Professional Footballers Australia (the PFA) are pleased to announce an extension to their community partnership with Beyond Bank Australia.
Beyond Bank will continue to serve as the Naming Rights Partner of the PFA Community Medal, and as Supporting Partner of the PFA’s charity, the Footballers’ Trust.
First introduced in 2017, the PFA Community Medal recognises the outstanding contribution a PFA member is making within their communities and reflects the PFA’s commitment to ensuring football creates positive social impact.
Previous PFA Community Medal winners include Rebekah Stott (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre), Robbie Cornthwaite, (Beards of Hope), Nigel Boogaard (Hunter Life Education’s Ocsober campaign), Luke Brattan (Leukemia Foundation), Aivi Luik (Mark Hughes Foundation) and Alex Chidiac (OneBall).
As part of the partnership, Beyond Bank will donate $2,500 to the charity nominated by the winner of the 2025 PFA Beyond Bank Community Medal.
PFA Chief Executive Beau Busch welcomed the extension: “We’re proud to extend our partnership with Beyond Bank, who have become a valued community partner of the PFA and a key supporter of the Footballers’ Trust and the Beyond Bank Community Medal.
“Their commitment to social impact and financial wellbeing aligns with our mission to support players on and off the pitch, and they have helped to elevate the outstanding community work undertaken by our members and community initiatives supported by the Trust.”
Marlaina McPhillips, Beyond Bank’s Community Development Manager, said:
“As a customer-owned bank, supporting local communities to make a positive difference is at the heart of everything we do. We are thrilled to continue our partnership with Professional Footballers Australia.
“The work that the PFA does in supporting its players allows them to use sport to make a positive impact on their community.
“This relationship is a great example of how coming together we can all work on achieving these positive outcomes for our communities.”
The Footballers’ Trust has donated $500,000 to 24 charities, human rights organisations, inclusion initiatives, and football programs across Australia since the Trust’s inception in 2019.
Click here to read the Footballers’ Trust Report.
As part of the PFA and Beyond Bank’s partnership, PFA Members currently have access to Beyond Bank’s Winter Home Loan campaign, which has been designed to help the financial wellbeing of those in their community. To find out more information, visit Beyond Bank’s website.
About the Beyond Bank PFA Community Medal
The Beyond Bank PFA Community Medal, first introduced in 2017, recognises the outstanding contribution PFA members are making within their communities and reflects the PFA’s commitment to ensuring football creates positive social impact
About Beyond Bank
Beyond Bank is one of Australia’s largest customer-owned banks with branches and offices in New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia, ACT and Victoria. They partner with more than 5000 community organisations around the nation to create and return value for customers and communities and, through this, change lives. Beyond Bank is a B Corp, a business that is certified as meeting high standards of social and environmental impact, ensuring their practices and outputs benefit all people, communities and our planet. To learn more, visit beyondbank.com.au
