drought recovery
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.
The power of regional people and communities to grow through disruption
25 Sep 2024 – FRRR’s Disaster Resilience and Recovery Lead, Nina O’Brien, explores how the TTTT program helped transform drought-affected communities across Australia.
Local leaders share stories of how they tackled tough times together
12 Sep 2024 – FRRR’s new Tackling Tough Times Together podcast series includes stories shared by local leaders from communities that have been impacted by drought.
The return of the Outback Festival to Winton
10 Nov 2022 – Outback Festival Australia have used a $45,000 Tackling Tough Times Together grant to help them host one of their largest Festivals capitalising on the holidaying demographic contained to Queensland due…
Support continues for communities tackling drought
11 May 2022 – While drought is out of the media spotlight, for many communities it is still a very real and significant issue. FRRR’s Tackling Tough Times Together (TTTT) program has just awarded…
Rural communities to receive more than $3M to combat future drought
08 Mar 2022 – FRRR has awarded $3,084,346 to 60 local not-for-profit organisations (NFPs) in remote, rural and regional Australia for grassroots initiatives that will build their community’s resilience to drought. Funded by the…
Lighting up the streets of Dirranbandi
23 Feb 2022 – The town of Dirranbandi, in southwest QLD, was suffering from a lack of Christmas cheer and the general community spirit was a bit flat, following relentless drought over many years.…
Reflections from the rural heartland: transitioning from relief agency to community ally
13 Dec 2021 – Having worked at a community level for 5 years now, most recently as a Program Coordinator and Community Development Officer for Blackall Tambo Regional Council, Jaimee-Lee Prow has experienced first-hand…
Rural communities share in more than $1.4M to build drought resilience
15 Oct 2021 – FRRR has awarded $1,413,319 to 33 remote, rural and regional communities across Australia for locally-led initiatives that will help build their region’s resilience to drought through the Australian Government’s Future…
Communities tackling drought to share in more than $1 million in grants
17 Aug 2021 – FRRR’s TTTT program has awarded has awarded grants totalling $1,086,794 to 35 not-for-profit organisations to support drought recovery projects in remote, rural and regional communities across Australia.
Drought recovery – GLENRAC style
02 Mar 2021 – GLENRAC received a grant to deliver workshops to the Glen Innes farming community focusing on drought management techniques and sustainable agriculture.