Latest Grants in Action

FRRR has announced that the Strengthening Rural Communities program will be reviewed to ensure it is meeting community and donor needs. This means that the opening of Round 6 will be delayed until July.

Eidsvold Kindergarten hosted a professional development day for early childhood educators from the North Burnett and beyond to improve their professional knowledge and skills, ultimately benefiting children across the region.

An $11,000 Tackling Times Together grant, helped fund the Cowell Area School Middle School Camp to Canberra without which teh camp would not be able to run.While in Canberra students furthered their understanding and interest in Australia's history, civics and governance through visits to Parliament House, the Australian War Memorial, the High Court, the Museum of Australian Democracy (Old Parliament House), the Electoral Education Centre and the National Museum of Australia.

Buderim Foundation were proud to be part of the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR) Back to School Program, helping local families who need assistance with school expenses by offering $50 Target vouchers.

A thank you message from our CEO, Natalie Egleton, for the generosity shown to fire-affected communities.

The Pratt Foundation has partnered with the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR) to offer grants to support the Tumut region to recover from the effects of last month's fires.

"We are thrilled to be the charity partner for the televised broadcast of the Fire Fight Australia Concert for National Bushfire Relief. FRRR is grateful for everyone's continued generosity and sense of community," says FRRR CEO, Natalie Egleton."Experience matters and from our work over the last fourteen years supporting local communities in rural, regional and remote areas in their recovery from disasters, we know that the recovery will be a marathon; not a sprint. FRRR will be there to support communities on the long road ahead, providing funding for locally-identified needs throughout their recovery." If you missed out on tickets to this wonderful event, be watching the Seven Network or Foxtel on Sunday, 16 February. Throughout the broadcast, viewers will be encouraged to donate via www.firefightaustralia.com to support those  whose lives have been impacted by the worst bushfire season in living memory.Donations will go to the FRRR's Fire Fight Fund.

While it's only around an hour's drive to central Darwin, the small community of Berry Springs is relatively isolated when it comes to accessing emergency medical care. It can take up to 45 minutes for an ambulance to reach them. Rather than lament and complain about the situation, the Seniors Group decided to get proactive. They secured a $1,440 Small Grant for Rural Communities, funded by the John T Reid Charitable Trusts to undertake some first-aid training.

Tim Fairfax AC has commenced the role of Chairman with the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal. Mr Fairfax served on the board of FRRR between 2002-17 and has been a long-term donor to the organisation both personally, and through the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation.

With a Gardiner Working in Dairy Communities program grant, Grow Lightly were able to fund a consultant to undertake market research and the development of a business plan for the expansion of their food hub and network of local consumers and producers.

FRRR says that once again, the generosity of the general public, businesses and philanthropists will ensure that fire-affected communities will be able to access the support they need when they need it, especially in the medium to long-term.

The Foundation for Rural&Regional Renewal is reminding the public that recovery takes time, and help will be needed for many years to come. Therefore, the Foundation's CEO encourages donors to consider splitting their contribution, directing some toward more immediate support, and contributing to FRRR's Disaster Resilience and Recovery Fund, which will have a longer-term impact.

With the support of a $15,000 ANZ Seeds of Renewal grant, JUTE was able to take its 2019 show, The Longest Minute to ten North Queensland schools in very remote locations with significant numbers of Indigenous students.

The Franklin Harbour Community Development Group sought to expand their local tourism market in a bid to stimulate the local economy, which has been adversely affected by the flow on effects from a community in drought.

More than $1.5M earmarked to support ongoing recovery across the Kinglake Ranges following the 2009 bushfires has begun to roll-out through the Foundation for Rural&Regional Renewal's Grants for Resilience&Wellness (GR&W) - Kinglake Ranges program

Community organisations in three New South Wales communities will receive long-term support through the Investing in Rural Community Futures (IRCF) program, which focuses on strengthening local not-for-profits, and in turn, rural communities.

The Dolphin Sands Ratepayers Association received a $9,900 Tackling Tough Times Together grant, funded by Westpac Group, to engage a commercial mulcher and its crew, to process around 150 tonnes of vegetation in an effort to get the community bushfire-ready.

The Desert Uplands Committee (DUC) in central western Queensland received three Lenovo laptops valued at $4,047 via an ANZ Seeds of Renewal grant. Identification and eradication of weed infestations is a major part of the DUC's landcare work.These computers have enhanced the capacities of the landholders in managing their properties and resources, with multi-property data being easily collected, collated, analysed and then fed back to the land managers. The IT upgrade has modernised the operations of the Committee, enabling them to have near-paperless meetings, and activating processes in near-real time.

A $20,000 grant from FRRR's Innovation for Community Impact program assisted The Malpa Institute to deliver the Young Doctors program - known as Dhalayi Doctors in the local Dunghutti Country language - to students at six Kempsey primary schools.

The Tumut Community Foundation reports that their partnership with Visy and FRRR has made a tangible difference in their community, aiding capacity building and supporting some fantastic achievements by community groups.