Fun, Food & Friendship - Melbourne's best events and social club

What is the Fun, Food & Friendship Corporate Membership?

Fun, Food and Friendship is a social and corporate events company. We organise a wide range of events aimed at unifying at unifying teams through increasing social interaction and networking. We can create exclusive events to suit your organisational needs or supplement existing functions with a calendar of hassle-free events whether you have 5, 55 or 555 staff.

Our Melbourne corporate membership allows a company to have an extended social events program and access to great benefits..

Our corporate memberships will allow individuals access to all our great Melbourne events within a corporate membership. The FFF Melbourne corporate membership can be used as part of your staff social club program and has a membership card that has substantial benefits attached. FFF would like to thank all the companies that support our events and promotions and we have listed some below:

CGU, ABRA, Entity Solutions, KAMCO, RMA, Talent International, Corporate Keys and Chocolatier Australia.

What can our corporate membership include?

Our corporate membership packages have been introduced at the request of clients to provide organisations the opportunity to individually tailor events and offer benefits of intra company and external social networking events at a very competitive rate. Corporate membership packages have been designed in levels taking account the number of staff in each package. All packages include: :

Access to all the great FFF events at membership prices
Hassle free events organised by the staff at FFF
Networking opportunity with people outside you company
Entertainment Books
Individual membership cards for all staff,
Reduced city car parking at participating car parks
Savings on daily favourites including coffee, juice and food
Fantastic restaurants and bar offers
Discount movie and theatre tickets
Exclusive shopping offers and discounts at many CBD retailers

Some of our packages include a great range of specific benefits:

Exclusive tailored events
Recognition and outline of services in our newsletter
Recognition of membership on our website
Opportunities to be an exclusive partner to co-host events
Other event promotional and sponsorship opportnities

We are happy to discuss how a corporate membership package can be customised for your needs. It is possible to have a combination of individually tailored packages to suit your requirements for specific teams or departments with a company if required.

Events

Our events can be used reward staff and clients or simply as a team building exercise. An example of events used for this purpose are our all inclusive Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival Cruises on Derby Day and Oaks Day.

Client Testimonials
"A great time was had by all. All of our clients are wanting to come back next year and through their positive feedback we have more people interested. The food was fantastic, the service was excellent, the dancing on the way back was great fun and the weather turned on a perfect day for us. Thanks again for a very memorable day, for all the right reasons."
- Debbie, ABRA

"It was a pleasure in meeting you & the team and thank you so very much for the organisation of our CGU-Client Oaks Day Carnival Cruise Event today. What a success! We all experienced great customer service, wonderful food and a fantastic time. We look forward to the upcoming events. Thank you again."
- Maggy, Client Services Manager, CGU Workers Compensation (VIC) Ltd

"We had a great time on the Grape Grazing tour. Thanks so much."
- Emily, Virgin Blue

"RMA are corporate members of Fun, Food & Friendship whose aim is to promote friendships and networks through the organisation of social events. As an Information Technology Recruitment specialist, a primary objective of our membership is to assist contract staff from interstate or overseas make the transition to a new working environment. Experience tells us that it can be difficult for new arrivals to access the local social scene. As Corporate Members we provide all of our contractors with access to activities and benefits provided by FF&F at discounted corporate rates and we have been very pleased with the range and the quality of the events and services offered."
- Russell MacDonald, Managing Director, RMA

FFF would also like to mention that RMA has recently secured an overseas worker on-hire labour agreement and is endorsed as a recruitment firm by the Australian Institute of Project Management. To find out more information visit www.rmaitrecruitment.com.au.

Network Affiliations
FFF sponsors the following companies for providing help to new arrivals to Melbourne and exploring Australia:

Newcomers Network - An excellent source of information for newcomers to Melbourne
Australian Explorer - An excellent travel information source for Australia

FFF also provides event information for a wide range of recommended Melbourne City Information sites:

Community Involvement

FFF is involved as a member of Club 3004. This club started out with "3004 News", a St Kilda Road precinct magazine, designed to strengthen community connections. If you would like to support this community club visit www.club304.com.au.

FFF is a proud member of the St Kilda Road Precinct and Promotion Group which supports "Melbourne’s World Famous Boulevard". Membership of this Group helps support planning issues in the area and gives access to the decision makers at the councils of City of Melbourne and City of Port Phillip. It is regarded as an influential voice in planning Melbourne’s destiny.

Charity and Sporting Affiliations

FFF likes to support many charitable events and helps raise money through involvement of events and sponsorship.

We have helped associations like Cancer Research, Surf Life Saving Club, Spinal Cord Society, POP (Perspective on Parkinson’s), Starlight Foundation and others.

When the Grape Grazing festival was cancelled due to the devastating fires, FFF organised a donation to the Red Cross Victorian Bushfires Appeal by purchasing all the non-refundable Grape Grazing tickets which allowed a donation of over $2,000 including a percentage of membership fees.

We are also a member of Fed Cup Foundation (FCF), a non-profit organisation which is in association with Tennis Australia contributes directly to women's tennis in Australia.

In the financial year 2010-2011, over 85% of company profits were donated to charity organisations such as The Salvation Army and The Red Cross.

The Bottom Line
A recent study in the Journal of Socio-Economics quoted “An increase in the level of social involvements is often worth many tens of thousands of pounds a year in terms of life satisfaction”.

We would like to thank our corporate members and guests for supporting Fun, Food and Friendship, a 100% Melbourne owned and operated company that helps Melbourne people enjoy greater life satisfaction and supports the Melbourne community in general.