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Hampton Community Bank®Project

Hampton Rovers Amateur Football Club is one of many local community organisations that have benefitted from sponsorship provided by the Sandringham Community Bank® Branch of Bendigo Bank. Indeed, Sandringham Community Bank® has been supporting local clubs and community groups since 2002 and to date have donated more than $460,000 to them.

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Jim Westhead of Hampton Rovers believes that this support has been invaluable: “The sponsorship funds enable us to provide footy equipment for over 550 young kids and over 100 senior players. In particular, the club helps disadvantaged families by subsidising costs so that their kids can take part in the facilities we offer regardless of their financial situation. In the past two years, the Community Bank® has increased their sponsorship, making them one of our major sponsors. There is now a fantastic synergy between our club and the bank in providing help and worthwhile support to the communities of Bayside.”

Consideration is now being given to the opening of a Community Bank® in Hampton Street and your help is needed in order to make this a reality. The opportunity to open a Community Bank® in Hampton is one that will result in profits being retained by the community.

Pledges of support for the new branch in Hampton are needed to enable us to move to the next phase of the campaign, a formal feasibility study.

For further information contact Committee member at Hampton: Ian Siebert 9598 6889

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Hampton Community Bank® Project

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Sandringham Hospital Maternity Department

Sandringham Community Bank® Branch

Community Bank® Family Room “especially for cuddles”Sandringham Community Bank® in conjunction with Beaumaris, Highett, Mentone East and Parkdale Community Bank® branches and Cheltenham Bendigo Bank united as one to do something special at Sandringham Hospital.

A grant of $50,000 was made for a family room to be added to the special care nursery which provides a private nurturing sanctuary for local families of new babies who are in intensive care or are unable to come home soon after birth. It provides a quiet haven where families can bond with their babe, away from the bustle and noise of the hospital setting. It is also a place for other siblings and close family to be with the baby who isn’t coming home right away. For families without readily available all-day babysitting, this allows the parents to return to the hospital and be with their little one once the mother has been discharged, and not have to split their time between their new babe and other children, often toddlers. Sarah Golding, a local mother who has experienced the facility says, “The addition of a parenting room to the nursery has enabled family members to visit and bond with their new baby, especially for cuddles!”

Sandringham Hospital serves a wider community than just Sandringham, so when this request was suggested the local Community Bank® took the initiative to approach other Community Bank® branches whose areas are served by Sandringham Hospital Maternity Department. Glen Barnes, co-ordinator of the project, explained, “It was not an immediate buy in to make this become a reality though. Each Community Bank® is established independently as a franchise and run by a volunteer Board. The Board ensures their bank manages the funds appropriately and turns them back into their community. Rigorous and responsible questions were put forward.”

Whilst some may think dealing with five banks would be an administrative nightmare, Heather Wallace, Fund Raising Manager of Sandringham Hospital said the contrary, “Working together with five entities within the bank and the hospital has been the easiest collaboration I have experienced

What is a Community Bank®?A Community Bank® is a bank formed and operated for the benefit of the local community, operating under a franchise agreement with the Bendigo Bank.

A Company is incorporated to finance

and operate the Community Bank® and

the shares of that Company are wholly

owned by the local community.

What are the benefits of a Community Bank®?

Under the Community Bank® model,

profits are shared between the

Community Bank® and Bendigo Bank.

The share of profits gained by the

community is then distributed by way

of dividends to shareholders and gifts

and sponsorships to local clubs and

community organisations.

Thus a large share of the profits earned

from banking business stays in the

community.

In some areas or towns where the

major banking institutions have either

never had a presence, or departed

from that suburb. A Community Bank®

makes banking facilities available and

has filled that void for the benefit of the

community.

In others, such as Hampton, other

banks are present, but a Community Bank® offers the suburb the opportunity

to bank on their own future. The

Community Bank® is an investment in

your own community.

Glen Barnes, Director, Sandringham Community Bank® Branch, Judy Reeves, Director of Women’s and Children’s Health and Director of Nursing, Sandringham Hospital; Kay Kurth, Nurse Unit Manager Maternity, Sandringham Hospital; Sarah Golding and her son Ben.

(and I’ve had many years’ experience!). I believe this was because we all shared a commitment to making our community a better place and I feel we shared that with our partner, Bendigo Bank.”

Our local Community Bank® branches are committed to returning profits back into the local community; the level of assistance they offer is directly related to the number of people who bank with their local Community Bank®. Community Bank® branches are unlike any other banks operating in Australia; decisions about financial support are the result of discussions between local Board members and local community groups, clubs and schools.

The family room was officially opened on 13 September, 2010 and continues to serve those in need. Sandringham Community Bank® Branch wishes all who use the facility the very best for a happy and healthy outcome.

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Net approach to life’s goalsGROWING up with netball is some-thing that Leeanne Vernon and Gil-lian know all about.

The two netball coaches have made the game a big part of their lives and see it as a beneficial part of any girl’s life.

Now into their third co-authored book, Ms Vernon says the narra-tives combine life lessons with tips on playing netball.

The publications are a triumph and a victory for Ms Vernon who 10 years ago studied professional writing and editing as a mature aged student and, along with Ms Lee, decided to bite the bullet and self-publish “because established publishers said they wouldn’t sell”.

How wrong those publishers were. The first Netball Dreamz sold 10,000 copies, the second 5000 and the third has just hit the book-shelves.

With 35,000 registered junior netballers in Victoria the market is barely tapped.

The lives of the young charac-ters in the Netball Dreamz books inevitably revolve around netball (as well as school, families and friends) and are “just like anyone in normal life, they get things right and they get things wrong”.

“There’s always an underlying

story. This third book is about hav-ing strength in yourself and believ-ing in yourself,” Ms Vernon says. “It’s about having self esteem.”

The books are aimed at eight to 13 year olds and the characters have been “kept in Grade 6 for as long as possible”. So far they have tried to make the team, played a season, made the finals and pre-pared for the end of year dance.

“There’s still a lot more left for us to explore in that age group. They’ve not even played club net-ball yet.”

Illustrations of netball moves and plays reflect Ms Lee’s high coach-ing accreditation.

Ms Vernon started playing netball as a seven-year-old and eventually went on to organise other mothers in a daytime competition.

“You need a sport in your life,” she says. “Kids stay safe and content and have a feeling of belonging.”

The initial inspiration to write about netball came while watching her daughters Prue and Maddie on the netball court.

While the characters are fictional and “an amalgamation of everyone I’ve ever coached, my girls are defi-nitely in there”.

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AN exhibition of etchings by indigenous artists are being displayed at Bayside Council’s Artrium exhibition space.

Timed to commemorate Reconciliation Week, the display centres around four etchings by Melbourne-based artist Vicki Couzens that were commissioned last year by council.

The etchings were in-spired by stories written by Bunurung elder, Carolyn Briggs.

The exhibition also in-cludes prints by Lily Kara-

dada and Regina Karada-da from Kalumburu in the north-western Kimberley Ranges of Western Australia, Butcher Cherel from Fitz-roy Crossing in the Kimber-ley, Dhuwarrwarr Marika of north-east Arnhem Land, Northern Territory and Djam-bu (Sambo) Barra Barra from Ngukkur,south-east Arnhem Land.

The prints will be on dis-play until Monday 4 July 8.30am-5pm Monday to Fri-day at the Artrium in coun-cil’s Corporate Centre, 76 Royal Av, Sandringham.

WORKS by sculptors who create art that “helps both the environment and their community” are being shown at Vere Apothecary.

Found Objects is a tempo-rary display “focusing on the use of what some might call waste or trash objects as ar-tistic expression”, according to Vere owner Justin Hilford.

“Instead of being consigned to the scrapheap, interest-ing objects are given a new lease on life as part of some of the most accessible, edgy and amazing sculptures Mel-bourne has ever seen.”

All works are for sale.Janice McCarthy, one of the

Found Objects exhibition’s main co-ordinators and art-ists says pieces were created with help from some unex-pected quarters.

“Several pieces were made from the remnants of the commercial lighting indus-try, others as a result of rum-maging about in scrap metal yards.”

McCarthy said that the basement of the old Singer sewing machine

factory in West Melbourne provided “dynamic twisted metal, aged industrial parts, mechanic by-products” while

Indigenous art display

MURDER and ghosts were among the big attractions at this year’s Bayside Literary Festival.

“Several locally-organised sessions, including Murder at the Windsor Hotel and the Black Rock House ghost tours, were totally booked out,” Bayside mayor Cr Alex Del Porto said.

Bayside residents Keith Bulfin, Rochelle Jackson and Liz Porter were among the keynote speakers.

Cr Del Porto said a com-bination of “big names with well-organised community events meant that atten-dance numbers were up sig-nificantly on previous years”

at the 20-27 May festival.Winner of the Bayside Poets

award was Port Melbourne writer, Barbara Boyd-Ander-son, for her poem, “My inner city beach”.

“I’ve been scribbling away all my life but I’ve only been writing seriously in the past few years,” Boyd-Anderson said.

“I wouldn’t have been able to enter the competition without the confidence I’ve gained as a member of the Coastlines Poetry Group which meets every month at Brighton Library.”

Cr Del Porto said about 600 people entered the writing competition, 240 per cent

more than last year.“The judges presented

awards and $3000 worth of prizes at the festival’s well-attended opening ceremony on May 20 at the Bayside Arts and Cultural Centre at the old Brighton Town Hall.

“We’re thrilled that the fes-tival has struck such a chord. It shows there’s a hunger for reading, writing and literary discussion in Bayside.

“The imaginative use of lo-cal historic landmarks such as Brighton Courthouse and Black Rock House, added to the festival’s many plea-sures.”

Murder draws a crowd

One person’s waste is another’s art

Arweet sit down 2010, etching on paper, by Vicki Couzens.

DESPITE being given a low priority by the Transport Department the state government is going ahead with re-opening the New St railway crossing.

Brighton MP Louise Asher says it is early days n the design for the crossing, although she has seen “a little drawing” showing a cars-only tunnel being used instead of gates.

She said talks would be held with Bayside Council – “they’ve got a stake” – to work out the concept.

Ms Asher said soil tests would show whether a tunnel was feasible.

The $2 million allocated in the sate budget would not be enough for the project but “it’s a sign of good faith”.

“It will cover the testing

of the soil and talking to everyone before work starts.”

“I have no idea of the times as it’s [up to] the Minister of

Transport and I have asked for the council to be briefed.”

New St is 223rd – the lowest - on the department’s priority list of crossings and the government has been accused of pork barrelling by allocating money to reopen the crossing which was closed in September 2007.

The government included $16.5m for level crossings in the current budget and in the run up to last year’s election promised to spend $379m in its first term.

The crossing was built in the early 1880s.

Until it was closed after the gates were hit by a train it was the only manually operated crossing in Victoria and came complete with heritage-listed gatekeepers’ cabin.

Crossing may go underground

KEEPING an eye for someone with an axe can pay off.

Bayside Council is offering up to $20,000 reward for evidence that leads to a prosecution for any unlawful removal or damage to trees that occurs in the city’s open spaces.

The new reward was set by council in May when it revised its 2007 tree vandalism and reward policy.

The policy now also covers a wider range of offences, including unlawful pruning, poisoning, removal or root damage.

Trees on private land have been deleted from the policy because they are covered under ‘strict liability’ legislation which sees private land owners automatically considered liable for the offence if a tree is removed from their land.

“I encourage every Bayside resident to be vigilant about protecting our trees by reporting to council anything they may have overheard or any unusual behaviour they may observe that threatens our trees either on private land or in open spaces,” the mayor Cr Alex del Porto said.

The maximum fine for tree vandalism under council’s local law is $2000. A maximum $143,340 penalty

Timber! It can pay to keep watchcan also be issued under the Planning and Environment Act 1987 for removal, lopping or destruction of a native tree.

Housing plansNOTHING ever stays the same, and Bayside can expect change as a result of the 11,000 extra residents expected to move into the city by 2026.

The number of 60 and 70 year olds is expected to increase substantially by 2026 as the baby boomer generation ages, leading to an increase in single person and couples-only households.

Bayside Council has prepared a draft housing strategy to set out how it proposes to plan for the estimated extra 7000 new dwellings needed to house the increasing population.

The strategy proposes that the main focus for new housing, including higher density apartments and townhouses, will be in and around Bayside’s shopping centres and large redevelopment sites such as the CSIRO site in Highett.

The rationale for this approach is to locate more people in places which

have easy access to public transport, shopping, employment and community services.

Council says additional people in and around shopping centres helps to “support and invigorate these places and enhance the village feel as more people utilise the centres’ facilities, day and night”.

Council is yet to debate or adopt the housing strategy.

Kinder deadlinePARENTS have until 30 June to register their child for three or four-year-old kindergarten in 2012 through the Bayside central enrolment. Registration forms available at participating kindergartens, libraries, maternal and Child Health centres, or by calling 9599 4444. There is a $25 application fee.

Holiday activitiesTHE winter library school holiday program runs 4-15 July and bookings are essential. Visit your local library from 15 June to pick up a brochure. For more information call Jenni Masters on 9591 5909.

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The manager of a fabrica-tion company contributed metal used as the breast plates for a sculpture titled Warrior Woman.

The Vere Apothecary ex-hibition, Shop 17, 427-455 Hampton St, Hampton closes 31 July and is open 11am–5.30pm Monday; 9.30am–5.30pm Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; 9.30am–4pm Friday; and 9.30am–1.30pm Saturday.


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TEAMS of marine scientists are hoping to improve their understanding of life in the underwater world of Port Phillip with $3 million in re-search grants from the De-partment of Sustainability and Environment (DSE).

Marine life in bay will go under the microscope for three linked research proj-ects undertaken by multi-disciplinary research teams that will include top scien-tists from around Australia.

DSE chief scientist Graham Mitchell: “Port Phillip’s tem-perate reefs are large living habitats for marine life, simi-lar to forested landscapes on land. They support a di-versity of life forms, includ-ing many that are unique to south eastern Australia, so preserving the bay’s reefs is vital to the future of the thousands of fish, inverte-brates and seaweed species that rely on reefs for survival.

“What we’re hoping to gain by this research is additional knowledge and understand-

Bay’s ‘secret life’ chosen for scientific study

ing of these complex living habitats. This ‘stitching to-gether’ of current and new environmental and biophysi-cal information will help us come up with better ev-idence-based management approaches to protect and conserve our precious ma-rine environments for the fu-ture.

“We can be very confident that the quality of the re-search teams brought togeth-er for these projects and the novel approaches they’ll be using are likely to yield some exciting new discoveries on the fundamental ecology of Port Phillip Bay’s seagrass and reefs. This new informa-tion will be imperative to im-

proving our capacity to man-age marine environments more effectively.”

Mr Mitchell said the re-search projects will run over four years, investigating the likely responses of seagrass and reef habitats to environ-mental challenges including predicted climate change ef-fects.

Two projects will be led by the University of Melbourne through chief investigators, Professor Mick Keough from the University of Melbourne and Professor Craig Johnson from the University of Tas-mania and one project will be lead by the Department of Primary Industries, through chief investigator Professor Greg Jenkins.

The marine research stud-ies are one component of the larger Seagrass and Reefs Program for Port Phillip Bay being implemented by the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Division of DSE.

A DSE news release says its $5.5 million seagrass and reefs program is one of the most comprehensive invest-ments into marine environ-ments ever undertaken in Victoria.

A short video introduction to the Seagrass and Reefs pro-gram can be viewed at DSE’s You Tube channel:www.you-tube.com/DSEVictoria.

Calm on top: It might appear calm above, but below water Port Phillip hosts a variety of active communities that are about to come under the scientists’ microscope.

THE state Auditor General has highlighted gaps and fail-ings in the way Victoria’s un-derwater world is cared for.

In a report on the state’s marine protected areas the Auditor General calls for more active management and recommends integrated statewide policy and plan-ning as the best way to man-age environmental threats.

The Environmental Man-agement of Marine Protected Areas report was tabled in Parliament on 2 March.

Victorian National Parks Association marine and coastal project officer Simon Branigan urged the Premier Ted Baillieu to adopt all the report’s recommendations.

Mr Branigan said the re-port found that the govern-ment was failing to protect coastal waters from invasive pests and diseases, and rec-ommended development of a marine pest biosecurity plan.

The report said there was poor coordination between Parks Victoria and the De-partment of Primary Indus-tries to police illegal fishing.

Video checkCONTRACTORS are checking the condition of Bayside’s roads and footpaths.

Equipment being used in-cludes a quad bike on foot-paths and a van on roads fit-ted with cameras to video the footpaths and roads.

The mayor Cr Alex Del Por-to said there would be no invasion of privacy and that “all imaging is focused on footpath and road surfaces with some limited viewing of adjacent areas, and that no recordings of commercial or residential properties or structures will be taken”.

For details call the asset management coordinator on 9599 4444.

Call for marine protectionTHE Bayside Council-backed 12-month ‘No Stopping’ zone along Beach Rd is part of an effort to check cyclists’ be-haviour.

The plan to ban parking 6am to 10am on weekends until at November is part of a $1.5 million Beach Road Cor-ridor Strategy.

During the ban videos of cyclists using Beach Rd will be scrutinised and combined with police statistics to see how many times they ride more than two abreast when not overtaking.

Cyclists will also be checked to see if they ride in more than one lane, how close they are to other vehi-cles, travel in groups of more than 30 riders, run red lights or fail to use hand signals.

The impact of cyclist “packs” on traffic flows and pedestrians crossing Beach Rd will also be scrutinised.

While parking will be banned in Beach Rd, occu-pancy rates and use patterns will be measured in fore-shore car parks and inter-secting streets.

Cyclists under scrutiny

Businesses will be asked if the ban has any effect on trade and cyclists will be sur-veyed to assess “satisfaction with their total experience of accessing and using the Bay Trail and/or Beach Rd”.

A strategy produced by se-nior officers from VicRoads and Bayside and Kingston councils identifies and pri-oritises works needed to im-prove safety for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians us-ing Beach Rd, including:n Improving access to fore-shore car parks; n More pedestrian operated traffic signals; n Pedestrian refuges; n Indented parking; n On road and off road cy-cling facilities; and

n Completing the Bay Trail south link.

The strategy is due to be completed this month, pre-sented to council in July and implemented over the next three years.


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By Olive WillsTHE start of winter varies every year. This year the change was early, with April rains being good for farmers as the grass will grow before the weather gets really cold.

Annuals and vegetables still need feeding. Foliar is often best as the effect is prompt.

Potash sprinkled around seedlings will help to get them to flower and make them more resistant to frosts.

The cabbage family turns purple without some fertilising.

Bulbs: If you bought daffodil bulbs, they will flower the first year but what happens next year will depend on the health of the foliage this season.

The flower bud forms during summer from the food provided by the leaves as they die.

Fertilise after flowering and take care to not damage the leaves, they will look untidy but are essential.

Camellias: The japonicas are starting to bloom – ballerina in April. 6:26 PMhe sasanquas have been flowering for a while.

Take time to appreciate the display and if you intend to buy any new ones, look at them while they are in bloom.

Enjoy the flowers before you plant them out.

Like all plants they need care until their roots are established. Don’t leave any wire holding their name, for it will surely kill as soon as the plant grows and the wire gets too tight.

If the seeds drop and germinate remove them quickly as they send out a taproot and are hard to dig out.

A can be interesting if you have space for them.

Container plants: Some need special potting mix, such as orchids and African violets.

Pots may be used to brighten an area of concrete or pavers and cyclamen are at their best from now until summer when they become dormant.

Bulbs can be grown in containers and allowed to dry a bit while they are dormant. I find pots are the best place for small bulbs, which can be difficult to weed.

Some plants just need the protection that a pot can give.

Cuttings from deciduous shrubs do well, such as hydrangeas and deciduous hibiscus.

A well worked soil is all they need.

Some roses grow quite well from cuttings, but don’t move

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Variety in winter

Colourful winter: flowers, leaves and vegetables can all bring colour and life to a arden in winter.

roses until next winter, as they take longer to establish than other plants.

Foliage plants are very popular to bring a change of colour to the garden without

the hard work of annuals.Dwarf nandina leaves are

redder when the weather is colder. Iresene survives under the eaves where it is warmer and dry.

WITH the world’s population approaching seven billion, questions are being asked about supplying enough food at the same time as nation’s cope with climate change.

Former Victorian senator Lyn Allison, pictured, will explore these issues this month at an event organised by the Bayside Climate Change Action Group.

“Many people are rightly concerned about how the world will cope with a population that is outstripping available resources,” Ms Allison said.

“Climate change is going to make that goal a lot harder.”

Ms Allison brings a broad experience of the issue of world population as Patron for Marie Stopes International, an organisation that runs family planning programs across the Asia Pacific, including Papua New Guinea and Timor Leste.

Before taking on that role Ms Allison was chairperson for eight years of the Senate’s Environmental Committee which, among other works, recommended the introduction of a carbon emissions trading system.

Her parliamentary work together with her current experience with global population issues, allows her to take a long view of the future of the sustainability of the planet and the political realities of dealing with climate issues.

The discussion is open to the public at 7.30pm on Wednesday 29 June at Sandringham Uniting Church in Trentham St. (Melway 76, G9). Call 0409 537 969.

Climate change a threat to food

UP to eight teams are expected to compete in the first Chick Kick footy competition later this month.

Starting on Saturday 25 June, the initial six-week season is expected to become part of the Moorabbin Saints Junior Football League fixture next year.

A lead-in to this year’s competition for nine to 12-year-old girls was held on

Girls ready to take to the footy fieldSaturday 11 June at Chisholm Reserve, Sandringham.

There will be 15 girls in each team playing two 15-minute halves.

“The competition will run with specifically modified rules adapted to girls footy, and closely aligned to the modified rules adopted for under-9 and 10 boys’ competition.” Hampton Rovers Football Club junior president Phil Bourke said.

Chick-Kick began as a joint initiative between East Sandringham JFC, Hampton Rovers AFC and East Brighton JFC to get girls playing footy.

It was then picked up by the MSJFL, which covers 26 junior clubs and more than 8000 junior players from under-9 to under-17.

“The Hampton Rovers AFC see this as part of our overall Girls for Footy initiative,” Mr Bourke said.

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‘End heath burns’CENTRAL Ward councillor Felicity Frederico has raised doubts over the need to regu-larly burn Bayside’s seven heath land reserves.

“There are increasing rates of asthma in the community and one of the reserves is next to a nursing home.”

Cr Frederico said each re-serve was fenced for three years after each burn, al-though some “temporary fencing” often remained much longer.

She said if the reserves were burnt to encourage seed propagation they should be left open to the public.

“I think people would stick to the paths,” she said.

“But we should absolutely stop the burns, which are questionable in reserves in residential areas.

“We’ve got limited open space as it is and we should investigate other ways of en-

couraging the natural envi-ronment.

“We need to question the whole burn process.”

Cr Frederico said some estimates of the amount of open space in the municipal-ity were sometimes mislead-ing “because they include our abundance of golf cours-es, which, while nice, aren’t open to every one”.


Matthew Gallop, Branch Manager Sandringham Community Bank® Branch

A chat with Sandringham Community Bank® Branch Manager Matthew GallopWhy did you become involved in community banking?

I had spent many years working for one of the larger banks mainly as a Commercial Lending Manager. I was often frustrated by the banks decision to constantly change my client portfolio. I wanted to provide a level of service that can only come from understanding client needs and assisting them to achieve their ongoing goals.

I have now been the manager of the Sandringham Community Bank® branch since opening in 2002 and really enjoy building long term relationships with my clients. Clients greatly appreciate the capacity to call in or telephone and continue a conversation we may have begun sometime earlier.

In addition to the banking role I also thrive on the opportunity to be actively involved in the local community and to assist in building a stronger community. I have so enjoyed getting to know the local traders, businesses, families and clubs during my 9 years and look forward to meeting more of you as we continue to grow.

How does the community benefit from having a Community Bank®?

We have to date returned $460,000 to assist schools, sporting clubs, the arts, volunteer and community organisations along with the elderly and disadvantaged.

For the community to benefit it is essential that the community support the local Community Bank® initially through the pledging process and then through actual banking business. While most banks return very little to their immediate community, banking with us provides an income source that then translates into a return for our community. Banking is something we all do every week but by choosing to do it with the Community Bank® up to 80% of our profits are returned to our community through sponsorships, grants and donations.

Bank profits are retained within the local area and our branch completes an annual sponsorships and grants program enabling clubs and organisations to apply for funds for the benefit of their community.

Why would a client choose to bank with a Community Bank®?

I guess the question I would ask is why you would not support a local organisation which supports and helps grow and strengthen the community we live in.

We offer very competitive products and services including Business Banking, International Trade, Insurance, Financial Planning and a large selection of Home, Investment and Business Loans. Our trading hours are 9am-5pm Monday to Friday and 9am to noon Saturday mornings.

The staff are employed by the local company providing real stability which the client and community enjoy. Our team know the vast majority of clients by name with customer service a priority.

Why should Hampton residents invest in their local Community Bank®?

Investing in the Community Bank® is the first step and while extremely important we also require people to move their banking across. Community Banking is not about trying to attract the most influential or wealthy clients of Hampton, although we certainly welcome them! It is about providing a necessary service to everyone irrespective of their financial position and goals. As Hampton grows and prospers we would like to be alongside you, whether you are a young family, retiree, small business owner or developer, we will get to know you and provide the services you need.

There should be no reason why Hampton could not replicate or exceed the success we have achieved in Sandringham. Imagine how Hampton’s community and sporting groups could improve their services with our annual grants and sponsorship program. Already benefiting from that relationship are groups such as Hampton Rovers Football Club and the Hampton Cricket Club.

Banking is purely the vehicle we utilise to build an ongoing community income that returns profits to the community it serves in and strengthens the community in which it operates. Very few businesses can claim to achieve these goals!

Hampton Twilight Carnival is a winner!Hands up if you are one of the thousands of people who attended the Hampton Primary School Twilight Carnival on 25 February this year!

This outstanding event was sponsored by the Sandringham Community Bank® Branch of Bendigo Bank. A $10,000 donation, plus plenty of hard work put in by Hampton Primary School families, meant that the event raised $55,000 to be used to help pay for the resurfacing of the oval.

Organisers of the Carnival said “Thanks to major sponsorship from the Community Bank® in Sandringham, we could focus on organising a fun event while promoting the benefits of starting a local branch of the Community Bank® in Hampton Street.”

A Community Bank® Branch in Hampton Street could be a reality if about 300 local people pledge to invest as little as $500 each, to become shareholders in our local bank.

Once our local Community Bank® is up and running, Hampton Primary School and other local groups needing support will directly benefit as most of the profits from a Community Bank® go right back to the community in which it operates!

So, become a shareholder in Hampton’s future and pledge your support. Without it, your Community Bank® cannot become a reality.

www.bendigobank.com.au. Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited, The Bendigo Centre, Bendigo, VIC 3550. ABN 11 068 049 178. AFSL 237879. (S34782) (05/11)

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Pledge your support now and make the Hampton Community Bank® Branch a reality

For further information on how to pledge your support:

Ian Siebert 9598 6889 Jane Dando 0411 023 609Steve Asimoudis 0417 944 402 Glen Kruger 0416 521 078

Felicity Frederico 0425 296 854 Helen Searle 0435 522 180 or visit www.hamptoncb.org

“I pledge my support for the Hampton Community Bank®

Project”Graeme Disney OAM, Former Mayor of Bayside and local business leader

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