2009 Victorian fires
You can use the categories to the right to explore particular topics. You’ll also find inspiring stories about some of the wonderful things community groups do with that funding. We also share a selection of media stories, where FRRR or a member of our staff has been featured. For any media enquiries, email Julie Weldon or call 0423 110 802.
Grants for Resilience & Wellness for Kinglake Ranges communities
04 Jul 2022 – The final round of the Grants for Resilience & Wellness Kinglake Ranges program opens Tuesday 5 July, with FRRR inviting applications from local not-for-profit groups. The program is designed to…
Resilience & Wellness grants open soon for Kinglake Ranges communities
06 Jun 2022 – FRRR today announced that the final round of grants to assist Kinglake Ranges communities to rebuild, reconnect and recover from the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires will open soon.
Grants continue to support Black Saturday recovery
14 Jul 2020 – FRRR has awarded $584,971 in grants to support twenty-eight projects that will assist the continued recovery of communities impacted by the Black Saturday Bushfires in February 2009.
School and Beyond Grant Recipients
10 Jul 2020 – The School and Beyond program was delivered from 2015 to 2020 across 11 LGA’s in 2009 bushfire-affected regions. In total, 43 grants saw $496,250 in funding go toward supporting education…
Kinglake Ranges to receive boost from Grants for Resilience & Wellness
12 Dec 2019 – More than $1.5M earmarked to support ongoing recovery across the Kinglake Ranges following the 2009 bushfires has begun to roll-out through the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal’s Grants for…
Grants continue to support regrowth in the wake of Black Saturday fires
07 Jan 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 support ongoing recovery of communities affected by Black Saturday
12 Jul 2018 – FRRR has announced more funding for projects supporting the ongoing recovery of communities affected by the 2009 Victorian bushfires. Another 30 groups will share more than $340,000 to support projects…
Eight years on, grants still supporting recovery from Black Saturday
22 Feb 2017 – Twenty-four community groups impacted by the 2009 Victorian bushfires have received funding to support the community needs that continue to emerge post the devastating disaster, thanks to the Victorian Bushfire…