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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.
New connections, new outlets
04 Dec 2025 – Word about the recent success of the Loxton Chamber of Commerce has now spread so far that residents of other nearby towns are asking to join.
Spotlighting and celebrating locals
04 Dec 2025 – A project to link the efforts of organisations across the Mildura region to help community resilience and drought risk management has proven a great success.
Weaving culture and community in Kingston
25 Jun 2025 – Supported by OSCA and a $10,000 SRC Small and Vital grant, the Kingston Weaving project is bringing community and culture together in SA’s Limestone Coast.
Morgan Volunteer Support Group’s FRRR story
22 Jan 2025 – Morgan Volunteer Support Group share their FRRR story.
Improved access to life saving equipment in Pine Village
27 Aug 2024 – Pine Village Land & Services Management Association Inc received a $3,704 grant to purchase and install an automatic defibrillator.
Lights Up festival boosts Riverland
11 Dec 2023 – A TTTT grant in Loxton, SA helped boost the local economy and connect and engage locals, all while building skills for young people and having fun.
Upper North Farming Systems’ tools, tech and transformation
29 Sep 2023 – A $20,000 Networks to Build Drought Resilience grant enabled UNFS to deliver the ‘Tools, Tech and Transformation’ workshop for farmers and agribusinesses. The key event was followed by a series…
Innovative model putting Aboriginal health in Aboriginal hands
14 Jul 2023 – The First Nations Philanthropic Funders Working Group will oversee the creation of a community-informed and community-led model to direct philanthropic funding for First Nations communities across the SA.
Contribute to the Change
31 May 2023 – Riverland Youth Theatre used an FRRR ABC Heywire Youth Innovation Grant to develop the Contribute to the Change project idea to develop the ‘There I Am’ project to support LGBTQIA+…
I’m not afraid to talk!
26 Apr 2023 – The community group I’m Not Afraid To Talk (INATT) partnered with the University of South Australia (UniSA) to deliver a mental wellbeing program through Greater Flinders and Eastern Eyre football…