Introducing FRRR’s Community-led Climate Solutions program
Media releases (soft launch): 15 September 2023
FRRR is launching a new program to help NFPs leverage the knowledge, innovation and commitment in rural areas to implement locally-led climate solutions.
More than $30,000 awarded to youth-led projects by rural Trailblazers
Media releases (soft launch): 31 August 2023
FRRR has awarded $33,350 in grants to eight youth-led community projects in remote, rural and regional Australia as part of the Trailblazers program.
Request for Proposal: Impact Evaluation
Media releases (soft launch): 15 August 2023
FRRR is seeking proposals from experienced social impact evaluation providers to work with us on the DR:FR Burnett Inland program.
Innovative model putting Aboriginal health in Aboriginal hands
Media releases (soft launch): 14 July 2023
The First Nations Philanthropic Funders Working Group will oversee the creation of a community-informed and community-led model to direct philanthropic funding for First Nations communities across the SA.
Nous Group appointed as evaluation partner for the Helping Regional Communities Prepare for Drought Initiative
Media releases (soft launch): 7 June 2023
FRRR and the ARLF have announced the appointment of Nous Group to assess the impacts of the Future Drought Fund’s Helping Regional Communities Prepare for Drought Initiative, which is funded by the Australian Government.
Local NFP partner needed in Loddon Campaspe for drought preparedness program
Media releases (soft launch): 24 February 2023
The Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) and the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation (ARLF) are looking for a local NFP partner to work with them across the Loddon Campaspe region as part of the Helping Regional Communities Prepare for Drought Initiative Community Impact Program.
More than $900,000 awarded to community-led groups building pandemic resilience
Media releases (soft launch): 6 September 2022
Twenty-seven community-led groups in remote, rural and regional NSW will share in $912,505 awarded through the Resilience NSW COVID Regional Community Support (CRCS) program.
FRRR welcomes extension of DGR1 to Rural Community Foundations
Media releases (soft launch): 30 March 2022
FRRR has today welcomed the extension of DGR-1 status for the country’s regional Community Foundations, which was confirmed in Tuesday night’s Budget announcements. This special status means that they can now directly receive tax deductible donations from a broader range of donors to support more place-based philanthropy, which FRRR has long-championed.
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.
The Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal acknowledges the Dja Dja Wurrung people as the Traditional Custodians of Jaara country (Bendigo) where we are based, and extends our acknowledgement to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations where we fund organisations and activities. We pay our respect to Elders past and present and to the continuation of the custodial, cultural and educational practices of Australia’s First People.
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