The Strengthening Rural Communities (SRC) Prepare & Recover program supports 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 up to $25,000 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, in the context of preventing and preparing for future climate-related impacts or recovering from existing disasters, invest in outback, remote and less-resourced communities; support First Nations-led initiatives that strengthen culture, Country, economic participation and reconciliation; and support communities to implement generational transition.
If you want to discuss a project to support disaster preparedness, resilience or recovery, please call 1800 170 020.
Note: There are two streams of funding available within the SRC program — Prepare & Recover, and Small & Vital (including Larger Leverage). Organisations may submit their application in only one of these streams per SRC grant round. If your project does not relate to a Prepare & Recover project, please complete an SRC Small & Vital application.
Round 29 applications close 24 June 2026 at 5pm (AEST). Round 30 opens 25 June 2026 and closes 17 September 2026.
For details go to frrr.org.au/funding/src-prepare-recover/
