About Us

Foresters Community Finance Ltd (Foresters) is a Community Development Finance Institution (CDFI) based in Brisbane, Queensland. CDFIs are independent socially focused organisations that use community finance and social investment to service and support people, non-profit organisations and social enterprises who are disadvantaged and underserved by mainstream financial institutions. Foresters has been delivering community finance and social investment in Australia for more than 20 years.

The central purpose of Foresters’ is to respond to financial and social exclusion that results from the inability of traditional financial and capital markets to effectively respond to the needs of these individuals and organisations.

 

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qlead Queensland Leaders

Foresters is working to inspire the next generation of leading companies through its membership with Queensland Leaders.

Queensland Leaders inspires the next generation of leading companies. Queensland Leaders assists our private sector companies through the sharing of experience and leadership from our Industry Partners, in conjunction with the knowledge and expertise of our Industry Experts.

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cdfa CDFA

The CDFA exists to create a thriving community finance industry, which brings social and financial benefits to neighbourhoods across the UK. Our members lend money to people, businesses and social enterprises who struggle to get finance from high street banks.

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