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- How can we help? Download our New Member Welcome Kit (PDF 1mb) to find out how Our Community can help your community group.
- Communities in Control Washup: Papers and presentations from Communities in Control 2013 are being progressively loaded to the Our Community website. Check out what's available.
- Need funds? Check out the new Funding Centre - grants, fundraising info and funding tools.
- Community Sector Training: Find out what's coming up here.
- New Policies: A host of new human resources policies have been added to the Policy Bank. Check it out - it's free!
- Get Social! Link up with us on Twitter, or Facebook to get great fundraising and capacity building tips.
- Where's my newsletter? View our newsletter schedule at www.ourcommunity.com.au/schedule.
- Time for a Change? Find out what jobs are going in the community sector - sign up to receive our weekly jobs bulletin here.
- Get Donations: Sign up for online donations through GiveNow.com.au. It's free! www.givenow.com.au/listyourcause.
- Revolutionising Grants: SmartyGrants, Our Community's new online grants management system, is now rolling out to grantmakers across the country. Find out more .
- Tune out the Noise: Our membership newsletter, Our Community Matters, keeps you up to date without filling your inbox with junk. The latest edition includes articles on:
- Canberra Update: Federal reform agenda roundup
- Election 2013: What's at stake
- ACNC: More Batman than Blue Fairy
- Freebies: More policies added to free Policy Bank
- Getting Social: Trends, bonds & innovation
- We're Alright Jack: Communities in Control wrap-up
- Help End a Community Group's FOMO: GiveNow to a good cause (DGR or not)
- Funding Centre Explainer: How to make more money for your not-for-profit group
- Partnership: Business and community sectors urged to work together
- God Save Our Gracious Queen's Birthday Holiday (and the honours system)
- Stay Green: How to maintain a learning culture in your workplace
- New Tricks: Technology, social media and the not-for-profit sector
- Our Picks: Keeping it real on Facebook; income in Australia; Q&A; data
- Deep Involvement: Building trust and inclusion
- Make a Date with Our Community: New training dates just released
- Community Calendar: What's on in the community sector
- Community Sector Briefs: Around the traps
- Good Moves: Jobs and board vacancies
and more. Click here to read the latest issue or here to sign up to get it delivered to your inbox.
