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Switch and be the change

You may not think who you bank with matters. But it does. For our customers, their banking is making a real difference.

Every day our customers help change lives, and save lives, simply by banking with us. Their home loans are building skate and sports parks, hospital wings and classrooms. Personal loans, business banking and credit cards are funding ambulances, rescue boats, disabled and aged care facilities.

Everyday banking is providing all this and more. In fact, $320 million has been returned to communities and initiatives Australia-wide.

You need a bank to give you the products and services you need. We need your banking to help us make a difference.

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Be the change - Mt Gambier, South Australia

Are you one of us?

In the late 1990’s a new type of banking model came onto Australia’s banking scene. Bendigo’s Community Bank branches.

It was a brave and bold move by a regional bank in a rapidly evolving banking and finance sector. Today, more than 20 years later, there are more than 300 Community Bank branches around Australia, partnering with one of Australia's biggest banks.

Not only do these Community Bank branches provide banking and financial services, they have a unique point of difference.

Sharing profits with Australian communities.

$320 million in profits from our Community Bank partnerships have been reinvested in Australian communities since 1998. This year contributions included:

$7.5m for sport & recreation

$9.2m for facilities & infrastructure

$6.2m for education & research

$4.7m for health & wellbeing

$3.6m for art, culture & heritage

$700k for environment & animal welfare

$900k for emergency services & support

Sharing profits with communities in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory

More than $32 million in funding has been distributed to local community projects and initiatives across Australia in the 2022-23 financial year, with New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory Community Bank branches contributing $3.9 million to this milestone.

Contributions from the state included:

$960k for art, culture & heritage

$516k for education & research

$95k for emergency services & support

$80k for environment & animal welfare

$1.1m for health & wellbeing

$580k for facilities & infrastructure

$599k for sport & recreation

Sharing profits with communities in Victoria

More than $32 million in funding has been distributed to local community projects and initiatives across Australia in the 2022-23 financial year, with Victorian Community Bank branches contributing more than $18.3 million to this milestone.

$1.4m for art, culture & heritage

$4.1m for education & research

$663k for emergency services & support

$305k for environment & animal welfare

$2.1m for health & wellbeing

$5.1m for facilities & infrastructure

$4.5m for sport & recreation

Sharing profits with communities in South Australia

More than $32 million in funding has been distributed to local community projects and initiatives across Australia in the 2022-23 financial year, with South Australian Community Bank branches contributing more than $1.4 million to this milestone.

$178k for art, culture & heritage

$165k for education & research

$2k for emergency services & support

$9k for environment & animal welfare

$258k for health & wellbeing

$625k for facilities & infrastructure

$196k for sport & recreation

Sharing profits with communities in the Northern Territory

More than $32 million in funding has been distributed to local community projects and initiatives across Australia in the 2022-23 financial year, with NT Community Bank branches contributing more than $76,000 to this milestone.

$4k for art, culture & heritage

$11K for education & research

$1k for emergency services & support

$9k for environment & animal welfare

$6k for health & wellbeing

$9k for facilities & infrastructure

$34k for sport & recreation

Sharing profits with communities in Western Australia

More than $32 million in funding has been distributed to local community projects and initiatives across Australia in the 2022-23 financial year, with WA Community Bank branches contributing more than $2.9 million to this milestone.

$299k for art, culture & heritage

$584k for education & research

$35k for emergency services & support

$112k for environment & animal welfare

$394k for health & wellbeing

$1m for facilities & infrastructure

$459k for sport & recreation

Sharing profits with communities in Tasmania

More than $32 million in funding has been distributed to local community projects and initiatives across Australia in the 2022-23 financial year, with Tasmanian Community Bank branches contributing more than $1 million to this milestone.

$153k for art, culture & heritage

$116k for education & research

$51k for emergency services & support

$14k for environment & animal welfare

$32k for health & wellbeing

$544k for facilities & infrastructure

$116k for sport & recreation

Sharing profits with communities in Queensland

More than $32 million in funding has been distributed to local community projects and initiatives across Australia in the 2022-23 financial year, with Queensland Community Bank branches contributing more than $5.1 million to this milestone.

$612k for art, culture & heritage

$661k for education & research

$84k for emergency services & support

$188k for environment & animal welfare

$746k for health & wellbeing

$1.2m for facilities & infrastructure

$1.5m for sport & recreation

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Peoples of this nation and the Traditional Custodians of the land where we live, learn and work. We pay our respects to Elders past and present as it is their knowledge and experience that holds the key to the success of future generations.

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