From Little Things, Big Things Grow
The Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR) are delighted to announce the 138 successful applicants for the Small Grants for Small Rural Communities Program.
“There is a wealth of innovation, commitment and drive in small communities” said Ms Alexandra Gartmann, CEO of FRRR, “We are constantly amazed at the impact these small grants have and congratulate all those who have been successful in this latest round”.
The Small Grants for Small Rural Communities Program, administered by FRRR, is a collaborative program supported by The William Buckland Foundation, R.E. Ross Trust, Perpetual Trustees, The Yulgilbar Foundation, The Edward Wilson Trust, The Cages Foundation, The Myer Foundation, The Becher Foundation and The Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR).
“We thank our generous donors, whose ongoing support of this highly successful bi-annual program enables it to reach the wide array of Australian rural and remote communities that it does” said Ms Gartmann.
Preference was given to applicants whose projects supported:
- Education and Youth
- Culture, Arts, Tourism and Community Heritage
- Communities from areas that are Natural Disaster Declared
- Community infrastructure such as historic community halls
The successful projects are:
|
Organisation |
Project Title |
Location |
State |
Grant |
|
Ballimore Progress Assoc. |
Upgrade Ballimore Community Hall |
Ballimore |
NSW |
$3,500 |
|
Chetwynd Public Hall & Recreation Reserve |
Rat and Mouse Plague Prevention |
Chetwynd |
VIC |
$3,500 |
|
Coffin Bay Progress Assoc. |
Replacing a Leaking Roof |
Coffin Bay |
SA |
$3,053 |
|
Cooltong War Memorial Community Centre |
Acquisition of Refrigerator for the Cooltong Community Hall to Enable Hosting of |
Renmark |
SA |
$3,500 |
|
CWA-Talbragar Country Women's Assoc of NSW |
Renovating Talbragar CWA Hall |
Talbragar |
NSW |
$3,500 |
|
Dirnaseer Memorial Hall Committee |
New Kitchen for Historic Dirnaseer Memorial Hall |
Dirnaseer via Temora |
NSW |
$4,918 |
|
Euchareena Public Hall Trust |
Ceiling Replacement |
Euchareena |
NSW |
$3,704 |
|
Mannanarie Public Hall Ass. Inc. |
Mannanarie Hall Makeover |
Yongala |
SA |
$3,600 |
|
Matong Community Hall |
Secure Doors for Matong Community Hall |
Matong |
NSW |
$3,500 |
|
Milawa Hall and Park Special Committee (Wangaratta Rural City Council) |
Milawa Community Hall External Restoration Project |
Milawa |
VIC |
$3,750 |
|
Murrabit Public Hall Committee of Management |
Seating for the Murrabit Public Hall |
Murrabit |
VIC |
$4,000 |
|
Purnim Mechanics Institute Inc |
Purnim Hall Upgrade |
Purnim |
VIC |
$3,500 |
|
Renmark Paringa Council |
Furniture Upgrade at Lyrup Institute Hall |
Renmark |
SA |
$3,475 |
|
The Corndale Hall Inc |
Purchase of New Stove, Kitchen and Mains Wiring, Meter Board and Stove Installation |
Corndale |
NSW |
$3,500 |
|
Upper Derwent United Hall |
Bushy Park Hall Window Renovations |
New Norfolk |
TAS |
$3,500 |
|
Wangoom Memorial Hall Committee Inc |
Window and Floor Repairs at Wangoom Memorial Hall |
Wangoom |
VIC |
$4,000 |
|
Anxiety Recovery Centre Victoria (ARCV) |
Stawell/ Ararat- Working to Create Suicide Safe Communities |
Stawell and Ararat |
VIC |
$4,210 |
|
Ballan District Health Care |
Bunjil Gear- Wearable Art |
Ballan |
VIC |
$2,100 |
|
Balmoral Fire Brigades Group (Country Fire Authority) |
Multimedia Equipment Grant |
Hamilton |
VIC |
$4,000 |
|
Benalla Health |
Underage Drinking, Youth Engagement Project |
Benalla & Mansfield |
VIC |
$2,020 |
|
Castlemaine Historical Society Inc |
Access to 1850's Goldfields Records |
Castlemaine |
VIC |
$1,500 |
|
Cobram Citizen's Advice Bureau |
Computer Upgrade and Training for Cobram Citizen's Advice Bureau Volunteers |
Cobram |
VIC |
$2,348 |
|
Cobram Gateway Services |
Coffee Shop for Gateway on Broadway |
Cobram |
VIC |
$4,000 |
|
Creswick Museum |
Digitising 'Creswick Advertiser' |
Creswick |
VIC |
$4,000 |
|
Myrtleford Men's Shed |
Visual Aids Training Facilities |
Myrtleford |
VIC |
$3,247 |
|
Parklands Albury Wodonga Limited |
Sharing the Upper Murray Timber & Trails Heritage through Signage |
Wodonga |
VIC |
$3,500 |
|
Portland Toy Library Inc. (PTL) |
Restocking the Portland Toy Library with Educational Toys |
Portland |
VIC |
$3,500 |
|
Stride Foundation |
Supporting Students to Support their School |
Benalla |
VIC |
$2,580 |
|
Tongala Community Emergency Response Team |
Defensive Driving Course |
Tongala |
VIC |
$3,995 |
|
Winchelsea Primary School |
Winch's Gardening and Healthy Cooking Project |
Winchelsea |
VIC |
$4,000 |
|
Burrumbuttock Preschool Inc |
Soft-fall for Major Outside Play Areas |
Burrumbuttock |
NSW |
$4,000 |
|
Cootamundra Toy Library |
Raising the Profile of a Community Resource- Improving the Toy Library Aesthetics to Create a Family Friendly Environment |
Cootamundra |
NSW |
$1,250 |
|
Inverell District Family Services |
Resources to Support Children with Special Rights and Additional Needs |
Inverell |
NSW |
$4,209 |
|
Moama Playgroup |
Moama Playgroup- Let's get it Started |
Moama |
NSW |
$2,396 |
|
Mulwala Pre School |
Why Don't They Do As They Are Told? |
Mulwala |
NSW |
$1,870 |
|
Parkes/ Forbes Family Day Care |
Indigenous/ Multicultural Toys & Equipment for Toy Library |
Parkes |
NSW |
$500 |
|
Stuarts Point Preschool Association Inc |
Australian Aboriginal Plant Trail |
Stuarts Point |
NSW |
$775 |
|
Ardlethan Memorial Hall |
Ardlethan Memorial Hall Upgrade |
Ardlethan |
NSW |
$3,500 |
|
Cobram Showgrounds Committee (CSC) |
Toilet/ Shower Block Upgrade |
Cobram |
VIC |
$3,000 |
|
Bordertown Kindergym |
Keeping Our Kids Healthy, Active & Confident |
Bordertown |
SA |
$2,500 |
|
Coomba & District Progress Association Inc |
Coomba District Community Centre- Kitchen Refurbishment |
Coomba Park |
NSW |
$2,500 |
|
Wattamondara Recreational Ground Trust (WRMG) |
Wattamondara Recreational Ground Arena Upgrade |
Cowra |
NSW |
$2,888 |
|
Boat Harbour Primary School Council |
Bridging Buddies |
Boat harbour |
TAS |
$3,000 |
|
Deniliquin High School P&C Assoc |
Driver Education |
Deniliquin |
NSW |
$2,571 |
|
Tinonee Public School P&C Assoc (TPSPCA) |
Making Education Interactive |
Tinonee |
NSW |
$3,000 |
|
Willow Grove Kindergarten |
Science Viewing Station |
Willow Grove |
VIC |
$429 |
|
Hannam Vale Hall Society Inc. |
Water Tank and Pump Replacement |
Hannam Vale |
NSW |
$4,500 |
|
Heartfelt Health and Healing (HH) |
Project Download |
Tuncurry |
NSW |
$4,800 |
|
Manning Valley Historical Society Inc. (MVHSI) |
Showcasing Our Past |
Wingham |
NSW |
$2,985 |
|
Manning Valley Neighbourhood Services Inc. |
Garden2Kitchen- Manning Valley |
Wingham |
NSW |
$3,108 |
|
Moorland Community Assoc. |
Centenary of Moorland Hall- 100 Years of History |
Moorland |
NSW |
$3,000 |
|
Mount George Hall Committee (Mount George School of Arts) |
Repair and Restoration of the Mount George School of Arts Hall |
Mount George |
NSW |
$4,046 |
|
Surf Life Saving Lower North Coast Branch Inc. (SLSC) |
Priority Training Program |
Forster |
NSW |
$3,800 |
|
Taree- Old Bar SLSC Inc. |
Junior Surf Rescue Boards |
Old Bar |
NSW |
$2,363 |
|
Tinonee Historical Society Inc. |
Safety Hand Railings at Museum |
Tinonee |
NSW |
$1,628 |
|
Broken River Potters Group |
Essential Renovation of Studio |
Lurg |
VIC |
$4,854 |
|
Capability Building Inc (CBI) |
Bicycle Shed and Floor |
Benalla |
VIC |
$5,000 |
|
Lurg Hall & Reserves Management Committee (LHRMC) |
Replace, Repair and Restore Old Lurg School Windows, Spouts & Downpipes |
Upper Lurg |
VIC |
$4,850 |
|
Swanpool & District Community Development Association Inc |
Swanpool Heritage Murals |
Samaria |
VIC |
$3,844 |
|
Tatong Heritage Group |
Community Communications |
Tatong |
VIC |
$3,154 |
|
Benalla & District Preschool Partnerships |
Upgrade of Sandpit at Bernard Briggs Kindergarten |
Benalla |
VIC |
$1,400 |
|
Dallyeup Surf Life Saving Club |
Acquisition of Equipment- Mobile Caged Trailer |
Gelorup |
WA |
$3,000 |
|
Gairdner Progress Assoc |
Gairdner Hall Outdoor Area |
Gairdner |
WA |
$3,000 |
|
Nyabing Historical Society Inc |
Nyabing- Celebrating 100 Years |
Nyabing |
WA |
$3,000 |
|
Andamooka Progress and Opal Miners Ass Inc |
Andamooka Heritage Machinery Signage Project |
Andamooka |
SA |
$3,000 |
|
Apunipima- Cape York Aboriginal Corporation |
Lockhart River Men's Cooking and Nutrition Program |
Bungalow |
QLD |
$2,243 |
|
Autism Spectrum Australia |
NSW Far North Coast Resource Library for Autism |
Forestville |
NSW |
$4,708 |
|
Boort Resource and Information Centre |
Powering a Brighter Future |
Boort |
VIC |
$3,500 |
|
Bulahdelah War Memorial Trust |
Refurbishment of Kitchen Facilities |
Bulahdelah |
NSW |
$3,500 |
|
Dardanup Bull & Barrel Festival Committee Inc |
Dardi Youth Circus |
Dardanup |
WA |
$2,800 |
|
Hunter Connect Families Inc |
Social Skills Program for Youths Living with Autism Spectrum Disorder |
Medowie |
NSW |
$2,400 |
|
Northampton Returned Services League |
Development of Community Use Facility |
Northampton |
WA |
$4,053 |
|
NT Music School (Northern Territory Music School) |
Indigenous Music in Katherine |
Katherine |
NT |
$5,000 |
|
Otway Districts Historical Society |
Otway Community History Resources Development |
Ferguson |
VIC |
$2,200 |
|
Pastoria Rural Fire Brigade |
Pastoria Rural Fire Brigade AV Training Grant |
Kyneton |
VIC |
$3,348 |
|
Science Schools Foundation |
The Science Experience at the Volcanoes Centre, Penshurst |
Penhurst |
VIC |
$2,800 |
|
Shire of Ashburton |
Onslow's Young Mentor Project- Buddy Up 2 Buggy Up |
Tom price |
WA |
$3,500 |
|
Smiths Beach Surf Life Saving Club Inc |
Development of New Club- Acquisition of Essential Life Saving Equipment |
Dunsborough |
WA |
$4,148 |
|
South Narrabeen Surf Lifesaving Club Inc |
Bush to Beach |
Narrabeen |
NSW |
$2,800 |
|
Ballarat Environmental Network |
Meredith Police Paddocks Access Path |
Meredith |
VIC |
$4,100 |
|
Camperdown Timboon Rail Trail Committee of Management |
Insulation of the Glenfyne Hall and Refurbishment of the Kitchen |
Glenfyne |
VIC |
$3,500 |
|
Cobram Community House (CCH) |
Keeping them Safe |
Cobram |
VIC |
$2,005 |
|
Ferguson Public Recreation Reserve |
Landscaping and Development of Public Reserve |
Ferguson |
VIC |
$3,741 |
|
Gannawarra University of the Third Age |
Upgrade Community Meeting Room Furniture & Equipment |
Cohuna |
VIC |
$4,000 |
|
Indigo FM |
Indigo FM Expansion |
Beechworth |
VIC |
$1,634 |
|
Mt Egerton Mechanics Hall |
Mt Egerton Playgroup Shade Sail Project |
Mt Egerton |
VIC |
$5,000 |
|
Nathalia Agricultural Society |
Upgrade Electrical System and Slasher Purchase |
Nathalia |
VIC |
$3,970 |
|
Poolaijelo Soldiers Memorial Hall Committee |
Poolaijelo Hall Refurbishment |
Poolaijelo |
VIC |
$5,000 |
|
Port Fairy Community Group |
Women's Weekend |
Port Fairy |
VIC |
$1,000 |
|
The GRAIN Store- Growing Rural Art in Nathalia |
Rural Arts on Record |
Nathalia |
VIC |
$3,500 |
|
Walpeup & District Development Committee Inc |
Walpeup Wildflower Weekend |
Walpeup |
VIC |
$3,600 |
|
Wilby Recreation Reserve Committee of Management |
Install Replacement Playground Equipment at Wilby Recreation Reserve |
Wilby |
VIC |
$4,000 |
|
Yanac Public Hall & Recreation Reserve (YPH&RR) |
Keeping our Cool at Yanac |
Yanac |
VIC |
$4,700 |
|
Yarrawonga Showgrounds Victoria Park Committee of Management |
Yarrawonga Showgrounds- Craft Pavilion Disability Access Project |
Yarrawonga |
VIC |
$3,500 |
|
Yea Business and Tourism Assoc |
Yea Autumn Festival 2012 |
Yea |
VIC |
$3,000 |
|
Its Charleville Girl Guides (Guides Qld) |
Saving Lives through Education |
Charleville |
QLD |
$1,181 |
|
Banana & District Community Assoc Inc |
The Refurbishment of the Sutherland Community Town Hall |
Banana |
QLD |
$3,500 |
|
Booringa Heritage Group Inc |
Booringa Heritage Museum Workshop and Storage Shed |
Mitchell |
QLD |
$3,500 |
|
Careflight Rescue (Careflight Qld Ltd) |
The Squirrel Equipment Upgrade Project |
Southern Queensland and Northern NSW |
QLD |
$1,999 |
|
Clifton Landcare Group Inc |
Planting the Seeds for Good Rural Health |
Clifton |
QLD |
$1,650 |
|
Dirranbandi Rural Transaction Centre Inc |
Youth Holiday Outreach Program |
Dirranbandi |
QLD |
$774 |
|
Drovers Camp Assoc Inc |
Access Everyone |
Camooweal |
QLD |
$2,304 |
|
Homestead Progress Assoc Inc |
Digital Satellite TV Reception |
Homestead |
QLD |
$771 |
|
Hughenden Kindergarten Association Inc |
Playground Side Fence |
Hughenden |
QLD |
$3,000 |
|
Kingaroy State High School P & C Association |
The Odyssey Program |
Kingaroy |
QLD |
$2,000 |
|
Laidley Agricultural & Industrial Society |
Upgrade Show Pavilion Hall |
Laidley |
QLD |
$2,874 |
|
Muttaburra Community Development Association Inc. |
Park Furniture |
Muttaburra |
QLD |
$3,590 |
|
Nobby Heritage & Development Assoc. Inc |
Stormwater Drainage and Disabled Access Upgrades to Nobby School of Arts Hall |
Clifton |
QLD |
$3,500 |
|
Oak Park Sport & Recreation Club Inc |
Rainwater Tank and Water Cooler for Oak Park Sport and Recreation Club Inc |
Einasleigh |
QLD |
$4,000 |
|
Surat Aboriginal Corporation |
Pulling Together- Indigenous and non- Indigenous Organisations |
Surat |
QLD |
$4,697 |
|
Towers Players Inc |
Bringing St Pauls History to Life through Improved Signage |
Charters Towers |
QLD |
$2,500 |
|
Family Day Care Association Office Queensland |
Welcome Visitors |
Mossman |
QLD |
$660 |
|
Tully State High School P & C Association |
Tully Multi-Purpose Centre Lectern |
Tully |
QLD |
$2,500 |
|
Alexandra Quilters Inc |
Alexandra Quilters Display Stands |
Alexandra |
VIC |
$2,671 |
|
Emu Recreation and Public Hall Reserve Committee of Management |
Warming the Hall |
St Arnaud |
VIC |
$5,000 |
|
Happy Valley Hall Restoration Group |
Solar Hot Water |
Piggoreet |
VIC |
$4,000 |
|
Kergunyah Hall Committee of Management Inc |
Gas Oven, Cooktop and Range hood |
Kergunyah |
VIC |
$2,826 |
|
NADDCO (Nathalia & District Development Corporation) |
UB Community Park Playground Equipment to Promote Healthy Living |
Nathalia |
VIC |
$2,500 |
|
Purnim Rural Fire Brigade |
Ultra Light Vehicle |
Purnim |
VIC |
$4,000 |
|
Birchip Fire Brigade |
Advancing Birchip |
Birchip |
VIC |
$1,503 |
|
Age of Fishes Museum Inc. |
Take Away Fish- Outreach Education Program and Tourism Trailer |
Canowindra |
NSW |
$3,323 |
|
Badgingarra Primary School P&C Assoc |
Community Artworks for the Vern Westbrook Walk |
Badgingarra |
WA |
$4,000 |
|
Barmedman Mineral Pool Committee |
Barmedman Mineral Pool |
Barmedman |
NSW |
$3,822 |
|
Bingara Rural Fire Brigade (NSW Rural Fire Service) |
Specialist Equipment to Support Bingara Rural Fire Service |
Bingara |
NSW |
$300 |
|
Blighty Advancement Committee (Conargo Shire) |
Health and Fitness for Blighty- Keep It Up |
Blighty |
NSW |
$2,640 |
|
Bogan Shire Council |
Purchase of New Stove/ Oven for Historic Nyngan Town Hall |
Nyngan |
NSW |
$3,000 |
|
Arts Council of SA Bordertown Branch |
Tatiara Youth Challenge- Has Tatiara got Talent? |
Bordertown |
SA |
$2,170 |
|
Bowraville Arts Council Inc |
Lights on Valley Performers |
Bowraville |
NSW |
$3,000 |
|
Dunedoo District Development Group Inc |
We Want to be Heard |
Dunedoo |
NSW |
$1,928 |
|
Esperance Discovery Centre at Dover District High School Inc |
Framing Postcards of History |
Esperance |
TAS |
$1,589 |
|
Family Planning Queensland (FPQ) |
Whole School Community Approach to Sexuality Education |
Mt Morgan |
QLD |
$5,000 |
|
Innisfail Christian Outreach Centre |
New Shade Cloth for Outdoor Playground |
Innisfail |
QLD |
$2,500 |
|
Lockhart Men's Shed Inc |
Lockhart Men's Shed Refurbishment |
Lockhart |
NSW |
$2,000 |
|
Project Queenstown Inc |
Slipstream Circus Youth Workshops- Participation and Performance for an Isolated Mining Community |
Queenstown |
TAS |
$3,232 |
|
St Paul's Anglican Church, Katherine |
Old Church Renovation |
Katherine |
NT |
$3,750 |
|
Shepherdson College, Elcho Island |
Chase your Dreams |
Elcho Island |
NT |
$5,000 |
|
VP Playgroup and Toy Library Inc. |
Development of Old Golf Club into the Victoria Plains Playgroup & Toy Library |
Yerecoin |
WA |
$4,000 |
|
Wilmot Tourist & Progress Assoc |
Triggered Audio Delivery Solution |
Wilmot |
TAS |
$2,746 |


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