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Rebuilding futures: Suncorp and FRRR announce $600,000 community disaster resilience fund

Rebuilding futures: Suncorp and FRRR announce $600,000 community disaster resilience fund

March 04, 2026

Suncorp and community partner FRRR (Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal) are offering $600,000 of funding grants to support the disaster recovery and preparedness projects of remote, rural and regional communities across Australia.

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The Rebuilding Futures program, funded by Suncorp, is welcoming applications from community groups and not-for-profit organisations (NFPs) in regions affected by declared disasters or extreme weather events between 2019 and 2025.

The funding is available to enable locally led recovery initiatives that address the impacts that disasters have had on community wellbeing and physical infrastructure, as well as to strengthen preparedness for future disaster risk.

Suncorp's Chief Executive Consumer Insurance, Lisa Harrison, said she is proud the organisation is supporting projects that help local organisations recover from extreme weather and build back stronger.

"Because every community recovers differently, we are proud to back grassroots groups that have their fingers on the pulse of local needs," Ms Harrison said.

Suncorp Chief Executive Consumer Insurance, Lisa Harrison

Accessing help isn't always straightforward. That's why we value our collaboration with FRRR, working together to ensure this funding lands exactly where it can do the most good.

"These organisations do the heavy lifting to prepare their communities for the future and, together, we are committed to helping them build back stronger and stay ready for whatever the next season brings," Ms Harrison said.

FRRR Program Manager, Danielle Griffin, says that the program is deliberately open to funding many different types of projects because FRRR recognises that every community will be unique in where it's at in the recovery or preparedness cycle.

"Over the last six years the experience of severe disaster and climate related disruption has increased across remote, rural and regional Australia," Ms Griffin said.

"This grant program provides funding opportunities for the critical medium to long-term period, when immediate relief and response support is no longer available but communities are ready to rebuild community assets, address social issues related to the disaster, or have learnings to apply to future prevention and preparedness.

"We recognise that many communities have been impacted on multiple occasions and are vulnerable to future risks.

"We want to support projects informed by local decision making that can strengthen resilience with practical resources, social connection, infrastructure that's built back better and better systems."


(L to R): Rebuilding Futures Round 5 Projects: Walbundrie Building Committee Inc received a Rebuilding Futures grant to install a smart irrigation system at Walbundrie Recreation Ground. Brukunga Community Association Inc established a fire-resilient demonstration garden to serve as a community learning hub for disaster preparedness and rehabilitate fire-affected land.

Grant opportunities are offered in two streams with specific criteria based on government disaster declarations.

A total of $600,000 is available; $300,000 for each stream to support grants up to the value of $25,000.

  • Stream 1 - Disaster Resilient Communities - for any remote, rural or regional community identified in a government disaster declaration between January 2019 and December 2025.
  • Stream 2 - Disaster Recovery Support - for QLD communities impacted by Tropical Cyclone Alfred from 1 to 16 March 2025 or the Western Queensland Trough, that caused widespread rain and flooding across Western Queensland, between 21 March and 19 May 2025.

All projects must either directly support the local community to recover from a disaster or strengthen a community's efforts to prevent or prepare for the risk and impact of a future disaster.

Additionally, all applications need to demonstrate at least one of the seven critical dimensions of building community resilience, which were identified by FRRR in partnership with the University of Sydney: Inclusion; Networks; Communication; Information; Self Organising Systems, Local decision making; and / or Resources.

#Application Details

Applications are now open for the Rebuilding Futures program and close Thursday 16 April, 5pm AEST with funding to be awarded in June 2026.

Grantseeker Webinar

RRR's 'Rebuilding Futures' Grantseeker Webinar - Tuesday 10 March 12.00pm -1.00pm AEDT. Register via the FRRR website.

Learn more about eligibility criteria and what's required in the application.

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