For cultural societies, heritage clubs and multicultural groups
A platform for the communities that hold a culture together.
Cultural societies, heritage clubs, language schools and multicultural groups run their members, festivals, classes, hall hire and community communications on ClubHelix — across two languages and a calendar of holidays.
Updated 10 Aug 2026
Why committees of cultural societies come to us
The same problems show up in every committee meeting. ClubHelix is built to retire each one for good.
- Membership records held in a private database one volunteer maintains.
- Festival tickets sold through an external ticketing site with a clip on every sale.
- Language-class enrolments in a Google Form with no link to payment.
- Hall-hire enquiries lost in the chairperson's inbox.
- Community newsletter only reaching the half who use Facebook.
What ClubHelix does for cultural societies
The platform mapped onto the moments your year actually runs on.
Memberships
Self-serve membership renewal with family, individual, student, senior and life-member categories — Stripe Connect for the payment and a clean list of who's paid.
Festivals and community events
Native ticketing for cultural festivals, concerts, holiday dinners and community days — assigned tables, dietary, family tickets, all on your own site with no third-party clip.
Language and culture classes
Term-based class enrolments as paid registrations with age bands and waitlists. Parent-and-child accounts for junior classes, individual accounts for adult learners.
Hall hire enquiries
Paid forms for hall-hire enquiries with conditional logic for catering, equipment and AV — bookings come through with a deposit already taken via Stripe.
Community newsletter
Broadcast newsletters in your community's language from your own clubname@yourcommunity.org. Subscriber preference centre lets members opt into specific event types.
Fundraising and donations
One-off and recurring donations with a fee-cover option and a ledger of their own, plus compliant raffles with permit details on record and winners recorded against each draw.
Heritage archive
Heritage pages, photo galleries and timeline entries published through the same editor — with version history, member-only sections for sensitive records, and a public-facing archive.
Grant reporting
Multicultural and heritage grants ask for participation, event counts and community reach. Membership, event attendance and communication engagement reports produce those numbers with the period and the definition attached, ready to attach to the acquittal.
What is cultural association software?
Cultural association software runs the practical side of a community organisation — memberships, festivals, classes, hall hire, the newsletter — so the culture-keeping gets the volunteers' time instead. In ClubHelix, membership renewal is self-serve across family, individual, student, senior and life-member categories, paid through the society's own Stripe Connect account; festivals, concerts and holiday dinners sell tickets natively as events, with assigned tables, dietary options and family tickets — no external ticketing site taking a clip on every sale; and language and culture classes run as term-based enrolments with age bands and waitlists. The membership record finally leaves the private database one volunteer maintains.
Festivals, classes and hall hire on one calendar
Community days, concerts and classes share one public calendar on your own site. Junior classes use parent-and-child accounts; adult learners enrol individually; payment happens with enrolment, not through an online form with no link to the money. Hall hire stops disappearing into the chairperson's inbox: an enquiry runs as a paid form with conditional logic for catering, equipment and AV, a deposit taken via Stripe at submission, and the booking pending in the calendar.
The newsletter, the donations and the record
Broadcast newsletters go out in your community's language from your own address — reaching the whole membership, not just the half on social media — with a preference centre so members opt into the event types they care about. Donations run one-off or recurring with a fee-cover option and a ledger of their own, and raffles are run compliantly, with permit details on record and winners recorded against each draw.
A historical society website that keeps the story public
For heritage clubs, the website is the collection's front door — and historical society website software should treat it that way. Heritage pages, photo galleries and timeline entries publish through the same editor as the rest of the site, with version history, member-only sections for sensitive records and a public-facing archive anyone can browse. Start from the template gallery, or explore the live demo to see the finished shape. Content can be authored in any language — the pages, broadcasts and event copy are entirely yours.
Free cultural society software to start
The free plan is permanent, not a countdown — every society starts there and can stay there, website and core admin included, with no time limit. Paid plans carry a 14-day free trial, bill on a 28-day cycle and can be cancelled any time; see the pricing page for the tiers. Ticket, class and membership money settles directly to the society's own Stripe account — ClubHelix never holds funds, and the platform fee is never surcharged to your members.
Bringing a community across
ClubHelix serves cultural societies, heritage clubs and multicultural groups in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, the US, Canada, Ireland and South Africa — and a national federation can sit one tier above its member societies, with shared branding and reporting. Bring the membership list, publish the next festival, and let the newsletter reach everyone at once. Talk to us to plan the move, or begin with the guide to recording your club's history — archives, oral histories and the pages that keep them alive.
Features in your plan
Every plan starts free and includes the whole platform below — browse all features or compare plans.
Canvas page editor
A no-code, drag-and-drop club website editor. Your page, exactly as it publishes — click a section to edit it, drag to reorder, add new ones right where you want them.
Self-registration
Club membership software that handles the joining for you: online registration and season sign-ups on your own branded site, with email verification and optional admin approval.
Events
A club events calendar with one-off and recurring events — and ticket sales built in, so you never send members off to an external ticketing site.
Forms & surveys
Build custom forms with conditional fields, and manage every response from one shared inbox.
Broadcasts
Send a message to everyone, a role, or a custom segment of members.
Donations
One-off and recurring donations with a fee-cover option, donor messages, and a ledger of their own.
Club shop
Run a club shop or team store: take uniform, kit and spirit wear orders online with variants, carts and order management — with GST handled properly on every sale.
Mobile app
A club app of your own — install-to-home-screen with your branding, push notifications and digital membership cards, no app store required.
Frequently asked questions
The questions cultural society committees ask before signing up.
- Yes — pages, broadcasts and event copy can be authored in any language. The platform UI is English, but member-facing content is fully under your control.
- A hall-hire enquiry form captures the date, requirements and catering options, with a deposit taken via Stripe Connect at submission. The booking lives in your event calendar pending confirmation.
- Yes. A family membership is a single Stripe charge that links a primary member to one or more dependants — each with their own profile and event preferences.
- Yes — a federation sits one tier above member societies, with cascading branding, a cross-society directory and centralised reporting on members and events.
Can we run content in a language other than English?
How do hall-hire bookings and deposits work?
Can we charge family / household memberships?
Can a national federation cover regional cultural societies?
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Bring your cultural society online in under 30 minutes.
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