Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fund
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.
Grants for Resilience & Wellness for Kinglake Ranges communities now open
21 Feb 2023 – FRRR is inviting applications from local not-for-profit groups for grants to support ongoing recovery efforts following the Black Saturday bushfires in 2009.
Over $410,000 in grants awarded to Kinglake Ranges communities
02 Dec 2022 – FRRR has awarded $414,927 in grants to 12 community groups and local not-for-profits through its Grants for Resilience & Wellness (GR&W) Kinglake program.
Grants for Resilience & Wellness for Kinglake Ranges communities
04 Jul 2022 – The final round of the Grants for Resilience & Wellness Kinglake Ranges program opens Tuesday 5 July, with FRRR inviting applications from local not-for-profit groups. The program is designed to…
Resilience & Wellness grants open soon for Kinglake Ranges communities
06 Jun 2022 – FRRR today announced that the final round of grants to assist Kinglake Ranges communities to rebuild, reconnect and recover from the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires will open soon.
Reconciliation in the town of Yea
22 Apr 2022 – Yea Community Service Group successfully applied for a grant of $28,734 from the Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fund. The group decided that the creation of a meaningful Taungarung designed art installation…
Grants for Resilience & Wellness – Kinglake Ranges
17 Feb 2022 – FRRR has awarded an out-of-session grant to the Kinglake Ranges Neighbourhood House Inc, via the Grants for Resilience & Wellness – Kinglake Ranges program, funded by the Victorian Bushfire Appeal…
Nearly $500,000 in grants awarded to grow community resilience and wellness
13 Jul 2021 – FRRR has awarded $499,959 in grants through its Grants for Resilience & Wellness (GR&W) programs, for 31 projects to help Victorian communities continue to build back better following the February…
Support available as recovery continues, 12 years on
22 Mar 2021 – Twelve years on from the 2009 Victorian bushfires, FRRR is offering another round of funding to support communities as they continue to rebuild, reconnect and recover.
Helping little kids with their big feelings after bushfires
26 Apr 2018 – Arthurs Creek Strathewan CFA were given a $15,730 grant from the Grants for Resilience and Wellness program funded by Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fund to deliver the Strathewen Primary School Fire…