Cycle culture The popularity of cycling as a low-cost, low impact and highly sustainable recreation pursuit has positioned Upper Yarra townships on The Rail Trail as highly desirable destinations. An annual trail user count estimates up to 200,000 people utilise the Rail Trail every year – a usage rate many times greater than other trails in the state. Although the …
Acquittals – the end and another beginning
Acquittals – the end and another beginning The acquittal is an important stage of the sponsorship process that occurs at the end of your project or event. All sponsorship recipients are required to complete a simple form that can be downloaded from our website. It is important to keep good records – for example a spreadsheet – and receipts for …
‘My Place, My Community’ entries open
‘My Place, My Community’ entries open Download Calendar Photo Competition Entry form 2014 The third annual ‘Upper Yarra – My Place, My Community’ photo competition is now on. We’re looking for twelve wonderful photographs to showcase in our 2015 Warburton and Yarra Junction Community Bank branches calendar, which is a gift to our community at the end of the year. …
Local Life Issue 3 now available
Local Life Issue 3 now available It’s here. A brand new issue of Local Life, the newsletter of the Upper Yarra Community! Click to Download and enjoy finding out more about the wonderful work done by people in your local community.
A well-earned cuppa for Jan
A well-earned cuppa for Jan Bettess Wesburn cancer survivor Jan Bettess finished a sever-year fundraising campaign on a high list week hosting 120 guests to her final Biggest Morning Tea. Jan has raised $41,217.95 over the years for Cancer Council’s annual fundraiser. She was undergoing treatment for cancer in 2007 when a few friends joined her for the fist event. …
Making a World of Difference
Making a World of Difference We recently provided $10,000 in sponsorship funding to this project – here’s a letter from Angela Goldman about how the funds will be used to help students from Upper Yarra Secondary College ‘make a difference’ in Cambodia. The trip is called World of Difference and is arranged through Rotary Club for Upper Yarra Secondary …
Great Steps – history making in Warburton
‘The Great Steps of Warburton’ begins – all invited to create in this history-making community mosaic project. The Warburton streetscape will soon feature one of the most beautiful and enduring permanent art installations ever created in Australia. ‘The Great Steps of Warburton’ is a large-scale mosaic that will be created by an entire community in a series of workshops …
We’re growing together
We’re growing together We are proud sponsors of Koha Community Cafe’s new program ‘What’s to eat’. We’d love to see you there too.
A satisfied community enjoy banking with us!
A satisfied community enjoy banking with us! We already know how wonderful our customer service officers are in our Yarra Junction and Warburton Community Bank branches, but its nice to see in this recent Roy Morgan survey that 50,000 people agree! We’re thrilled to announce we’ve just been awarded our third consecutive Roy Morgan Research Customer Satisfaction Business Bank of …
Scholarship 2014 awarded to local Georgia Martin for first year at uni
Scholarship 2014 awarded to local Georgia Martin for first year at uni Upper Yarra, Tuesday 25 February 2014: The Warburton and Yarra Junction Community Bank® Branches are pleased to announce Miss Georgia Martin, from Millgrove, is the recipient of their inaugural Scholarship 2014 program. The scholarship has been established to support one local student with the costs of higher education. …