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.
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.
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.
$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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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