Members are the heartbeat of BrisLETS.
What do you want this community to feel like, look like, and become? And what small part are you excited to help bring to life?
Share your ideas — together we shape our future.
Our Next Event
July Trading Day – Recycled Garden Inspiration
3 rd Sunday 19 July 2026, 1:00pm - 4:00pm Hosted by Trudi, Arana Hills This month's theme is Recycled Garden Inspiration, and there couldn't be a more fitting place than Trudi's beautiful garden in Arana Hills. If you've never visited before, you're in for a treat....
This is how BrisLETS works!
BrisLETS has been running since 1988 — 38 years of neighbours helping neighbours without needing cash.
Instead of dollars, members trade using Units. You offer something you can do or share, earn Units, and spend them on what others offer. It doesn’t have to be a direct swap — you might mow someone’s lawn on Tuesday and get a massage on Friday from a completely different member. The community balances itself out.
Trading happens through the Community Exchange System (CES) at community-exchange.org, where you can log your trades, list your offers and wants, and see what others have available.
What do people trade?
All kinds of things — gardening, tutoring, baked goods, home repairs, lifts, sewing, music lessons, fresh produce, childcare, pet care. If you can do it or make it, someone probably needs it.
Monthly trading days bring the whole community together at venues around Brisbane. Local groups (called Local Action Groups) also meet closer to home.
Joining is simple. A one-off $20 fee, one offer listed, and you’re in. New members are welcome to come along to a trading day first to see how it all works.
Past Events
May Trading Day – Coastal Connections
Hosted at Wynnum Library Wynnum Library had a different feel, with several community rooms in use on the day. It meant we crossed paths with other local groups sharing the space. One group came over for a look, curious about what was on the trading tables. With so...
🌿 April Trading Day – Nundah Library
Nundah Library is always one of our most popular spots, and this trading day was no exception. Plenty of spirited trading went on around the tables, with new faces and familiar ones getting stuck in together. A real highlight was welcoming members from Maleny LETS,...
🌿 March Trading Day – Harvest & Reflect
Hosted by Jessica in Morayfield What a day at Jessica's place. Between feeding carrots to the horses, giving the dog a pat, and a competitive horseshoe and boules contest, there was plenty of fun to go around, six year olds to over eighties all having a go. There was...
February 2026 – Trading Day at Holland Park Library
Holland Park Library is a lovely spot even on a rainy day, A few members who don't often make it along were back at the table, trading, chatting and catching up on everyone's news. A relaxed afternoon, and a good reminder that there's always a welcome waiting...
This video explains how it works.
Join BrisLETS
Stay Connected
Public Trading Group:
BrisLETS Trading – Offers & Wants
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/brislets24
Facebook Page:
BrisLETS Community Exchange Inc.
Private Members Forum:
CES Login
To access your BrisLETS account on the Community Exchange System, please use the official CES website.
If you’ve forgotten your login details, use the “Forgot password” link on the CES login page.
Join by Mobile and Enter Trades Easily
Our new CES website https://www.community-exchange.org makes it faster and easier to enter trades and to join.
Click here:
👉 https://mobi.community-exchange.org
👉 https://ces.community/start.php
BrisLETS Vision Statement
The BrisLETS Community Exchange Incorporated Association facilitates increasing members’ quality of life and material circumstances, through trading their life experience, goods, and services, to meet other members’ needs.
We aim to create a safe, inclusive, and diverse community of individuals, businesses, and groups, using the Australian Community Exchange Server, and units, as an alternative currency to dollars.
PRINCIPLES
- Everyone of all abilities, in all seasons of life, can contribute to society, using LETS.
- Community is more important than commerce.
- BrisLETS builds community by fostering shared values and processes.
- LETS units enable people to trade goods and services for mutual benefit, without the artificial constraints of national currencies.
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