small grants for rural 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.
Rural Australia receives $820,000 funding boost
13 Mar 2025 – Eighty-four NFPs across remote, rural and regional Australia are sharing $827,253 in grants thanks to FRRR’s Strengthening Rural Communities grant program.
Rural communities continue to fall through funding gap
06 Jun 2024 – FRRR is calling for individuals and organisations to help meet the growing unmet needs of remote, rural and regional communities.
Good governance supports great outcomes in Glen Innes
28 Jun 2022 – In an agricultural community, it is not uncommon to have a male-dominated population. However in and around Glen Innes, NSW this isn’t the case. More than half of the Glen…
Maintenance work keeps community hub alive in Baryulgil
16 Feb 2021 – Nestled in the heart of the bush, halfway between Byron Bay and Coffs Harbour in NSW, lies the rural community of Baryulgil. In the heart of Baryulgil is the Community…
New technology helps Clarence Landcare stay connected
16 Feb 2021 – Clarence Landcare is located in regional NSW. Their mission is to promote sustainable land, agriculture, water, vegetation and biodiversity management practices and principles to their local community. The largely volunteer-run…
The town with a big heart – playground upgrade
22 Dec 2020 – Saddleworth in South Australia is a small rural town with a big heart. With less than 500 people, it’s a tight-knit community where the residents easily walk from one end…
Northern Territory Friendship & Support Inc
09 Dec 2020 – The challenge of attracting volunteers to support charitable organisations serving the community is universal, but exacerbated further in remote communities where the potential pool from which to recruit helpers is…
A bounty of local fresh produce and knowledge shared in Omeo
18 Dec 2018 – Omeo District Health, centred in the remote Victorian Alps, provides primary health care to the communities of Ensay, Swifts Creek, Omeo, Benambra Dinner Plain and surrounds. The primary health care…