REMOTE, rural and regional community health and wellbeing groups can now apply for grants of up to twenty-thousand dollars.<\/p>\n
The money is coming via the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal and CGI Giving with a grant pool of $250,000 available as part of the In a Good Place program.<\/p>\n
FRRR\u2019s people programs portfolio lead Jill Karena said IAGP is now in its sixth year.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe program has a definite and important role to play in supporting rural communities,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt helps to bring mental health and wellbeing out in the open, making it okay to talk about and okay to reach out and ask for help.\u201d<\/p>\n
CCI general manager Jeremy Yipp said since joining forces with FRRR in 2018, they have seen the impact the program has had on 53 projects.<\/p>\n
\u201cSeed funding is critical for the smaller community projects so that they can develop a proof of concept for their activity model and see what works and what doesn\u2019t, and why,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
This time the funding pool is $50,000 more than offered in previous rounds and is the result of a new five-year partnership.<\/p>\n