Networks to Build Drought Resilience

Thanks for popping by. In this area of the site, we share news of the grants we have awarded, our new partnerships and share stories about our organisation. From time to time, you’ll also find articles and our thoughts on key issues facing remote, rural and regional communities.

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.

Tools, tech and transformation

31 Jan 2024 – A $20,000 Networks to Build Drought Resilience grant enabled UNFS to deliver the ‘Tools, Tech and Transformation’ workshop for farmers and agribusinesses.

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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.

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Building drought resilience in Qld’s Northern Gulf

24 Jul 2023 – Providing opportunities for community connection helps build preparedness for, and resilience to, the impacts of drought. Through the Future Drought Fund’s Networks to Build Drought Resilience program, Northern Gulf Resource…

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Connected communities are more capable of enduring future droughts

17 Jul 2023 – If agriculture-dependent communities are to be sustainable in the long-term, we must also ensure local people are ready to withstand the pressures that come with extended dry periods.

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Kempsey Shire Council shares insights on changing climate

12 Dec 2022 – Earlier this year, the FRRR team heard directly from Kempsey Shire Council, who had recently received a $56,960 grant for the Macleay Valley River to the Sea Festival through the…

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Vocal Locals Strengthen Loxton

10 Nov 2022 – A $148,250 grant through the Future Drought Fund’s Networks to Build Drought Resilience program has been used to establish the Vocal Locals – a project that supports local networks access…

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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…

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Rural women leading from the front in responding to a changing climate

15 Nov 2021 – Disaster Resilience and Recovery Lead, Nina O’Brien, discusses the efforts made by local people, particularly women, to build community resilience to drought.

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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…

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More grants available for community-led initiatives that build drought resilience

20 Sep 2021 – FRRR is inviting applications for the second round of the Future Drought Fund’s Networks to Build Drought Resilience program.

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