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For community leaders and organisers

A community management platform for your organisation

Open Communities is Australian software for community organisations. Publish your website, run events and let people sign up. Keep member details together and give your committee access to the tasks they manage.

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Public community website
Horizon Community Club homepage with its green-and-gold identity, welcoming message and participation links.
Horizon is a fictional demonstration, captured 16 October 2026. View the full community website screenshot.

Your public website and the tools behind it

Give visitors a place to start

People can read about your group, find events and sign up on your website. You can keep pages, news, photos and galleries up to date under your own name.

Use an Open Communities subdomain or your own domain as your web address. Explore website content and address choices.

Give your event team the details they need

With the right access, your event team can see who has signed up. They can review attendee details and payment information linked to the event. Your committee keeps these details in your organisation’s own community area.

See how the platform connects your tasks.

From event sign-up to QR check-in

  1. 1

    Publish an event

    You publish an event so people can read its details on your website.

  2. 2

    Let people sign up

    People register through your community website and pay if the event has a fee.

  3. 3

    Review who has signed up

    Your event team checks attendee details and payment information for that event.

  4. 4

    Welcome people on arrival

    A volunteer with check-in access scans QR tickets as people arrive.

Explore event registration, tickets and follow-up. For ways to pay and how payments are handled, see payments and expenses.

Keep member details and committee tasks together

Keep member details up to date

Admins with the right permissions can view member records and manage who belongs to each group. Groups help you organise people. Access rights set which admin tasks each person can do.

Keep your organisation’s information together when committee roles change. Review each person’s access when they take on new duties.

See how member administration works.

Let members manage their own account tasks

Members can sign in to update their profile details. They can also review their own event sign-ups and open available tickets. Signing up for an event is separate from being a member.

The account tools each person can use depend on your community’s setup and their access.

Explore members’ own account tools.

Give people clear ways to support your community

Explain a project and invite support

Show people a project you want to fund and explain its purpose. Let them see the ways to contribute that you have set up for it.

Explore project funding.

Manage and thank your sponsors

Keep sponsor details, packages and invoice tasks together. You can also recognise sponsors on your website.

See how sponsorship works.

Prepare updates about your activities

Write an email about an event or share news on your website. AI can help draft website text and emails for you to review before use.

Learn about community communications and automation and AI assistance.

Start with the tasks your group needs to manage. Find examples for clubs, associations, not-for-profits and other community organisations.

Choose your next step

Compare current plans and service costs, or read what to prepare before creating your community.

Need more help to choose? Visit Help and overview, learn about Open Communities or send an enquiry.

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