Ocean Shores gets future ready thanks to $40,000 in grants
Media releases: 4 June 2020
Two Ocean Shores community groups, Byron Youth Service and Ocean Shores Community Association, are sharing $40,000 in grants for projects that will help the community to better withstand and recover from any future disaster, thanks to the Disaster Resilient: Future Ready (DR:FR) Get Ready NSW program.
Facilitator appointed to help Leeton turn ideas into reality
Media releases: 27 May 2020
Leeton not-for-profits will now have a set of helping hands to assist in the development, implementation and evaluation of projects suggested as part of the Investing in Rural Community Futures program, with the appointment of a Leeton community facilitator, Claire Williams.
Sally Foundation Trailblazer Development Fund – 2020 Grant Recipients
Media releases: 21 May 2020
Sally Foundation Trailblazer Development Fund - 2020 Grant Recipients
Nearly $2M granted to drought-affected communities
Media releases: 19 May 2020
Fifty-eight community-led projects that help drought-affected rural, regional and remote Australian communities are sharing in nearly $2 million in grants, through FRRR's Tackling Tough Times Together (TTTT) program.
Investing in Rural Community Futures Start-Up Grants now available
Media releases: 18 May 2020
The Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal is inviting not-for-profit organisations in the Shoalhaven communities of Ulladulla, Batemans Bay and Nowra to apply for Investing in Rural Community Futures Start-Up Grants to help these local groups address the needs and priorities of the community.
Government’s bushfire recovery funding announcement welcomed
Media releases: 14 May 2020
The Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR) has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement of $650M from the Bushfire Recovery Fund to be directed to ten bushfire-affected regions. FRRR supports rural, regional, and remote communities to be vibrant, sustainable, and adaptive.
Local facilitator appointed to help Junee turn ideas into reality
Media releases: 13 May 2020
Junee not-for-profits will now have a set of helping hands to assist in the development, implementation and evaluation of projects suggested as part of the Investing in Rural Community Futures program, with the appointment of a local facilitator.
Visy Tumut Region Recovery Fund awards further grants
Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Media releases: 5 May 2020
The Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal, in partnership with the Pratt Foundation, has granted a further $79,600 to support four projects that will help Tumut Region communities recover from the recent bushfires. This is in addition to the $649,150 in grants that have already been awarded through the Fund.
Grants available to improve health services in rural Victoria and NSW
Media releases: 5 May 2020
The Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal is inviting not-for-profit organisations to apply for an Enhancing Country Health Outcomes (ECHO) grant to deliver initiatives that improve the health of people living in rural, regional and remote Victoria and New South Wales.
New partnership to support community groups in the Shoalhaven
Media releases: 30 April 2020
The Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) and The Snow Foundation have announced a $2.5 million, multi-year partnership that will help boost the confidence, ability and skills of not-for-profit organisations (NFPs) in Batemans Bay, Nowra and Ulladulla.
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