Rare Breeds Trust of Australia

The Rare Breeds Trust of Australia (RBTA, ABN 96 098 118 300) is a volunteer-run nonprofit at 162 Walker Road, Glenlyon, Queensland, with no government funding. Led by Managing Director Judy Barnet with species coordinators for cattle (Carol Wormald), goats (Bella St Clair), horses and donkeys (Rebecca Janssen), poultry (Susan Locke), and sheep (Peter Gelmi), the Trust secures futures for rare livestock breeds, identifies breeds at risk, provides breeder platforms, and runs the Future Farms Gene Bank. Memberships range from $15/year Junior to $55/year Family, with 5-year and 10-year options. Patron: noted poultry breeder Michael Peel. All memberships require formal ratification at monthly Trust Board meetings.

Running a national volunteer-run conservation trust with no government funding means managing 13 membership tiers ($15–$480) across annual, 5-year, and 10-year billing, coordinating breed-specific events and agricultural shows, maintaining rare breed watchlists and breeder directories, and communicating with 1,495 contacts about at-risk breed status and gene bank contributions.

TidyHQ manages RBTA's 13 membership tiers with Stripe, event coordination for shows and breeder gatherings, communications through Mailchimp, and file storage for breed registries and gene bank documentation. Custom domain and mail domain at rarebreedstrust.com.au plus Google Analytics and Dropbox integration complete the platform.

Volunteer time is finite. Rare Breeds Trust of Australia now spends it where it matters — on their members, not on admin.

• 1,495 — Contacts in the database
• 13 — Membership tiers (annual, 5-year, 10-year)
• 10+ — Years of operational history preserved

From their public website to membership renewals to event management, Rare Breeds Trust of Australia handles it all from one dashboard. New committee members inherit a working system, not a collection of logins and spreadsheets.