Social commerce website Community Engine is helping to raise money for Clarence Valley groups through their “Community Engine giveaway”. Around $27,000 has been given already through the giveaway, and there is around $73,000 left to give within the Northern Rivers region.
Groups involved in the Community Engine Giveaway include Anglicare North Coast, Empty Arms, Yamba Surf Life Saving Club and Yamba District Chamber of Commerce. Other groups using the engine include Clarence River Tourism, Grafton Paddle Sports, Clarence River Historical Society and Clarence River Wilderness Lodge.
Every time a person clicks to “follow” a group on Community Engine, that group gets $1. If they are a business they donate it and if they are a not-for-profit group they keep it. All you have to do is sign up to the giveaway and you can raise up to $5,000 for each group.
With their head office in Grafton, Anglicare North Coast service the region from Tweed Heads to Port Macquarie, providing migrant services, community housing, financial counselling and support and a broad range of community services to local people in need. “We rely heavily on local donations to keep many of our programs operating” said Jim Hodge, Anglicare North Coast’s Director of Client Services. “It’s a continual struggle and so we are grateful to Community Engine for making it easy for us to raise our profile and raise funds.
“Please go to www.communityengine.com.au and click to follow Anglicare North Coast”.
Community Engine offers a web presence, email, social media and networking at no cost for both individuals and groups. For those wishing to utilise the world class e-commerce facility, a fee of between 2.85% and 6.5% is charged. Two of the most popular functions are the database and membership management facilities.
“There is now no excuse to be offline” said Community Engine’s Dean Power. “We are about providing easy presence on the internet in a way that supports local communities”.
Following their successful pilot in the Northern Rivers, Community Engine is now focused on how they can help small business to get the lions’ share of online sales. $16 billion is spent annually on online sales in the local economy, yet according to research by Frost and Sullivan* 75% of Australians who shop online make purchases from offshore sites, with a total of 45% of online expenditure goes overseas.
For more information go to www.communityengine.com.au call 1300 266 686 or email hello@communityengine.com
* http://www.pwc.com.au/industry/retail-consumer/assets/Digital-Media-Research-Jul12.pdf
Downloadable high resolution images:
Photo 1 – Community Engine’s Dean Power (photo Carly Brown)
Photo 2 – Community Engine’s Dean Power (left) with client David Styles
Photo 3 – Jim Hodge, Director Client Services with Anglicare North Coast
Photo 4 – Chris Davis from Empty Arms Grafton