TTTT
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.
Draft strengthens connections in Winton
27 Jul 2021 – A $20,000 Tackling Times Together grant allowed the Diamantina Rodeo and Campdraft Association to go ahead with their annual Draft and bring people together, covering most of the major costs…
More than $1M in grants for rural communities still tackling drought
31 May 2021 – Rural communities across Australia are sharing in more than $1M in grants to help them tackle the ongoing effects of drought thanks to FRRR’s TTTT program.
“Thankyou for building a park in Woolomin for us kids.”
24 Mar 2021 – In the drought declared town of Woolomin, NSW, the local kids had nowhere safe to meet and play outside of school. The Tamworth Regional Council partnered with the Woolomin Recreation…
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…
Drought recovery – GLENRAC style
02 Mar 2021 – GLENRAC received a grant to deliver workshops to the Glen Innes farming community focusing on drought management techniques and sustainable agriculture.
More than $1.2M in grants awarded to help tackle the Big Dry
25 Feb 2021 – FRRR has awarded $1,264,396 in grants to 29 projects that will support drought-impacted communities through its Tackling Tough Times Together (TTTT) program.
A dino-mite upgrade for the Eromanga Natural History Museum
28 Jan 2021 – Located 1,000 km from Brisbane in the southwest of Queensland, Eromanga has a big claim to fame. The rural town, hidden deep in the outback of Australia, may only be…
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…
Leading in Longreach
26 Oct 2020 – A grant of $14,500 from the Tackling Tough Times Together program, co-funded by the Qantas Foundation and Friends of FRRR, meant that 20 people in Longreach, QLD, had the opportunity…