Whitehorse Council has a number of active and passionate environmental volunteer groups who regularly undertake weeding, planting, mulching and more in our parks and reserves.
We encourage everyone with any level of experience to get involved as our knowledgeable and patient volunteers are happy to help you learn.
Benefits of environmental volunteering:
- Improved physical and mental health
- Social connection
- Learn new skills
- Enhancing our beautiful parks
- Direct contribution to conservation efforts
- Volunteer training opportunities (i.e. First Aid, plant identification)
Types of activities our environmental volunteer groups do:
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Planting
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Weeding
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Mulching
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Seed collecting
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Bird/frog surveys
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Community education events
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Citizen Science activities
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Much more!
We have 10 Parkland Advisory Committees and 4 Friends Groups active in the Whitehorse area. If you are interested in getting involved please get in touch by email at enviro.volunteering@whitehorse.vic.gov.au
