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Community Sponsorship News

September 2006

Mock interviews help migrants

NAB volunteers are using their business skills to help newly arrived skilled migrants find work in Australia. Read more.

Fishing volunteers net $10,000

Perth community group Fishers with Disabilities Association (FWD) has netted $10,000 in the 2006 NAB Volunteer Awards for the best practice management of its volunteer work force. Read more.

500 volunteers at the Show

In a massive volunteering effort some 500 NAB employees are helping out at the 150th Royal Melbourne Show which runs until 1 October. Read more.

2006 NAB Volunteer Awards - winners announced

Forty-nine community groups that make volunteering a two-way street - investing in the volunteers who are investing in the community - have been honoured in the 2006 NAB Volunteer Awards. Read more.

560 volunteering days in August

Did you know hundreds of NAB employees spend up to two days a year volunteering in their communities? Read more.

TI kids get new uniforms

Members of the Torres Strait Youth and Recreational Sporting Association are sporting new uniforms thanks to a $4,000 Employee Volunteer Grant from NAB's Thursday Island Branch. Read more.

Affordable credit scheme gets boost

Hopkins No Interest Loans Scheme (HNILS), which helps families in the Warrnambool and Moyne Shires of Victoria with affordable credit, has received a boost from a $2,000 donation from National Australia Bank. Read more.

Employees win volunteering award

NAB's South Australian employees have been formally recognised for their volunteering efforts by the Government of South Australia's 2006 Premiers Business Award. Read more.

Mudgee NAB turns 140

The Mudgee branch in New South Wales is celebrating 140 years in the community this year. Read more.

NAB helps Millmerran youth Rumble

It's not often that children are encouraged to rumble, but thanks to National Australia Bank (NAB), youths from all over South West Queensland can visit Millmerran for its annual Junior Rumble. Read more.

$50,000 for children's disability library

Establishing an equipment library in Warrnambool for children with a disability has long been a dream of health professionals in South West Victoria - and finally this dream can become a reality. Read more.

Families of blast victims helped

When an explosion at an explosives factory in Gladstone, South Australia, killed three people earlier this year the close knit community rallied round to support the families of the victims, including employees at NAB's nearby Jamestown and Port Pirie Branches. Read more.