SRC
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.
More than $1M distributed to Strengthen Rural Communities
16 Mar 2021 – FRRR has awarded more than $1M in grants to help boost remote and rural communities across Australia, through its Strengthening Rural Communities program.
Shed helps create a community and strengthen networks
11 Mar 2021 – In the five years following 2014, the little place of Roughlie, in Queensland’s Maranoa district, experienced pretty much everything the elements could throw at it. They endured floods, fires, severe…
FRRR partners with the Kellogg Australia Charitable Foundation to help tackle food insecurity
23 Feb 2021 – FRRR has entered a new partnership with the Kellogg Australia Charitable Foundation (KACF) to help tackle hunger and build resilience in rural communities.
CRASHENDO! Bairnsdale beats the blues
28 Jan 2021 – Unlike most other youth music programs, CRASHENDO! Bairnsdale is not only about the tunes. Modelled after Venezuela’s National System of Youth and Children’s Orchestras and Choirs El Sistema Global, CRASHENDO!…
Gwalla railway mural and art trail enhancements
28 Jan 2021 – The need for the diversification of industry has been well known to the Northampton community for many years, given the heavy reliance on agriculture. Drought and unpredictable seasons have seen…
Community Tree Planting in Peppimenarti and Nganmarriyanga
09 Dec 2020 – A Strengthening Rural Communities (SRC) grant from FRRR, funded with the support of the John T Reid Charitable Trusts, helped enhance the availability of fresh fruit, as well as create…
Restoring Goulburn Valley radio history
05 Oct 2014 – With funding from the Small Grant for Rural Communities program, specifically the William Buckland Foundation, the Goulburn Valley Vintage Tractor and Farm Machinery Club purchased a lathe and a sand…