Community First is a customer owned bank that has been in operation since 1959. We're here to help members achieve their financial goals by building relationships for mutual benefit. We're more connected. More committed. More walk than talk. And that's why our members love us.
We operate two brands, "Community First Bank" that caters to the traditional needs of banking consumers with high service standards and who want a physical presence to visit and "Easy Street Financial Services" which is pitched at time poor, internet savvy banking customers who are satisfied with self-help options if that provides an advantage on interest rates.
As a mutual (member-owned), we provide financial services with higher standards of service, fairer fees and competitive interest rates. Every dollar of profit is re-invested back into the organization for the benefit of members. We are open to all Australian residents as a real banking alternative to the major Banks.
Paper Giant is a strategic design consultancy that helps organisations understand and solve complex problems. We apply design, research and strategic thinking to solve product, service and organisational challenges.
We are a design consultancy that works with people who want to bring about positive change. We have diverse project experience, and a global outlook. Our team includes highly experienced designers, researchers and strategists.
Our team have both academic and commercial research experience. Our academic research experience ensures that our projects are grounded in current research and ethical best practices, and ensures that our findings and recommendations demonstrate an awareness of existing research published via academic channels. Our commercial research and design experience allows us to communicate research insights and outcomes in modes suitable for wider audiences, and to have confidence that our recommendations are actionable.
We are ‘human centred’ in all our work. This means that we make decisions based on research and informed reasoning about how a product or service will impact real people, and involve those people in the design process in a participatory way.
Paper Giant is based in Melbourne, but can regularly be seen conducting research in Asia and beyond.
Think Impact is one of Australia’s most experienced social impact and sustainability advisory firms. Since 2014 we have supported, enabled and inspired clients from across business, government, philanthropy and the for-purpose sector to manage for better impact.
The key areas we work in include ESG, community housing and homelessness, First Nations led initiatives, infrastructure, education, employment, ageing, environment and government policy.
We deliver tailored solutions to support our clients to design their intended impact, develop ways to measure what happens, clearly communicate impact and improve their impact by implementing what has been learnt.