Now, the Wagga members are amongst those across the state who are taking steps to ensure they will still be here 100 years from now.

The city's sub-branch, along with hundreds of other groups throughout the state, was forced to stop fundraising following a financial scandal at state level two-years ago.

Representatives of RSL sub-branches from across the region attended a critical training session organised by on governance and regulatory compliance areas.

Wagga RSL Sub-Branch treasurer David Williams said the training was succinct and useful to the members.

"It was giving younger members who are coming through confidence to take the ropes because people like myself won't be there forever," he said.

"It opened people's minds to a stack of regulations that must be adhered to."

But, the hard work of the members never stopped during the two years of the ban.

"We have rewed monuments, refurbished the eternal flame ... we have continued to maintain our links with youth foundations, run all the memorial services we normally do, run the poppy appeal, and on top of that we have a hospital visiting service," Mr Williams said.

"With the Wagga Base Hospital, we get people who are miles from home, so we make sure they get two visits a week."

Mr Williams said he would like the community to know the Wagga RSL Sub-Branch was back doing what it does best - looking after the current and ex-servicemen and women,

There are 348 sub-Branches in NSW, and with the completion of the first phase, 82 per cent had completed the training.

Ray James, RSL NSW acting president, said all sub-branches needed to understand the importance of governance and compliance to evolve.

"The RSL is vastly different today than it was 100 years ago, and it is imperative that our members remain fully across the legislative requirements around what it means to run a sub-Branch in 2019 and beyond," he said.

"This training is part of evolving RSL NSW more broadly, and ensuring the public can have full confidence in supporting the important grassroots activities being undertaken every day by sub-branches for veterans and their families."

Areas covered in this training include, among other things, governance standards required for not-for-profit bodies, charity regulations, reporting obligations, responsibilities of committee members and trustees of a sub-Branch, and education around broad compliance with fiduciary duties.