural and regional communities across Australia for locally-led initiatives that will help build their region’s resilience to drought through the Australian Government's Future Drought Fund's Networks to Build Drought Resilience program.

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