Tim Fairfax Family Foundation
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.
Resilient Educators Program
10 Nov 2022 – Ltyentye Apurte Catholic School is one of the most successful remote Aboriginal Schools in Central Australia and the NT. Using a $10,000 Strengthening Rural Communities grant they funded the Resilience…
A mobile boost for Freycinet’s Volunteer Marine Rescue Association
10 Nov 2022 – A $2,244 grant from FRRR’s Strengthening Rural Communities program supported the Freycinet Volunteer Marine Rescue Association installation of the mobile booster. The project, described by the Association as ”one of…
Strengthen pride, strengthen youth in Nauiyu
10 Nov 2022 – With collaboration between local artists, community members, young people, and service providers, and a $5,000 Strengthening Rural Communities grant, Red Dust will deliver three large murals.
Remote laundries building strong remote communities
10 Nov 2022 – The Northern Australian Aboriginal Charitable Trust used a $10,000 Strengthening Rural Communities grant to use as a deposit to purchase a washing machine for the Yarralin Remote Laundries Project.
3×3 Basketball Brings Community Together
26 Jul 2022 – The Palm Island Police Citizens Youth Club (PCYC) was established in 2004, and works closely with the Indigenous Programs Development Unit, government agencies, community organisations and members to provide a…
Support continues for communities tackling drought
11 May 2022 – While drought is out of the media spotlight, for many communities it is still a very real and significant issue. FRRR’s Tackling Tough Times Together (TTTT) program has just awarded…
Expanding chaplaincy services for rural Queensland schools
28 Apr 2022 – Through FRRR’s Tackling Tough Times Together grant program, Scripture Union Queensland received $131,490 to support chaplaincy positions at Ravenswood State School, Charter Towers Central State School and Mareeba State School…