Business for Good: Australian Centre for Regional Events supporting regional and rural communities

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Written By Cristy Houghton



This year at the Australian Centre for Regional Events we decided to do more to contribute to the regional, rural and remote communities we work with. 

The Australian Centre for Regional Events has established a donation program to match donations made through our fundraising page to the Small & Vital stream of the Foundation for Regional and Rural Renewal’s (FRRR) Strengthening Rural Communities fund.

Small & Vital grants fund a broad range of community-led initiatives in communities of under 15,000 residents. Recent event recipients of Small & Vital grants include

  • Tenterfield Autumn Festival & Eat Street

  • Bundarra Show

  • National Carriage Driving Championships

  • Laura Fair

  • Back to Lake Goldsmith and Stockyard Hill 160th anniversary celebrations

  • Events held at Tallangatta and Natimuk Showgrounds and Highlands Community Hall

This donation program is part of the Australian Centre for Regional Events’ ongoing business for good initiatives, including reducing emissions, and inspiring and enabling others in the tourism and events industries to do so as well.

Our clients, followers and friends are all welcome to join us - in fact, if you make a donation to FRRR via the link below, we’ll double it!

Cristy Houghton

Cristy's unique career has taken her from country NSW to the city lights of Clarendon Street South Melbourne and back again. With an early career in radio as a copywriter and creative strategist, she is now a Jill of all trades as a graphic designer, website builder, blog writer, video editor, social media manager, marketing strategist and more. 

In fact, give her any task and this chick will figure out how to do it! Go on, we dare you!

No, really, we DARE you!!

Cristy has won two Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs) for Best Ad and Best Sales Promotion, and even has an 'Employee of the Year' certificate with her name on it.

Cristy and her husband James have traveled extensively through Russia, China and South East Asia, and have two fur-babies, Sooty (cat) and Panda (puppy). Cristy loves drinking coffee, meeting people to drink coffee, coffee tasting and coffee flavoured cocktails. She also enjoys road trips, TED Talks and watching cat videos on youtube.

http://www.embarketing.com.au
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