tasmania
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.
Huon Valley’s mental health community response
10 Nov 2022 – With the help of a $9,255 grant through the In a Good Place program, supported by CCI Giving, the Mental Health Community Response project was initiated by the Huon Valley…
Putting the impressive geology of the Furneaux region on the map
10 Nov 2022 – Thanks to the help of an FRRR grant of $24,924, through the Strengthening Rural Communities program, the Furneaux Historical Research Association was able to complete the second stage of the…
Tassie Youth teach Anti-Racism
03 Nov 2021 – Unlearning prevalent and systemic racism in this country is a requirement if we are to move forward as a unified Australia – and who better to facilitate this and implement…
Farmers Fighting Climate Change
20 Oct 2021 – Farmers for Climate Action established a Fundraising Account with FRRR in 2017 to allow them to leverage FRRR’s special tax status to bolster their fundraising.
Coming of age (and sharing the story) in NW Tassie
30 Sep 2021 – A Strengthening Rural Communities grant has helped a group of women from Tasmania’s north coast take ownership of their stories with the Radio Diaries podcast.
Tassie Food Co-op gets room to move
27 Sep 2021 – Okines Community House have built a user friendly extension to their Food Co-op to support families in need.
West Coast Connect takes locals down the garden path to employment
30 Apr 2021 – West Coast Connect in Tasmania, used an FRRR grant to introduce horticulture training into Queenstown, enhancing employment opportunities for local jobseekers.
Kingston Beach Surf Life Saving Club
09 Dec 2020 – If you head north along the stunning beaches of the Kingsborough coast in southern Tasmania, you are bound to hit the town of Kingston. It’s one of the more central…
Hot spot snapshots – Tasmanian Midlands biodiversity
30 May 2017 – A $4,000 grant from the Small Grants for Rural Communities program, funded by the Yulgilbar Foundation saw Greening Australia run two activity field days at Cressy and Campbell Town, south…
Taking marine science to rural Tasmania
24 Jan 2016 – A REAPing Rewards grant funded by the Ian Potter Foundation has covered travel expenses of the Woodbridge Marine Discovery Centre’s teacher, the purchase of resources such as ice boxes and…