FRRR (Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal)

We wish you a happy and safe Easter long weekend from the FRRR team! 🐣 We’re hoping that you have you a joyful and relaxing break. If you can, why not head out into rural or regional Australia? Right across the country, unique local events are bringing communities together and it's the perfect time to experience nature and enjoy the heart and country charm of local rural businesses. 🌾 📸Burra, South Australia #HappyEaster #RuralAustralia #RegionalEvents #CommunityConnection #SupportLocal

2025 is hitting remote and regional Australia hard, with cyclones and widespread flooding from WA to QLD and NSW causing major challenges. Emergency relief is only the beginning. These communities will need support over months and years from now. FRRR is focussed on supporting these communities in their recovery, as their needs change. Your donation to FRRR’s Disaster Recovery Appeal will help fund local priorities, such as mental health support, rebuilding community hubs and preparing for future disasters. Give now, for the long term: https://lnkd.in/dnwTPPc7 #SupportRuralCommunities #DisasterRecovery #FloodRecovery #DisasterAppeal

Centre for Healthcare Knowledge & Innovation is hosting a new power-packed webinar series designed to provide guidance on how philanthropy can support outcomes in health. Philanthropy Reimagined: Power, Innovation & Impact in Health Systems will deliver a ‘blueprint for action’, with each episode building on the last, creating a clear, strategic roadmap for participants to follow. You’ll receive practical and actionable guidance, a curated resource pack, unlimited access to recorded sessions and exclusive speaker insights - including from some of our FRRR colleagues, Natalie Egleton and Deb Samuels, who will be sharing knowledge from Seaton Foundation, where she is a Director. Early Bird prices end TOMORROW at 11pm, so register today: https://lnkd.in/gGssz2_r #PhilanthropyResources #PhilanthropyWebinars #NFPResources #RuralHealth #HealthSystems #RegionalAustralia

🌏 What if Australia had to rapidly implement a national climate refugee scheme? On 30 April, our CEO Natalie Egleton will join a powerful panel of public sector leaders at IPAA’s first ever "hypothetical", hosted by journalist Tony Jones. Together, they’ll explore a future scenario that involves resettling climate refugees in regional Australia. The session will unpack the public sector's ethical and integrity challenges in such a case, and whether a unified ethical framework could be the answer. Natalie will bring the rural lens to the table - highlighting how these communities could both contribute to and be impacted by it and whether a unified ethical framework could be the answer. 🎟️ Attend in person (Canberra) or join the livestream. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gEcdJJxK #PublicSector #ClimateChange #ClimateMigration #PublicSectorEthics #IPAAHypothetical IPAA ACT

While it’s no longer front page news, parts of remote and outback QLD are still living through one of the worst flood disasters in decades. Flooding has impacted western QLD, affecting nearly 40% of the state’s land mass - around 2.7 times the size of Victoria - and 70,000 people in some of the smallest and most remote parts of the country, which will make recovery challenging. Please join us to help empower local groups to rebuild in their own way, on their own time, as it will take years for these areas to recover. Donate to our 2025 Disaster Recovery Appeal: https://lnkd.in/dnwTPPc7 📸Thargomindah (Daniel Roy, via ABC News) #SupportRuralCommunities #DisasterRecovery #FloodRecovery #DisasterAppeal #WesternQld

Protecting energy for Yackatoon seniors.💪🍃 With a $57,500 Community Led Climate Solutions grant, Yackatoon Retirement Village Inc will be enhancing energy resilience in Yackandandah, VIC. As reported in Ovens and Murray Advertiser, a 15kW solar array and 60kWh batteries will be installed in the town hall. This will reduce costs, support clean energy and ensure backup electricity, providing residents with essential and social services (such as cooking facilities and power for devices) during emergencies and power outages. 📸 Yackatoon residents Jane Donaldson and Marijke Hascas with Yackatoon Board members Peter Adam and Lyn Cameron (courtesy of Ovens and Murray Advertiser). #SustainablePower #SustainableEnergy #GreenEnergy #CLCS #CommunityLedClimateSolutions #SolarPower #CommunityGrants #LocalSolutions #LastingImpacts

Bridging the digital divide in South Australia.💻🌐 The Southern Yorke Peninsula Community Hub (SYP Hub) responded to low levels of digital knowledge by launching ‘Let’s Get Social!’ – a series of social media workshops funded by a $9,766 Telstra Connected Communities grant. The program boosted digital confidence, particularly among older residents and community groups, while five new tablets enhanced learning and expanded access to telehealth services. With increased digital skills and connectivity, the SYP Hub continues to empower residents, strengthening the community’s ability to thrive in an online world. Read more about how community groups and elderly residents in the region became tech-savvy👇 https://lnkd.in/gdZKdd8z #DigitalInclusion #TechnologyGrants #Telstra #ConnectedCommunities #CommunityStories #LocalSolutions #SocialMediaWorkshop

The scale of the flooding across western Queensland is immense and the impacts will be long-lasting. Being less visible and less resourced, it is during the medium to long-term recovery phases that these communities will especially need support. Local people, government and community organisations will gradually work to return to business as usual, yet be deeply fatigued, emotionally drained and often under-resourced (both in human and financial terms). As the complex response and recovery process kicks into gear, the deep systemic issues of remote living become apparent – and will remain, long after the initial emotive rush to help. These communities will need our support, now and well into the future. In this article, our Disaster Resilience and Recovery Lead, Nina, shares some of the things that make this disaster different, including the often unrecognised impacts of this kind of event in remote areas. https://lnkd.in/gfnTT2_T

FRRR's ABC Heywire Youth Innovation grant program is still open and accepting applications for you to adopt, adapt and act upon one of six ideas generated at the 2025 Heywire Youth Summit!🙌 One idea is Full Plate Pantry, which aims to increase food security for all regional young people with community food pantries providing local grocery boxes across the country. Envisioned as a community driven support network, Full Plate Pantry could engage with schools and local businesses in your town to unite locals in achieving food security for all. Adopt and adapt this idea in your community👏: https://lnkd.in/dAbsAmHd Before you apply, you can learn more about this idea and the Heywirers behind it by clicking here: https://lnkd.in/g2UAiv-Y #Heywire #YouthInnovation #YoungLeaders #YouthGrants #GrassrootsInitiatives #FoodSecurity #FullPlatePantry

Have you considered applying to the Small & Vital stream of our Strengthening Rural Communities program? You could receive up to $10,000 for local, community-led projects and up to $50,000 for digital inclusion & infrastructure initiatives. Priority will be given to projects which are: 🌱Helping to implement generational transition; 🌱Investing in outback and remote communities; 🌱Building capacity for a just energy transition; and 🌱Supporting First Nations-led initiatives. Apply now and help your community thrive: https://lnkd.in/dp5JRdEg 📸Inglewood Lions Club, SRC Round 19 Grant Recipient #RuralGrants #CommunityFunding #FRRR #RemoteAustralia #DigitalInclusion #FirstNations #StrongerTogether