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SAGE gets wise online
05 Aug 2015 – An ANZ Seeds of Renewal grant for $8,000 helped to create SAGE Online, possibly the first online portal of its type in Australia- an online Farmers Market.
Donation Account helps Bower Progress Association rejuvenate community facilities
28 Jun 2015 – Bower is a town in South Australia, approximately half way between Eudunda and Morgan on the Thiele Highway, 130 km north west of Adelaide. For a small community it has…
Back to School vouchers help farming families
12 Jun 2015 – FRRR’s $50 Back to School vouchers are making a big difference to farming families that have been impacted by consecutive natural disasters. For one family of four, it meant sending…
Fundraising accounts blaze the way
06 May 2015 – This story highlights to community groups that may be faced with recovering from some of the recent natural disasters across the country how a Donation Account could make a difference…
FRRR helps create a Community Hub in Meering West
07 Apr 2015 – An FRRR Small Grant aided the CFA in Meering West, Victoria, to purchase and install antennas that enable improved mobile reception and internet access.
Lockyer Valley weed eradication program
06 Apr 2015 – Funds from the Lockyer Valley Regional Council’s Donation Account were used to purchase herbicides and construct three purpose built weed spray trailers, which landholders are now able to borrow.
Not Quite Baroque (Broke!) festival energises Wallangra
06 Apr 2015 – An FRRR Tackling Tough Times Together grant funded by the Yulgilbar Foundation helped the Wallangra community to rediscover its strength and resilience.
Back to School Program – making a real difference in rural Australia
13 Nov 2014 – A $50 voucher goes a long way for families that are struggling to put food on the table, let alone buy new school clothes and stationery. The BTS voucher distribution…
Restoring Goulburn Valley radio history
05 Oct 2014 – With funding from the Small Grant for Rural Communities program, specifically the William Buckland Foundation, the Goulburn Valley Vintage Tractor and Farm Machinery Club purchased a lathe and a sand…
Tallangatta SES has got things covered
06 Aug 2014 – The Tallangatta State Emergency Services (SES) Unit applied to FRRR for a Gardiner Foundation grant in 2012, and received funding to purchase a new marquee, allowing the Unit to participate…
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