Stand up and be counted!
Last year, the Department of Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) collected and collated data about active environmental volunteer groups in Victoria “Volunteering Naturally 2019”.
This included a geographic location, and where possible, the number of volunteers and/or volunteer hours contributed over the 2018/2019 financial year.
Our intent was to showcase the amount of work undertaken by environmental volunteers across our state. We found over 2,100 groups and 134,244 volunteers contributing more than 1.5 million hours in and for our natural environment.
This annual volunteering snapshot acknowledges the valuable contribution that environmental volunteers are making to improve our environment, local communities and our economy.