FDF Communities – Capacity Building

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Building on from the FRRR Expertise Pool developed through the Future Drought Fund’s Helping Regional Communities Prepare for Drought Initiative, this element of the Future Drought Fund’s Communities Program aims to strengthen the capacity of regional community based not-for-profit organisations (NFPs) that are essential to building social resilience in rural and regional Australia.

Locally based NFPs in agriculture-dependent communities across Australia will be eligible to participate and will provide opportunities for these organisations to upskill or access support from specialist expertise for organisational capacity building to invest in their:

People
Infrastructure
Internal systems and structures
Strategy development
Financial sustainability
Sector effectiveness

This may may be through workshops, webinars, mentoring, skills audits, tools, templates, case studies or other online resources.

Important Dates

To help inform the design of the Capacity Building Initiative, FRRR will conduct a national survey of NFPs in December 2025, with program design scheduled for January 2026, with implementation expected from February 2026.

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I have a question, who can I talk to?

Brooke Williams
FRRR Future Drought Fund Communities Program team
Email: [email protected] or Ph: 1800 170 020

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Not For Profit HQ Limited received a $50,000 grant via FRRR through the Australian Government's Future Drought Fund Helping Regional Communities Prepare for Drought Initiative - Community Impact Program.