Disaster Resilient Future Ready
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.
Fund resilience, not disasters
13 Oct 2025 – To mark International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, FRRR CEO, Natalie Egleton, discusses what funding resilience, not disasters, looks like in remote, rural and regional communities.
Community-led model is key to long-term recovery and disaster resilience
07 Aug 2025 – A new report by FRRR, in partnership with University of Sydney, shares the community resilience building insights most relevant to the three DR:FR VIC community partners.
Flipping the narrative
24 Sep 2024 – FRRR’s CEO, Natalie Egleton, recently spoke at the Social Impact in the Regions Conference. The following are her speech notes.
Strengthening community resilience to reduce risk and disaster impact
29 Aug 2023 – FRRR’s Disaster Resilience and Recovery Lead, Nina O’Brien, shares key insights from this year’s Australian Disaster Resilience Conference.
Victorian communities take action on disaster resilience
15 Aug 2023 – Local groups in regional VIC are taking an active approach to preparing their regions for future disaster, thanks to a partnership with FRRR’s DR:FR program.
Request for Proposal: Impact Evaluation
15 Aug 2023 – FRRR is seeking proposals from experienced social impact evaluation providers to work with us on the DR:FR Burnett Inland program.
Disaster resilience across the Burnett Inland region
06 Jul 2023 – Disaster Resilient: Future Ready Program Manager Caroline Larcher has penned some thoughts on the DR:FR program’s extension to the QLD Burnett Inland region.
New locally-led partnership set to strengthen disaster resilience across Burnett Inland
03 Mar 2023 – A new initiative to enable Burnett Inland Communities to be disaster resilient and future ready has begun to roll out.
FRRR partners with Victorian communities to support community-led disaster resilience
28 Feb 2022 – Korumburra, Myrtleford and Whittlesea township and surrounds have been selected to partner with FRRR as part of the Foundation’s DR:FR Victorian program.