More facility upgrades will shortly be underway at the Trangie CWA building, thanks to a $19,000 grant from the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR).

Trangie CWA was one of three local community groups to receive a share of more than $300,000 in the latest round of grants which were funded through the Australian Government's Regional Drought Fund.

The other local recipients were the Isolated Children's Parent's Association (ICPA) and the Narromine Business Collective.

Kate Kennedy, treasurer the Trangie CWA said the money will help them further develop the rooms that were turned into a shared workspace after receiving funding last year.

"The last lot of funding allowed us to turn the rooms into a shared working space with AV facilities," Ms Kennedy said. "We now plan to make some rooms into private offices for visiting professionals like accountants and solicitors, to be able to use."

"This will really complement the work we have already done and there isn't many other places in town where you can have access to private offices like this. We will also look at an upgrade to the kitchen area, adding items like a dishwasher and new oven."

Ms Kennedy said the Trangie CWA group was a proactive bunch of local ladies who changed their meeting times from afternoon to evening to suit young mothers and workers.

"It helped in lifting our numbers and meant people were available to step into roles which had been held long term.

"People like Jesse Quigley had been with the Trangie CWA for over 50 years which is amazing.

"We are lucky to have our secretary, Amanda Ferrari, who is a fantastic grant writer and we are so grateful to receive this money."

 The Isolated Children's Parent's Association received $49,000 in Stream 2 Funding, with plans to deliver eight facilitated workshops on increasing social wellbeing and drought preparedness in Lighting Ridge, Pooncarie and Tibooburra.

Tanya Mitchell, President of the NSW ICPA is from Bourke.

Tanya & her husband Scott grew up west of Bourke and were both educated via distance education until going off to boarding school for their secondary years and then onto University.

Tanya works full-time in town and her husband Scott manages a property north-east of Bourke on the Darling River.

They have four children who are all at various stages of their education journey.

Scott’s father Wally was a founding member of ICPA in Bourke and both families have been involved in various ways ever since. 

President of ICPA NSW, Tanya Mitchell.

Ms Mitchell said the money the ICPA received would be put to good use to reunite the community after Covid.

"While the exact format of the workshops are yet to be confirmed, it's all about connecting people again, and getting those communities back together," she said.

"I think during COVID, we did lose a lot of that sense of community and like that togetherness in a few of those areas that we are going to be holding those sessions."

"In the last couple of years, we have lost a couple of members of the community to suicide, which is tragic and this is about trying to bring people together for positive reasons.

"There's also an opportunity to upskill and build capacity of people in community."

Ms Mitchell said she hoped the workshops would help communities become a little bit more cohesive.

"We know that it's only a matter of time before it's the next drought, or something else that our communities are going to go through. It's just the nature of where we live, so I guess we want to help build that resilience and togetherness again."

"Out here, you absolutely rely on your neighbour or your community around you to support you."