community resilience
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.
Burnett Inland communities receive grants to build disaster preparedness capacity
03 Dec 2025 – The DR:FR Burnett Inland program has made significant inroads in strengthening the capacity of communities across the region to prepare for future disasters.
Social Impact in the Regions 2025 – Grafton NSW
17 Nov 2025 – Changemakers and leaders from several IRCF communities attended the 2025 Social Impact in the Regions conference in Grafton
South Shoalhaven Community Expo celebrates, strengthens and connects
17 Sep 2025 – The fourth annual South Shoalhaven Community Expo, held earlier this month in Ulladulla, continued its evolution into a vibrant platform for connection, collaboration and community-led recovery.
Building resilience: California and Australia share lessons in community recovery efforts
11 Jul 2025 – There is always much to be learnt by sharing experiences of similar events, especially when it comes to disaster recovery. Recently, representatives from California and Australia connected to discuss how…
Connecting the Southern Shoalhaven community
18 Sep 2023 – Community Connect Southern Shoalhaven was set up as a vehicle to coordinate activities and deliver on community-identified roadmap priorities.
New tourist icon for Quandialla
28 Jun 2023 – Travellers now have a vibrant new site to visit on the NSW Silo Art Trail, with a mural adorning the Quandialla Soldiers Memorial Hall drawing tourists to the town. Like…
Rural communities awarded more than $210,000 to stay connected
19 Jun 2023 – FRRR has awarded more than $200,000 in Telstra’s Connected Communities Grant Program grants to 30 NFPs for projects to help their communities stay connected.
Three-year study identifies ways to strengthen community resilience to disasters
14 Sep 2021 – A call for more investment in local community groups, so they are better equipped to play a key role in building community resilience ahead of climate, natural disasters and other…