News
In May 2024, a group of amazing individuals from rural and regional QLD were selected as the fourth Backing the Future cohort.
At a recent Bush Broadcast webinar, the VFFF team enjoyed hearing from one of the interns in the Seeding the Future program, Ella Raymond, a recent environmental science graduate with minors in wildlife ecology and biology from the Queensland University of Technology.
September 2024 marked the end of a five-year partnership with the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) to pilot the Investing in Rural Communities Futures (IRCF) program across three small rural communities in NSW – Junee, Leeton and Nambucca Heads.
The VFFF team loves getting out and about to see our granting partners in action. This quarter, we spent time visiting our partners and attending events focused on supporting young people and regional communities.
Every two years the philanthropic community gathers at the Philanthropy Australia conference, providing an opportunity to connect, share and learn from sector peers.
At the most recent conference held in Adelaide, on the lands of the Kaurna people, VFFF was well represented with family members, Directors, a Youth Advisory Group member and some of the team in attendance.
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