There are often existing free or low cost resources and networks that can help you achieve your goals. Here are a few:
Directories
Local Community Services Association
Local community neighbourhood centres are a rich local resource of community knowledge, local networks and can often be used as venues for small community groups to gather.
ourcommunity.com.au
With over 600,000 community groups across Australia there may be one you can join, link into for additional support or learn how they achieved their goals.
Tools
Nonprofit Technology Learning Center
This US-based not-for-profit makes finding, choosing and using online tools and software easy for community organisations. They have many detailed free resources and low cost training modules.
Frugal Entrepreneur
This website lists free business tools that can be of use to a small community group including Open Office, customer relationship management systems, web conferencing and presentation tools.