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Community Impact Stories
Here’s a great story: we’ve proudly invested well over $2.25M into local community projects and we’re not stopping there. On top of that, we invested in a Community House for all, creating a space where everyone belongs. We partner with local organisations and the business sector to resource and grow in the community space, including funding our Community Partnerships Lead role to drive even greater impact. We love sharing the stories of how our investment helps the community thrive.

Brightening Carer Day
Our Community Bank was stoked again to support the Cafs Carer Day Out. "This fun family event delivers significant benefit to our...


Ready Set Grow Program Yields Harvest
Buninyong Primary School harvested its potato crop after a successful year of the innovative ‘Ready Set Grow’ Program. Students were...

Hearty breakfast for kinder kids
Hunger and learning don’t mix well, so when we were approached by the local Buninyong Uniting Kindergarten to support their new breakfast...

Sound Ensures Show Can Be Heard!
The BallaRat Pack was a recipient of Community Gold earlier in the year and we are rapt they applied to our Community Investment Program...

F1 Team Flies in Singapore
We love keeping up to date with the Phoenix College F1 students. Team Hadron’s recent accolades included the Schools F1 World Finals in...


Backing Lucas first art show
With our support, Lucas Lifestyle Estate recently hosted its inaugural Art Show. The event was a tremendous success with over double the...

Life lessons with Ambulance Vic
It was fabulous to have Ambulance Victoria conduct life-saving CPR training and AED support at the Community House recently. This was an...

Bunny rail trail opened
The "Bunny Trail" Rail Trail was officially opened by Mayor Cr Des Hudson today. The trail, which connects Mt Clear to Ballarat, was...

Little things, big impact
Our Community Bank proudly sponsored a transformative weekend program ‘The Little Things Exhibition and Youth Wellbeing Project’ that...


Growing our future together
When the community chooses to support us, we can in turn support five local Landcare groups plant over 2200 trees as part of National...


Future's in great hands
When the community chooses to support us, we can support projects like the City of Ballarat Youth Awards. We know how important it is to...

Leading by example
This was our first partnership with the Western Bulldogs Community Foundation to run the Nallei Jerring Youth Leadership Program. We...

On the ball at Mt Clear
We’ve had a long-standing relationship with the Mt Clear Cricket Club and this year commenced another 3-year agreement through our...


History Book a Masterpiece
A brilliant partnership between the Sebastopol Historical Society and Sebastopol Primary School has resulted in a 200-page keepsake book...


Film Festival shines again
We again significantly supported the Buninyong Film Festival in its 29th year. The annual event has become a staple in the heart of...


Kids culinary experiences
We were invited to Scotsburn Primary School to officially open the new kitchen and share morning tea made by the students. Directors Ian...

F1 Team Flies to Singapore
They are a small group of students from Phoenix College who came third in the national F1 in Schools Competition in Sydney. Their...


Making learning happen
In the sixth year of our Federation University Scholarship Program, we were pleased to offer four student scholarships amounting to...


Changing culture through sport
We were fortunate to have Scott from SALT - Sport and Life Training run a session at the Buninyong Football Netball Club last week. The...


Notable grave tour on offer
The Buninyong Cemetery Trust has completed its latest history project. The new 'Guide to Notable Graves' depicts a trail of 36 more...
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