{"id":238960,"date":"2019-07-04T20:02:31","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T10:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=238960"},"modified":"2019-07-04T20:35:54","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T10:35:54","slug":"15000-grants-scheme-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/07\/04\/15000-grants-scheme-opens\/","title":{"rendered":"$15,000 Grants Scheme Opens"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_227900\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-227900\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/natalie-egleton-200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-227900\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/natalie-egleton-200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/natalie-egleton-200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/natalie-egleton-200-171x300.jpg 171w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-227900\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FRRR CEO Natalie Egleton (Photo: Twitter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>July 4, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Foundation for Rural &amp; Regional Renewal (FRRR) has released details of the latest round of the\u00a0ANZ Seeds of Renewal program for rural communities.<\/p>\n<p>Grants of up to $15,000 are available to not-for-profit organisations to fund initiatives that help build vibrant, sustainable rural communities.<\/p>\n<p>The Seeds of Renewal program was established in 2003 and is administered by the Foundation for Rural &amp; Regional Renewal (FRRR).<\/p>\n<p>It has so far invested $4.8 million in more than 800 community groups to support local projects.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, the ANZ Seeds of Renewal program is offering a share of $250,000 to community organisations in regional locations for projects that improve:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Environmental sustainability<\/strong>: Initiatives that restore and conserve the natural environment or which contribute to lower carbon emissions, water stewardship and waste minimisation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Financial wellbeing<\/strong>: Particularly for under-represented and disadvantaged people in our community, including initiatives that improve economic participation. For example, through building financial literacy and vocational skills and providing access to meaningful work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Housing access<\/strong>: Initiatives and programs that support those experiencing or at risk of homelessness or that provide support for people living with a disability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ANZ&#8217;s technology partner, Lenovo, has also donated devices totalling $20,000 to eligible community projects, in lieu of cash grants. The grants and devices are available to not-for-profit, community-based organisations operating in regional communities of 15,000 people or less.<\/p>\n<p>Cooyar State School P&amp;C was successful in 2015, receiving a $7866 grant to buy reading resources to provide students with increased access to quality reading materials to improve literacy.<\/p>\n<p>Central Burnett Landcare received an $8000 grant in 2014.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FRRR CEO Natalie Egleton said the ANZ Seeds of Renewal program was a real opportunity to strengthen the foundations in rural communities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Healthy environments, financial and economic resilience and access to basic needs such as housing, are the foundations of strong, vibrant and sustainable communities,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yet rural, regional and remote communities experience disproportionate disadvantage in these areas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These grants can help local leaders address these issues and strengthen their communities through projects that are designed with and for the local community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Applications close on Tuesday, August 6.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>More information about the grants is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frrr.org.au\/grants\/ANZ-seeds-of-renewal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Foundation for Rural &#038; Regional Renewal has released details of the latest round of the\u00a0ANZ Seeds of Renewal program for rural communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":227901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,36],"tags":[1134],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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