Tackling Tough Times Together
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.
Tenterfield and the Beat of the Bush
09 Dec 2020 – When a popular city-based summer school music program made plans to bring the beat to the bush and put on a show alongside it, the whole community of Tenterfield NSW…
Communities tackling drought receive nearly $1.5M in grants
26 Nov 2020 – FRRR has awarded $1,454,165 in grants for 41 community-led projects through its award-winning grants program, Tackling Tough Times Together (TTTT).
Freestone Friday Friendlies
25 Nov 2020 – With thanks to a grant from the Australian Government, administered by FRRR as part of the Tackling Tough Times Together grant program, the Community Hall used for Freestone Friday Friendlies…
Drought-affected communities Tackle Tough Times Together
21 Aug 2020 – Thirty-six community-led projects that will help tackle the ongoing challenges faced by drought-affected communities across Australia are sharing in nearly $1.3 million in grants, through the Foundation for Rural &…
Nearly $2M granted to drought-affected communities
19 May 2020 – Fifty-eight community-led projects that help drought-affected rural, regional and remote Australian communities are sharing in nearly $2 million in grants, through FRRR’s Tackling Tough Times Together (TTTT) program.
Fitness program helps farmers tackle their health
01 Aug 2018 – GLENRAC in partnership with Rural Fit used a $9,826 Tackling Tough Times Together grant to deliver a Friends with Health Benefits program to Glen Innes farmers, helping to improve their…
Not Quite Baroque (Broke!) festival energises Wallangra
06 Apr 2015 – An FRRR Tackling Tough Times Together grant funded by the Yulgilbar Foundation helped the Wallangra community to rediscover its strength and resilience.