Bertalli Family Foundation
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.
Aquatic emergency preparedness for volunteers
29 Oct 2025 – Central Coast Marine Rescue & Training in Ulverstone, TAS, received a $9,383 SRC grant to purchase PPE, digital handheld radios and training for its members.
Celebrating Yolngu culture in Ramingining
20 Jan 2023 – Using a Strengthening Rural Communities grant, funded by the Bertalli Family Foundation, the Bula’Bula Arts Centre was able to bring together the older and younger generations of Yolngu people to…
Rural communities come together to help students get Back to School
14 Feb 2022 – Students and families in remote, rural and regional parts of Australia will start the 2022 school year with a little extra support, thanks to the generosity of FRRR and its…
From dust to dances – Dancing in the Dirt gala ball gives town a break
07 Oct 2021 – Cumulative disaster in Jerramungup, Western Australia, has the Fitzgerald Biosphere Group using a Strengthening Rural Communities grant to fund Dancing in the Dirt, a night where the residents can take…
Coming of age (and sharing the story) in NW Tassie
30 Sep 2021 – A Strengthening Rural Communities grant has helped a group of women from Tasmania’s north coast take ownership of their stories with the Radio Diaries podcast.