Heywire
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.
Riverland Skillin’ It inspires and empowers young people
28 Jun 2022 – Part of Things is a gathering place and ideas hub for young people in Barmera in the Riverland region of South Australia. They used a $10,000 FRRR ABC Heywire Youth…
Funding available to bring youth-led initiatives to life
08 Jun 2022 – Since 2013, the FRRR ABC Heywire Youth Innovation Grants program has supported remote, rural and regional youth to address issues that matter most to them. This year, thanks to the…
Youth-inspired ideas set to become life-changing projects
15 Nov 2021 – Twenty-three youth-inspired projects have been awarded grants through the FRRR ABC Heywire Youth Innovation Grants program.
Tassie Youth teach Anti-Racism
03 Nov 2021 – Unlearning prevalent and systemic racism in this country is a requirement if we are to move forward as a unified Australia – and who better to facilitate this and implement…
Headspace Wagga Wagga provides crash course in “Adulting”
07 Oct 2021 – Headspace Wagga Wagga has teamed up with Youth Reference Group to create a series of videos to help the transition into adulthood easier for the teenagers of Wagga Wagga and…
2021 Sally Foundation Trailblazers Development Fund grants awarded
24 Aug 2021 – The Sally Foundation Trailblazers Development Fund has awarded grants totalling $26,650 to support six youth-led initiatives that address the needs of young people living in remote, rural and regional communities…
Grants on offer to address issues that matter to young rural Australians
12 Jul 2021 – FRRR is inviting remote, rural and regional community groups apply for grants of up to $10,000 to help fund projects that provide innovative solutions to five priority issues identified by…
More than $180,000 in Youth Innovation Grants awarded
03 Sep 2020 – The Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal has awarded more than $180,000 in grants for 24 community-led projects through the FRRR ABC Heywire Youth Innovation Grants program. The projects will…
Good times and opportunities for Eden youth
26 May 2020 – Youth unemployment and disengagement is a big problem in Eden. The Eden Game Development Centre received a $9,692 ABC Heywire Youth Innovation Grant to deliver their version of the Heywire…