Community Bank Samford

Happy Pride Month to everyone who is celebrating.

We love seeing the impact Community Bank branches are making in the communities they serve.

From supporting Riding for the Disabled centres and grassroots sporting clubs, to helping provide meals for people experiencing hardship, funding life-saving emergency equipment and backing important community fundraising events, these initiatives demonstrate the power of community banking in action.

Every project funded helps strengthen local communities, improve wellbeing and create opportunities for people to connect, participate and thrive.

It's a great reminder that when communities support their local Community Bank, those profits are reinvested back into projects that make a genuine difference.

It's our absolute pleasure to be involved Bray Park State High School!

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🎓 What an incredible impact being made across Australia through the Bendigo Bank Community Foundation Scholarship Program.

Together with 70 Community Banks, 320 first-year scholarships and continued funding for 160 existing scholars have been awarded this year — a total investment of $1.6 million into the future of young Australians. 👏❤️

Stories like Chelsea’s and Oakley’s are a reminder of the life-changing opportunities community banking can create.

At Community Bank Samford, we’re proud to be part of a network that gives back to the communities it serves.
Learn more about the scholarship program here 👇
https://www.bendigobank.com.au/community/foundation/scholarships/

Scholarships | Bendigo Bank Our scholarship program helps young people achieve their academic dreams.

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Here’s one for the Footy fans! Thanks to Bendigo Bank, you can win footy experience like no other with the Geelong Cats. Head to Instagram, follow , find the post at the top of the page and tell them who your favourite grassroots footy club is?

To the many volunteers in our community who make great things happen every day, THANK YOU!

Whether you're putting up your hand for fundraising events, supporting a community group, coaching the local football team or working in the school canteen, we applaud you.

Surplus meals from Camp Warrawee are now helping support people doing it tough across the Moreton Bay region.

The rising cost of living is making it harder to access nutritious meals. Sometimes that hardship is carried quietly by families, young people, low-income households, and people facing housing or financial stress.

Through our 2025 September Grant Round, Pine Rivers Community Finance was proud to provide funding to support the YMCA’s Meals on Ice initiative at Camp Warrawee.

This funding helped purchase a commercial-grade blast freezer and packaging equipment, allowing surplus meals from Camp Warrawee to be safely frozen, packaged and redistributed, instead of going to waste.

Through a strong partnership with Encircle Community Services, more than 245 nutritious frozen meals have been provided to people experiencing hardship across the local community.

This is community funding at its best. Practical equipment. Trusted partnerships. Less food waste. More support for local people.

Learn more here: https://prcf.com.au/turning-surplus-meals-into-community-support/

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These packs are a meaningful way to help families feel informed, reassured and cared for. This is a fine example of how community banking can provide practical support to families when they need it most. Learn more about this grant-funded initiative here: https://prcf.com.au/bravehearts

Bravehearts was honoured to meet the funders from Community Bank Samford, along with our friends from Queensland Police Ferny Grove, Inner West & Redcliffe Child Protection Investigation Units.

This funding assists families making reports to police, as well as those accessing Bravehearts’ specialist counselling to receive Bravehearts’ Parent Packs.

Alison Geale, Bravehearts’ CEO, said: “It is a wonderful testament to communities coming together to support their own and help protect children from harm, and we are so grateful for this collaboration.”