Volunteering

Volunteers are vital to Bush Heritage

Bush Heritage runs volunteer Working Bees and a Volunteer Ranger program. Bush Heritage attracts volunteers with diverse skills and knowledge and a powerful commitment to stop Australia's threatened wildlife disappearing.  

Volunteers support Bush Heritage activities on reserves and in the office. Volunteers donate their skills, energy and time to ensure that a multitude of land management and office tasks get done. In the 2007-08 financial year volunteers contributed their time to the value of over $541 000. 

On our reserves volunteers help to maintain, repair and build infrastructure, control processes of land degradation such as weed infestation and erosion, undertake surveys of plants and animals, and help with odd jobs around the properties.  Volunteers with specialist skills in trades and ecology are especially sought after.

At the Conservation Support Centre, Level 5, 395 Collins St Melbourne, volunteers assist Bush Heritage with clerical and administrative tasks.  Office volunteers assist in various capacities to support the 'business' of conservation.  There are occasional and limited opportunities for volunteers to help staff with Bush Heritage activities in Sydney, Albany and Hobart. 

V-News - the newsletter

The biannual Bush Heritage volunteering newsletter is named V-News.  V-News is sent to supporters who are volunteers or who are interested in volunteering activities.  If you would like to keep informed about volunteering news and opportunities, you are welcome to contact us and ask to subscribe to the V-News email group.  Alternatively you may prefer to download the newsletter by clicking on the following link.

Our fifth and latest edition of V-News, published November 2008 is now online .

Updates

As the natural world is an unpredictable place, volunteering opportunities sometimes change.  In between newsletters, the website will be updated to reflect the availability of volunteering opportunities.  Visit the webpages titled Volunteer Rangers, Working Bees and Office Volunteers to see details about what type of voluntary support we need.  Please see the navigation box on the left of this page to find the your way there.

A huge thank you to all our volunteers! We hope that we provide you with rewarding volunteering experiences wherever you are involved.