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Make your voice heard in the Heartbeat of Rural Australia study

Media releases: 30 August 2021

FRRR is calling on leaders of not-for-profit organisations and community groups across remote, rural and regional Australia to tell it like it is in the Foundation’s inaugural Heartbeat of Rural Australia study.

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Bega and Glen Innes community groups receive funding

Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Media releases: 26 August 2021

FRRR has awarded eight grants totalling $280,000 to a range of local community groups across Bega Valley and Glen Innes Severn through the INFPC program.

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Volunteer Emergency Services Fund awards more than $300,000 in grants

Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Media releases: 25 August 2021

FRRR has awarded more than $300,000 in grants to volunteer emergency services organisations impacted by the 2019/20 bushfires for local disaster recovery and preparedness projects.

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2021 Sally Foundation Trailblazers Development Fund grants awarded

Media releases: 24 August 2021

The Sally Foundation Trailblazers Development Fund has awarded grants totalling $26,650 to support six youth-led initiatives that address the needs of young people living in remote, rural and regional communities in Australia.

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FRRR and Suncorp launch $1 million disaster recovery partnership

Media releases: 19 August 2021

FRRR and Suncorp launch $1 million disaster recovery partnership to support rural Australian communities impacted by significant natural disasters.

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Communities tackling drought to share in more than $1 million in grants

Media releases: 17 August 2021

FRRR’s TTTT program has awarded has awarded grants totalling $1,086,794 to 35 not-for-profit organisations to support drought recovery projects in remote, rural and regional communities across Australia.

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Growing our communities from the ground up

Event Media releases: 3 August 2021

Applications are now open for Nutrien Ag Solutions Community Grants Program, with grants of up to $5,000 available for projects that contribute to the success and wellbeing of remote, rural and regionacommunities.

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Nearly $500,000 in grants awarded to grow community resilience and wellness

Media releases: 13 July 2021

FRRR has awarded $499,959 in grants through its Grants for Resilience & Wellness (GR&W) programs, for 31 projects to help Victorian communities continue to build back better following the February 2009 Black Saturday fires.

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Grants on offer to address issues that matter to young rural Australians

Media releases: 12 July 2021

FRRR is inviting remote, rural and regional community groups apply for grants of up to $10,000 to help fund projects that provide innovative solutions to five priority issues identified by participants at the inaugural Heywire Youth Ideas Lab, held recently in Broken Hill.

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Victorian Dairy Communities share in over $130,000 in grant funding

Media releases: 12 July 2021

Thirty projects from across Victoria's three main dairy regions will share in $131,188 in grant funding to help build community capacity.

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