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Community 21 Hosting of Breakfast Meeting Series

On September 27th 2011 Community 21 hosted its inaugural breakfast seminar at the Jasper Hotel, Melbourne. Speaking at the event was David Thompson, Chair of Community 21 and Chris Leggett, Manager Philanthropy and Exemptions Unit, Treasury. The discussions focused on the on the Not for Profit Tax Reform and the effect these changes will have on the NFP sector. The seminar was attended by representatives of the local not-for-profit sector.
With sponsorship and support from Community Sector Banking, Community 21 will continue to deliver a series of breakfast seminars across Australia to the not-for-profit sector in the coming months.

Community 21’s Annual General Meeting

The AGM for 2011 was held on Thursday 10 November at 11:00 am: Jobs Australia Board Room, Melbourne. If you would like further information, please contact admin@community21.com.au

In-roads program

Community Sector Banking Ltd has been successful in obtaining funding support from the Commonwealth Government to deliver a pilot Community Development Financial Institution Program, known as In-roads. It has engaged seven partners to deliver the pilot in a number of locations across Australia covering all states in Australia.

The partners are:

Access Community Group, NSW;
Anglicare South Australia;
St Luke’s, VIC;
Centre for Aboriginal Independence and Enterprise, QLD;
Traditional Credit Union, NT;
Kimberley Employment Service, WA; and
O group, TAS.

The In-roads project seeks to build the capacity and resilience of disadvantaged and financially excluded individuals by attracting investment and injecting funds into community finance organisations that offer them financial services and products that they would otherwise not be able to access from mainstream sources.

Under the pilot program Community Sector Banking and its partners provides social enterprise business loans, financial literacy training, micro-credit for low income earners and micro-credit personal savings.

For more information, visit the In-roads website: www.in-roads.com.au or call the In-roads number 1300 INROAD (1300 467 623).