Community Bank Ringwood East and Croydon is committed to developing partnerships that assist in achieving positive community outcomes.

Bendigo Bank’s social purpose focus set its agenda for ‘feeding into prosperity’, from its products and services through to its commitment to creating positive social change. Grants are paid to an organisation to address a social issue within the community.

Projects may demonstrate outcomes in:

• Animal welfare
• Choice and empowerment 
• Community resilience
• Digital
• Disaster recovery
• Environmental 
• Financial
• Health
• Housing
• Learning, skills and development
• Safety
• Social cohesion

You must:

• be an incorporated community or not-for-profit organisation
• have a project partner if you are not an incorporated organisation. A project partner is an incorporated community or not-for profit organisation that is willing to enter into the funding agreement on your behalf and help you to deliver the project
• have a valid Australian bank account

Who is ineligible?

• individuals or unincorporated organisations without an eligible project partner
• for-profit organisations
• applicant organisations (or partner organisations) with an unsatisfactory result to the Anti Money Laundering / Know Your Customer search.

• Phone: 03 9870 3655
• Email: cathy.white@bendigoadelaide.com.au