AWA Alliance Bank have teamed up with St John Ambulance to provide local community groups with 50 first aid kits.

Through this initiative AWA is ensuring that life-saving equipment is placed in the hands of those who need it most within our communities.

AWA will be providing First Aid Kits to the following groups:
 

Mums Cottage

Mums Cottage WA is a charitable community service that bases its foundation on empowering and improving the potential in the lives of families.

AWA Alliance Bank is proudly supporting Mums Cottage –Mandurah with some funds to assist with the renovation of their cottage (verandah upgrade, installation of an access ramp and air conditioner)

Thank you Kaye Seeber (Chairman WA Mums Cottage) and your volunteers for your assistance in providing a better life for the families within our communities.

See the attached before and after shots of the cottage.

AWA Alliance Bank (AWA) has entered into an exciting new partnership with Basketball Geelong (BG) to deliver six new basketball courts for the Geelong region. In an unprecedented agreement, AWA is delivering on its newly adopted Social Enterprise business strategy by supporting community initiatives that deliver a strong sustainable future for these community groups.

Due to the popularity and growth of domestic basketball in the Geelong region, BG has been in desperate need of additional basketball courts and has been looking at ways of delivering these additional facilities for a very long time. Last year heading into the 2016 federal election BG made a bid with the support of AWA for a new stadium in Waurn Ponds. Unfortunately the bid was unsuccessful and the dream of a new stadium had to be reviewed. Late last year BG began exploring the option of a retro-fit of an existing building in Crows Road, Belmont into a 6 court stadium, once again with the support of AWA.

After a lot of hard work and persistence on the part of BG’s CEO, Dean Anglin and the BG Commission, the project has been given the green light by the BG Commission, AWA Board and the landlord. The club will now work towards the construction of the internal requirements of the stadium, with completion due late 2017.

Mr Anglin said, “Without the support of AWA, this dream could not have become a reality. In recognition of that, we are proud to announce that the name of the new complex will be the AWA Alliance Bank Stadium. This is a very exciting project for

both partners, as it offers BG a unique opportunity to secure both its basketball and financial future. Meanwhile AWA receives the opportunity to provide their financial services to the members of the BG community.”

BG is made up of a diverse group of basketball enthusiasts with over 3500 members and their families spread across the Geelong region. AWA is providing BG with $1.65 million of funding for the project. These funds are to be repaid via a partnership arrangement whereby BG share in the financial return their members generate when they take up any of AWA’s competitive financial services products.

A launch of the partnership was announced to those BG supporters in attendance at the Geelong Arena last Friday, 31 March 2017, to see the Supercats take on the Ballarat Miners with AWA present as the game night sponsor. It was a very successful night for both the men’s and women’s Supercat teams with strong wins recorded by both teams.