Funding Opportunities
ABC Heywire Youth Innovation grants.
Applications close 30 April 2025.
FRRR and our donor partners collaborate with ABC Heywire to help communities take action on the ideas generated by young Australians who attend the annual Heywire Regional Youth Summit.
Grants of up to $10,000 are available for communities across Australia to adopt, adapt and act on the ideas generated at the Heywire Summit.
FRRR first joined forces with the ABC in 2013 and the positive impact of the grants we’ve awarded so far is being felt in 160 rural and regional communities around Australia. Read more HERE.
$1,000 SafeWork small business rebate
If you are a small business owner in NSW, this $1,000 rebate will help you purchase safety items to improve work health and safety for you and your workers. Read more HERE
Farm Household Allowance
A payment for farming families in financial hardship.
To get this you must:
be a farmer or partner of a farmer
meet the income and assets test limits
meet mutual obligation requirements.
A farmer must contribute significant labour and capital to a farm.
Read more HERE about the program or read full conditions HERE.
NSW Land for Wildlife Landholder Biodiversity Grant
Landholders who are members of Land for Wildlife can apply at any time for a Landholder Biodiversity Grant.
Land for Wildlife Members can apply for up to $2,000/year for up to 3 years with each year being a new application. If demand for the program is high this may mean you are only successful in one year. Years 2 and 3 applications will be considered after successful acquittal of previous year.
The following activities are eligible:
- Assisted regeneration and weed control
- Fencing to secure conservation area or to enable restoration of native vegetation
- Introduced pest animal control
- Revegetation (including supplementary planting with local species)
- Improvement in Habitat Structure through additional ground cover layers
- Repairs to existing habitat, soil or waterways to maintain biodiversity values
- Other work needed to maintain biodiversity values
In some cases, L4W may arrange to visit you on your property to assess eligibility or the success of outcomes. Previously completed works will NOT be eligible for a grant. Read more HERE
Primary producers can claim an immediate deduction for capital expenses on fencing & fodder storage.
Fence and fencing asset includes an enclosure or barrier, usually made of metal or wood, around or along a field or paddock and includes posts, rails, wire, droppers, gates, fittings and anchor assemblies.
Fodder and fodder storage asset includes a structural improvement, a repair of a capital nature, or an alteration, addition or extension, to an asset or structural improvement, that is a fodder storage asset. Read more HERE
Drought Ready & Resilient
Through the Drought Ready and Resilient Fund, eligible primary producers can access a low-interest loan up to $250,000 to help prepare for, manage and recover from drought.
Applications are now open and will continue to be accepted until program funding is exhausted.
Drought Infrastructure Fund
The Drought Infrastructure Fund is a long-term, low-interest loan supporting NSW farmers to invest in permanent on-farm infrastructure that will manage adverse seasonal conditions, improve water efficiencies, ensure long-term sustainability, improve pasture & soil health, and improve farm productivity.
Eligible producers can borrow up to $1 million per project at a 2.5% fixed interest rate for loans that can be repaid over 20 years.
This grant is on-going. More HERE
Wettenhall Environmental Trust - Small Environmental Grant Scheme
$2000 to $15,000 grants to support grassroots organisations, individuals and academics for projects making a positive difference to the biodiversity conservation in land, sea or air, rural or urban areas. Learn more or apply HERE