Investing in Rural Community Futures helps NSW communities on the way to a more vibrant future
Media releases: 15 August 2019
Community groups in five New South Wales locations will share in $300,000 in Start-Up Grants through the Investing in Rural Community Futures (IRCF) program. The program is a partnership between the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) and the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation (VFFF) focused on helping local community groups increase their capacity.
Australian Philanthropy Awards 2019
Media releases: 23 July 2019
The Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal was recognised by The Australian Philanthropy Awards, winning Best Small Grant Award for the Blackall-Tambo Regional Council’s Barcoo Way project.
Support continues ten years on from Black Saturday
Media releases: 16 July 2019
Thirty-five community projects that will assist the continued recovery of communities impacted by the Black Saturday Bushfires will receive funding totalling $602,308. The groups are the latest recipients of the Grants for Resilience and Wellness (GR&W) and Community Group Futures (CGF) programs.
FRRR supports the Uluru Statement from the Heart
Media releases (soft launch): 12 July 2019
We’re proud to be joining our peers and partners as a signatory to a letter to Australia’s First Nations peoples from the philanthropic sector supporting the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
Over $120,000 in grant funding awarded to Victorian Dairy Communities
Media releases: 11 July 2019
Twenty-six projects in Victoria's three dairy regions will share in $120,326 in grant funding from the Gardiner Dairy Foundation’s Working in Dairy Communities Small Grants program, run in partnership with the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal.
Small & Vital grants strengthen Australia’s rural, regional and remote communities
Media releases: 17 June 2019
The Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR), in collaboration with a number of donor partners, is supporting 46 inspirational projects from around Australia with a share of $342,620 in the first distribution of its Strengthening Rural Communities Small & Vital grants program.
Grants awarded to get rural people In a Good Place
Media releases: 4 June 2019
Seven projects that support and encourage good mental health practices in rural, regional and remote communities have received grants from the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal via the In a Good Place program.
More funds available to get rural people In A Good Place
Media releases: 7 February 2019
FRRR and CCI Giving are now inviting applications to Round 2 of the In a Good Place grants program to support projects that improve mental health in rural, regional and remote communities Australia-wide. Grants of up to $20,000 from an annual pool of $200,000. $100,000 is available for Round 2.
Grants continue to support regrowth in the wake of Black Saturday fires
Media releases: 8 January 2019
Thirty-six community projects that will assist the continued recovery of communities impacted by the Black Saturday Bushfires will receive funding totalling $555,963. The groups are the latest recipients of the Grants for Resilience and Wellness (GR&W) and Community Group Futures (CGF) programs.
More than $250,000 in grants to seed 27 rural community initiatives
Media releases: 5 December 2018
FRRR has announced 27 community groups will share in $250,000 in community grants, plus a further $12,990 in IT equipment, through the ANZ Seeds of Renewal Program.
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