Ready Communities

07/06/2026

What is Ready Communities about? Ask our friends. Thank you Pam Original Sound Lounge

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06/06/2026

You know your region needs investment to do the many things on your community list - but is your region/town/community investment ready?

Join Chad Renando and Kerry Grace on the Ready Communities Regional Readiness Tour this June and July through QLD and NSW. https://www.readycommunities.com.au/events/

06/06/2026

is one of the enabling conditions that drives our work at Ready Communities. In this pic leaders of not one but THREE local Stanthorpe choirs who are coming together to create something magnificent for Social Impact in the Regions this year.

03/06/2026

Thanks to Queensland Gives for hosting our workshop on Investment Ready Regional Communities today as part of . And enormous thanks to everyone who took the time to join us and of course our host JBWere.

01/06/2026

Hey regional Australia! Show us yours. People across regional Australia are coming up with unique and effective ways to work around our greatest regional challenges every day. We'd love to see yours.

31/05/2026

Just a couple of spots left for our workshop next Wednesday. Investment Ready Regional Communities.

Many community initiatives begin with strong ideas and generous funding, yet some gain momentum while others struggle to take hold. In regional communities this challenge can be amplified by distance, smaller local ecosystems and limited access to support. While philanthropy is increasingly interest...

31/05/2026

We want to create real and sustainable - grassroots led change in regional, rural and remote Australian communities. Want to join us?
Get in touch.
Chad Renando Kerry Grace

30/05/2026

When we took Ready Communities and Social Impact in the Regions to Grafton last year we were continually told not to go to South Grafton.

So we went.

Moved the whole conference across the bridge, spent $18K directly with small businesses over 2 days, brought 220 of our friends along and invited them to follow a merry band to town to shop. This is part of $380K generated in this, and the broader LGA.

Anyone else know of a regional town we shouldn't visit?

30/05/2026

It was great to spend some time with the Regional Development Australia crew in Stanthorpe recently sharing more about Ready Communities and how we are supporting regional communities to become investment ready. Thanks for inviting us.

27/05/2026

Today we have been absolutely blown away by the youth leadership team at Stanthorpe State High School.

We met the SRC, heard about life in Stanthorpe as a young person, and worked through how this incredible group, and others in the community will help us to deliver a national conference that is not only attended by, but designed and influenced by young people. Social Impact in the Regions

This story is to be continued. Absolute kudos to Principal Justin Kuskie and your team for the investment you make in the young people in your community. And thanks to all involved today, we are so inspired by you all.