{"id":242196,"date":"2019-08-21T13:42:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T03:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=242196"},"modified":"2020-07-18T13:37:56","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T03:37:56","slug":"9000-grant-for-qrrrwn-bursaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/08\/21\/9000-grant-for-qrrrwn-bursaries\/","title":{"rendered":"$9000 Grant For QRRRWN Bursaries"},"content":{"rendered":"
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QRRRWN president Melissa Barnett at last year’s annual conference, which was held in Kingaroy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

August 21, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

The State Government has provided $9000 in bursaries to the\u00a0Queensland Rural Regional and Remote Women\u2019s Network\u00a0(QRRRWN) for their annual conference at Goondiwindi in September.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese bursaries will provide rural women facing financial difficulties with the means to attend the QRRRWN conference,” Agriculture Minister Mark Furner said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know there\u2019s an ongoing severe drought across 65 per cent of Queensland and the flooding event in the north and northwest has put enormous pressure on many rural families.\u201d<\/p>\n

The bursaries will be provided through the Drought Relief Assistance Scheme and will cover travel and accommodation costs as well as registration fees for the \u00a0\u201cThriving Women, Thriving Regions\u201d conference on September 12-14.<\/p>\n

Mr Furner said QRRRWN conducted valuable work supporting rural women in times of need.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThey undertake projects to build women\u2019s capacities, strengthen connections between inspiring women and empower networks to enable members to do more for themselves and their communities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope the bursary recipients will get a chance at the conference to hear from some thought-provoking and powerful speakers on a wide range of topics.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore importantly, it\u2019s a chance for these women to rejuvenate, draw support and companionship from each other and be empowered to go back to help their rural communities grow in good times and in bad.\u201d<\/p>\n

The bursary recipients will be selected by\u00a0QRRRWN.<\/p>\n

Applications close on Sunday (August 25) with successful applicants notified on Tuesday (August 27).<\/p>\n