RRC is is a registered incorporated Not-For-Profit.
We provide free office/sports/shed/homeware etc resources bound for the tip, to community orgs and charities and those in crisis.
We provide an online hub of reuse and recycle resources, practices, skills and mentoring for the Cairns Region. Check out our History and CNS Recycling Places pages to see where RRC has come from and where we are headed.
Supervision of a WfD program and local vols enables refurbishing items into jewellery and practical home/office/garden gifts. Through such funding opprotunities RRC is able to faciliate a range of community capacity building programs.
Work With Us…
…as a Volunteer (Vol) or Womble (Pickup and Dropoff of Recyclables Driver: petrol is paid). Social science students can apply to the Aspire! program. Gain access to resources, mentors, workexperience, training, craft/childcare/gardening opportunities and the potential for contract work, as well as biz coaching support for your own sustainable start-up.
Sign Up to the RRC Network Hive (our database) here.
It is brief! 5 Questions ~:-)
Support community capacity building efforts by visiting our Store or making a Donation.
Thank You! to the Cairns Bizs that Make a Difference~ Family Fun Day & Movie Night was Awesome!
MNA Kids Club Banner Creation, June 16th, 2012
Heaps of fun was had by all at the MNA Family Fun Day & Movie Night on June 16, 2012. A celebration of Mabo Tribute, Indigenous Australian traditionaly and contempory skills and performances, and awareness of World Environment Day.
The MNA Kids Club origami guest Yuka Nakamura and her friends were the highlight of our stall event. An interactive activity using recycled coloured A4 paper and pencils for shading.
Origami Cairns, Yuka Nakamura and friends, volunteering at our stall for World Environment Day, 2012
Cultural learning exchange~
Thank you to the Cairns Biz that Make a Difference by supporting RRC activities. The MNA Kids Club was able to giveaway 200 showbags (calico) filled with Wet Tropics posters, Cairns Regional Council Waste & Water activities, pest fish awareness workbooks and one of a range of promotional items from other orgs storerooms.
Contributors included:
- Cairns Dome/Cairns Zoom
- Cairns Regional Council, Community Development Department
- Cairns Regional Council, Waste & Water Dept.
- Keriba Yadayl (TSI Corp)
- UMI Arts
- Wet Tropics Management Authority, Communities and Partnerships
- Rainforest Rescue (NSW org)
- The Abriculture Project
- Treeforce
- QWALC/Green Nomads (QLD org)
- Cocotap
- World Environment Day (Global event)
- Clean Up Australia Everyday (National event)
The MNA Kids Club is facilitated by RRC vols on a Thursday and Friday afternoon from 3-4:30pm, focusing on care for country and community. Are you a resident in the area? Visitors are welcome, demonstrators can contact Char Paul on 0449 252 438.
Other Photos are on our Facebook Page, MNA Kids Club Celebrates World Environment Day.
