Funding: up to $25,000
Applications close: 5pm Thursday 4 December 2025
Funding announced by mid March 2026
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 are available for a broad range of initiatives.
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:
Invest in outback, remote and less-resourced communities where they may be more highly impacted by disasters;
Support First Nations-led initiatives that strengthen culture, Country, economic participation and reconciliation;
Support communities to implement generational transition; and
Build capacity and resourcing for a just and equitable energy transition.
If you want to discuss a project to support disaster preparedness, resilience or recovery, please call us on 1800 170 020.
NOTE: There are two streams of funding available within the Strengthening Rural Communities (SRC) program: Prepare and Recover and Small and Vital.
