THE WESTERN Corridor NRL bid will never be in vain.

Even if the NRL decides not to expand in 2018, the positive work done by the bid team in the community will bear fruit for generations to come.

The bid is not just about football. It is about building a better community and a more harmonious society.

The bid team was hoping to be part of expansion in 2015 and had several social programs in place to roll out.

When that did not eventuate, and because the Ipswich Jets are a feeder club to the Western Corridor NRL team, many of those programs have been embraced by the Jets.

That is why you will see Jets players taking part in campaigns that speak out against domestic violence against women. It is why disability awareness and cancer research days are held at Jets home games throughout the year.

When Western Corridor NRL bid boss Steve Johnson was told by the NRL two years ago that the game would not expand in 2015, he ensured the social programs would not be lost to Ipswich.

"We were told (by the NRL) to go back and do work in the local community and they would review expansion again at the end of 2014," he said.

"So in Ipswich we have rolled out the programs that were going to be part of the NRL bid had we started in 2015.

"The work we have done with the military, with the University of Queensland on rugby league and indigenous pathways and our disability work has now been rolled out. You don't want that to be lost. Knowledge is valueless if not shared. It is for the community to benefit."