Deadline: 28 March 2018
The Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR) is seeking applications for the 33rd round of its Small Grants for Rural Communities (SGRC).
It is a great example of a collaborative program that is supported by various partners, and it has the flexibility to address issues that make a real difference to the sustainability of rural, regional and remote communities.
Focus Areas
- Building Community Resilience: facilitate community connectedness; develop leadership capacity within the community; improve local community infrastructure and meeting places; support and develop volunteer community groups; and increase community preparedness to natural disasters.
- Developing Organisational Resilience and Capacity: strengthen local not-for-profit organisations’ operational infrastructure; improve service delivery through equipment upgrades; increase skill development of committees of management; and provide support for planning and sustainability.
- Enhancing Environmental Sustainability: increase awareness of local environmental issues; provide opportunities for local residents to care for the local environment; and restore, protect and promote the local natural environment.
- Fostering Cultural Vibrancy: celebrate, preserve and promote local culture and identity; foster the arts through creative projects, and provide support for local artists and the arts community.
- Lifelong Education & Training: provide local residents with access to opportunities that enrich their learning and skills development, from cradle to grave.
- Economic Strength: create local employment and training with an employment outcome; stimulate new spending within a community or region; support events that attract visitors and which can demonstrate an economic benefit as a result; and attract new residents to a community or region and improve economic prosperity.
- Improving Community Health & Social Wellbeing: address physical health, improved nutrition and access to fresh food; support sustainable local food systems; enhance mental health; and assist vulnerable community members to improve their health and wellbeing.
Grant Information
Grants of up to $5,000 are available to not-for-profit organisations in small rural, regional and remote Australian communities.
Eligibility Criteria
- Not-for-profit community-based organisations from communities in rural, regional and remote locations in Australia can apply for funds to support projects and activities that offer clear public benefit (i.e. are for a charitable purpose) and clearly address a need in the community in one of the areas listed above.
- Projects located in communities with a population of 10,000 or less will receive priority.
- Organisations must have an ABN or Incorporation Certificate.
- Organisations and/or projects demonstrating community partnerships are preferred to multiple applications from one community (please submit only one application per organisation).
- Projects should be undertaken between July 2018 and June 2019, as projects cannot be funded retrospectively.
- NOTE: Previous FRRR grant recipients who have not completed final reporting requirements are ineligible.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can apply online via given website.
Eligible Country: Australia
For more information, please visit Small Grants for Rural Communities.