Membership

In the past the membership strategy was targeting on industry representation rather than business directly. This strategy proved to be restrictive and did not achieve the desired support and interaction from business. SCBC was unable to achieve its stated aims to effectively support business.

As leaders in this diverse business environment our challenge is to ensure this community thrives, now and in the future. We are taking the necessary steps to ensure our membership base reflects the multiple industry and business sectors that operate on the Sunshine Coast. We need to speak as one strong, cohesive voice regardless of the forum or the issue.

Two categories of membership

1. Business Membership:
• Open to any business operating in the Sunshine Coast region.
• Annual Membership Fees:
• $1,500 for businesses with greater than 100 employees, or
• $500 for businesses with less than 100 employees.
• To register your interest to join, call the SCBC on (07) 5409 3215
2. Industry Membership:
• Open to any representative industry group operating in the Sunshine Coast region.
• Annual Membership Fee is $500.
• To register your interest to join, call the SCBC on (07) 5409 3215.

SCBC Core Value Proposition to its Members

We provide a transparent, inclusive and formal environment to enable you and your organisation to play an effective role in the decision making processes to plan and drive the development and profitable growth of sustainable business on the Sunshine Coast.

Membership Benefits

The benefits of being a member of SCBC are closely linked to its two core philosophies: ONE VISION. ONE VOICE and OPEN FOR BUSINESS. As a SCBC member, the benefits to your organisation will be REGIONAL INFLUENCE to CONTRIBUTE TO GOVERNMENT PLANNING DECISIONS by BEING PART OF AN ORGANISED INDUSTRY NETWORK. These benefits will be achieved by:

• Direct contribution to SCBC responses to government business sector planning - a chance to influence planning and decisions that affect your business community.
• Being part of an independent business advocacy group - will give a voice to your organisation's views and issues; and
• Having access to various quarterly events and forums - provides you with an effective regional network and direct access to regional business discussion.
• Click here for a copy of the Membership Application Form.

Sponsorships

There are two levels of sponsorship available:

1. Patron Sponsors
• Open to organisations that, through SCBC, have the capacity to influence and support their regional business community by contributing sponsorship to the minimum value of $20,000 p.a., either monetary or in-kind.
2. As a Patron Sponsor:
• Branding and acknowledgement on the SCBC website;
• Ability to post articles/news on the Patron Sponsor Newsroom page of the Website
• Prominent branding at discussion forums;
• Invitation to participate at SCBC strategy workshops and Focus Groups;
• Invitations to comment on specific project topics;
• Invitations to be a guest speaker at events, and
• Invitation to all events and forums.
3. This category of sponsorship is negotiated for a fixed period.

2. Event Sponsors
• Open to organisations that are keen to participate in activities to benefit the Sunshine Coast business community and who wish to be associated with SCBC.
• Sponsors will be targeted by event to align sponsors with event topics.
• There may be more than one sponsor and level of sponsorship for an event.
• Sponsorship may be monetary or in-kind.
3. As an Event Sponsor:
• Invitation to participate on SCBC Focus Groups;
• Invitation to events and forums.
• Branding on all event signage, advertising and materials; and
• Acknowledgement at beginning and end of event.
4. This category of sponsorship is negotiated on an event by event basis.

Please call Jason Law on (07) 5409 3215 if you are interested in being either a Patron or Event sponsor in the future.