Thousands of survey forms calling on your support for a Community Bank® branch in Goolwa & District will start to arrive in letter boxes from Monday 18 January. After raising more than $700,000 in pledges of support, the Goolwa & District Community Bank® Steering Committee has embarked on the next stage of its campaign, a feasibility study.
 
This survey will provide us with the answers that we require to make a decision to proceed to a public share offer – it is a very important aspect of our campaign. We can’t stress how important it is for as many people as possible to indicate what level of banking business they would be prepared to bring to a new bank branch.

When you receive the survey please take the few minutes required to fill it out and post back in the supplied prepaid envelope. To find out more click here.
 

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has just opened its 250th Community Bank®, with the launch of the Pyrmont Community Bank®Branch in Sydney this week.

Celebrating the milestone, the bank’s Executive, Customer and Community Russell Jenkins, said the Community Bank®initiative has far exceeded all expectations with Community Bank®branches accounting for one in every four new bank branches opened in Australia.

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Confidence is high as the Goolwa & District Community Bank confirms Director appointments to its future Board. Three of the confirmed Directors recently attended an induction programme for start-up Community Banks held in Bendigo by the Bendigo & Adelaide Bank. David Benda, Alistair Angus and Carol Gaston completed the 2 day programme which included a day conducted by the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Experienced Directors of established Community Banks shared their learnings. The location of the Bank, the relationship between the Board and the Branch Manager, and getting those first sponsorships out to our schools and clubs early on were all important lessons.

Members of the Steering Commitee have been busy over the last month approaching businesses in the Goolwa district looking for pledges of support for the community bank and have been met with a positive response. 

With pledges now reaching $563K it was agreed at the last Steering Committee meeting to proceed to the Feasibility Stage and to begin the tender process of engaging a consultant to complete the Business Case on our behalf.

Goolwa & District Community Bank contributed to the fun, food and frolics at'Goolwa Alive'on Sunday 4th October.

The free popcorn kept young and old satisfied. Piggy provided lots of balloons but more importantly joy to the little ones and fun for the older ones who took great pleasure in pulling Piggy's tail!!

Congratulations to all who contributed to 'Goolwa Alive' it was a great community event.

The Goolwa Alive event on Sunday the 4th of October will see your Community Bank Steering Commitee out in force in the Bendigo Bank tent, distributing free pop corn and taking pledges for our bank. 

From transport displays at one end of Cadell Street, past the performance stage and rotunda through to the Goolwa Wharf, you can enjoy a kilometre of entertainment.

Highlights include music, bands and dancing, face painting, cartoonist, twisted balloons, Old McDonald’s Farm animals, Dan Burt one man band, pony rides, vintage, veteran, and classic cars, Poetry Slam competition first heat, clothes and household items, lingerie parade, treasure hunt, Cittaslow Long Lunch, icing gingerbread and decorating pizza boxes.

Families can bring along a decorated table to enjoy lunch with others, prizes awarded for best table and largest number of participants.

Celebrate the 101 birthday of paddle steamer PS Oscar W with a cruise or join SteamRanger’s Cockle Train or Southern Encounter for train ride from Mount Barker to Goolwa or take an Australasian history tour, costs on request. 

Stop in and say hello to our friendly members and fill in a pledge form while you there.