Foundation for Rural Regional Renewal
The Strengthening Rural Communities (SRC) Prepare & Recover program supports communities in remote, rural and regional communities across Australia to implement initiatives that prevent and prepare for future climate related impacts, or recover from existing disasters in the medium to long-term timeframe, generally one to ten years after the disaster.

Grants up to $25,000 are available for a broad range of initiatives.

What can be funded

A broad range of charitable activities are considered under this program, including:

  1. Delivering, or providing projects, events, programs, initiatives and services;
  2. Purchasing or hiring equipment and materials;
  3. Community infrastructure;
  4. Activities and resources that will strengthen your organisation or local networks (capacity building);
  5. Proportionate costs associated with staffing as required to deliver the activity.

Priority will be given to projects that:

  • Respond to a specific climate impact or event, either historic or likely to occur in the future;
  • Focus on community-led resilience building in recovery or preparedness to strengthen the capacity and capability of local people and systems, especially to manage the impact of future disasters, through:
    • inclusion;
    • networks;
    • communication;
    • information sharing;
    • self-organising systems;
    • local decision making; or
    • resourcing, tools and support.
  • Are from local community groups and not-for-profits or organisations that do not have DGR status.

FRRR also wants to support projects that:

  1. Invest in outback, remote and less-resourced communities where they may be more highly impacted by disasters;
  2. Support First Nations-led initiatives that strengthen culture, Country, economic participation and reconciliation;
  3. Support communities to implement generational transition; and
  4. Build capacity and resourcing for a just and equitable energy transition.

Apply for Strengthening Rural Communities — Prepare & Recover — Round 24

NOTE: There are two streams of funding available within the Strengthening Rural Communities (SRC) program: Small and Vital, and Prepare and Recover (this stream). Organisations may submit their application in one of these streams per SRC grant round, and any other applications in this round will be considered ineligible.

Be sure to look at the Past Recipient announcements to see the types of projects that have been successful in obtaining funding under previous rounds. Also make sure you read the full grant guidelines AND watch the “Grantseeker Workshop” and “Prepare & Recover webinar” recordings BEFORE commencing your application.

Round 24 of Strengthening Rural Communities — Prepare & Recover closes 5pm AEDT, March 27, 2025

Funding outcomes will be announced in June 2025

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