How to Use our Services:
How can your community group or school use Our Community's services?

	How can we find money?
	How can we improve our board and its members?
	How do we recruit more people to our organisation, and improve participation?
	How do we market and publicise ourselves better?
	How can we improve our group's skills and knowledge base?
	How can we save money on banking, insurance or other products that we need?
	How do we ensure our group fulfils its legal obligations?
	How can we find out more about Our Community's range of products?

• EasyGrants - Our Community's EasyGrants newsletter is drawn from the most extensive grants database in Australia so that subscribers have the latest information on government, philanthropic and corporate grant opportunities. For more information, Click Here.
  
  
• Raising Funds - Australia's most practical and best-value fundraising newsletter, Raising Funds is full of tips, expert advice, news, strategies, interviews and great ideas that can help your organisation to improve and make the most of its fundraising efforts. For more, Click Here.
  
  
• Funding Centre -
Our Community's online Funding Centre contains everything your community organisation needs to help it raise money or find funding, including free help sheets, a Fundraising Wizard and links to grant submission writers. Click Here for more.


• List an appeal on GiveNow.com.au -
GiveNow.com.au has already raised millions of dollars for small and large community causes of all types across Australia. If your organisation is not listed, what's stopping you? It's free! View the site in action at www.givenow.com.au or find out how to sign up at www.ourcommunity.com.au/receivedonations.


• Training -
Our Community runs a range of practical fundraising short courses for community groups. Regular training sessions are scheduled all over Australia throughout the year, while training tailored specific to your community's needs and in a location of your choosing is also available. Find out more at www.ourcommunity.com.au/training.


• Our Community's range of books - Our Community's affordable, easy-to-read and always expanding range of books include:
  • Winning Grants Funding in Australia.
  • How to Manage your Grant After Winning It.
  • How to Find Money Fast.
  • The Complete Community Fundraising Handbook.
  • The Complete Schools Fundraising Handbook.
  • Effective Letters: 50 of the Best Model Letters to Help Community Organisations Fundraise, Connect, Lobby, Organise & Influence.

To purchase or find out more, follow the links above or go to www.ourcommunity.com.au/books.

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• The Boards, Committees and Governance Centre -
Through the online Boards, Committees and Governance Centre, Our Community has created a hub for free advice, information and resources. For more, Click Here.


• Board Matching Service -
The Board Matching Service - at the Boards, Committees and Governance Centre - allows community groups to post a board vacancy to find new talent or diversify their existing board. To access the service, Click Here.


• The Board Builder -
Our Community's Board Builder newsletter is a quarterly publication which offers a practical approach to building and improving not-for-profit and community boards. To subscribe, or for more information, Click Here.


• Leadership Centre -
The Leadership Centre offers free resources and advice that can improve the leadership of your board - including interviews with some great Australian leaders, and a searchable database of Australian leadership courses. To visit the centre, Click Here.


• Training -
Our Community runs a range of short courses for community group board members, as well as accredited training such as the Certificate IV in Governance. Regular training sessions are scheduled all over Australia throughout the year. Training tailored specific to your community's needs and in a location of your choosing is also available. Find out more at www.ourcommunity.com.au/training.


• Our Community's range of books -
Our Community has books that can help you improve your board and its members. They include:
• Transforming Community Committees and Boards - From Hell to Heaven.
• Finding the Best People.
• Surviving and Thriving as a Safe, Effective Board Member.
• The Board Doctor - Expert Diagnosis for Board & Committee Ills.
• Making Meetings Work - Conquering the challenges and getting great results.
• Ethical Solutions - The essential guide to implementing an ethics program in your community group.

To purchase or find out more, either follow the links above or go to www.ourcommunity.com.au/books.

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• The Board Matching Service
The Board Matching Service can help your organisation find some skilled, enthusiastic new recruits. It's a free service designed to help you spread the word to new audiences about your board vacancy and facilitate expressions of interest in your vacancies. It can be found Here.


• Advocacy Centre-
The online Community Advocacy Centre helps equip and educate individuals and groups who wish to challenge the status quo and bring about change in our society. There are a range of help sheets on how to mobilise your community into action. Visit www.ourcommunity.com.au/advocacy.


• Membership Help Sheets-
The Memberships section of the online Community Funding Centre contains a range of help sheets about how to grow your membership and supporter base.Visit www.ourcommunity.com.au/membership.


• Our Community's range of books -
A number of Our Community's books can help you improve your community group and attract and recruit new members and board members. They include:
• Simple Secrets to Successful Community Groups (Volumes I and II).
• Transforming Community Committees and Boards - From Hell to Heaven.
• Finding the Best People.

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• The Marketing, Media and Post Centre -
The Marketing, Media and Post Centre contains free resources to help community groups spread their message and reach their target audience. To visit the centre and see what's on offer, Click Here.


• Raising Funds -
Our Community's monthly Raising Funds newsletter not only provides plenty of useful information on fundraising, but also on how to integrate marketing and publicity requirements into your fundraising activities. For more information, or to subscribe, Click Here.


• Community-Business Partnerships Help-
If your organisation needs help in developing, maintaining and growing relationships with business, we have some help sheets that can help. Visit www.ourcommunity.com.au/partnerships.
• Our Community's range of books -
A number of Our Community's books can help you improve your community group's media and marketing effectiveness. They include:
• How to Stand out from the Crowd: The Complete Marketing & Media Handbook for Community Organisations .
• Effective Letters: 50 of the Best Model Letters to Help Community Organisations Fundraise, Connect, Lobby, Organise & Influence.

To purchase or find out more, either follow the links above or go to www.ourcommunity.com.au/books.

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• The Boards, Committees and Governance Centre -
The centre provides a knowledge base for community groups and guidance for boards and committees dealing with challenging issues. To visit, Click Here.


• The Board Builder -
The quarterly Board Builder newsletter information and advice from a wide range of experts on all areas of not-for-profit or community group board governance. To subscribe, or for more information, Click Here.


• Communities in Control and Annual Conference -
The Communities in Control section of the Our Community website gives voice and support to community groups. It includes information about the Communities in Control Conference, transcripts of conference presentations and a link to the Communities in Control Manifesto. For more, Click Here.


• Sign up as a member and receive the free OC Matters Newsletter -
Signing up as a member to Our Community is free, with members receiving Our Community's monthly email newsletter Our Community Matters, which keeps you up to date with the latest news and views from the community sector. To sign up, Click Here.


• Management and Training Centre -
The centre is for community groups looking for information and resources when it comes to managing and running themselves. Click Here to visit the centre.


• Our Community's range of books -
Our Community's range of books can improve your group's skills and knowledge. Among them are:
• Ethical Solutions.
• Finding the Simple Secrets of Successful Community Groups.
• Transforming Community Committees and Boards - From Hell to Heaven.

To purchase or find out more, either follow the links above, download a copy of Our Community's Resources Guide by following the links at the site, or order a free copy by ringing Our Community on (03) 9320 6800.

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• Insurance and Risk Management Centre -
Insurance issues remain important for many community groups and not-for-profits. Our Community's Insurance and Risk Management Centre contains advice, contact details and other links aimed at helping groups manage their insurance needs and secure cover. The centre can be accessed by Clicking Here.


• Financial Centre -
The Community Financial Centre - an initiative of Our Community and Westpac - provides banking solutions for community groups and schools, as well as a bevy of banking-realted information. Visit the centre Here.


• The Community Treasurers Guide -
The free Community Treasurers Guide is a comprehensive handbook on financial management for community groups and their treasurers. Download the guide Here. Printed copies of the Treasurers Guide can be posted to your group if you call Westpac on 1300 660 953.


• Community Marketplace
- Our Community's Community Marketplace provides links to tools and information that can save your organisation money by reducing costs on goods and services - as well as through advice contained in Our Community's own newsletters and books. Click Here for more information.


• Tech Community -
Our Community's Tech Community Centre helps groups and not-for-profits with their technology needs, with links to information, software and free help sheets. For more information, Click Here.


• Our Community's range of books -
Our Community has a couple of books which can help your group save money.
• How to Slash Your Insurance Claims - which can be purchased through Our Community's Resources Guide, accessible via the links at the site, or you can order a copy by ringing Our Community on (03) 9320 6800. A product guide can be accessed by Clicking Here.
• The Community Treasurers Guide - available for download by Clicking Here or available by ringing Westpac on 1300 660 953.

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• Management and Training Centre -
The Management and Training Centre has many links to resources which can help your organisation ensure it is fulfilling its legal requirements.
Click Here for more.


• Insurance and Risk Management Centre -
The Insurance and Risk Management Centre contains information and resources dealing with insurance and risk management issues.
Click Here for more information.


• Boards Committees and Governance Centre
- Our Community's Boards Committees and Governance Centre contains further information to guide your board towards properly fulfilling legal - and other - responsibilities. Free help sheets on board responsibilities can be found in Part 7 of Centre's Resource Centre - Fulfilling your Governance Role. To visit this part of the centre, Click Here.

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• Resource Guides and Order Forms -
To find out more, or to purchase from Our Community's range of products, refer to Our Community's Resources Guide. It is accessible via the links at the site, or you can order a free copy by ringing Our Community on (03) 9320 6800. A product guide can be accessed by Clicking Here.

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