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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.
Restoring Bonegilla’s Blue Carbon Sink Wetlands and Waterways
28 May 2024 – Parklands Albury Wodonga is using a $16,060 Community Led Climate Solutions grant to deliver decarbonisation outcomes.
Kin Kin set to better withstand the impacts of future disasters
28 May 2024 – Kin Kin in QLD used a $25,000 Rebuilding Futures grant to furnish and equip an Emergency Response Hub to better withstand the impacts of future disasters.
Reviving Namabunda
24 Apr 2024 – Bundjalung Tribal Society utilised an SRC grant to reengage their volunteer support base after interest had waned due to volunteer fatigue and lockdown restrictions.
Re-imagining youth volunteering in rural, regional and remote Australia
22 May 2023 – People Portfolio Lead, Deb Samuels, considers how volunteer-run groups can usher in the next generation of volunteers by working with local young people.
Keeping Wallaby Joe RFS vollies dry
21 Oct 2022 – Just in time for a very wet forecast, the Wallaby Joe RFS in Wingham, in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, has taken delivery of the first part…
The Great Resignation or the Volunteer Revolution?
10 Feb 2022 – People Portfolio Lead, Alli Mudford, discusses reshaping the concept of ‘The Great Resignation’ as a ‘volunteer revolution’ in rural communities.
Cumulative disasters slowing the Heartbeat of Rural Australia
29 Nov 2021 – Cumulative disasters have taken a heavy toll on remote, rural and regional communities according to the Heartbeat of Rural Australia study findings released today.
FRRR launches new Volunteer Emergency Services Fund Grant Program
08 Jun 2021 – A private donation of $1M will fund FRRR‘s new Volunteer Emergency Services Grant Program for services supporting communities impacted by the Black Summer bushfires.
FRRR to deliver two Future Drought Fund programs
18 Dec 2020 – Networks to Build Drought Resilience and Drought Resilience Leaders FRRR will soon be providing increased support into remote, rural and regional communities to prepare for the impacts of drought, after…
Country Music Club no place for vintage computers
23 Jul 2020 – The Country Music Club of Boyup Brook (CMCBB) in WA received a 2019 ANZ Seeds of Renewal grant in the form of three Lenovo Thinkpads to plan and implement its…