Committee for 2022/23
Thank you to everyone who came along to our AGM last Saturday. We are pleased to announce that Anthony Bigelow from First Friends of Dandenong Creek has stepped forward to be our new Convenor with Laura Mumaw as Deputy Convenor. There are still opportunities to join the committee if you wish to participate or know of someone who could contribute [...]
PV Volunteer Manual – Where to next?
In July 2022, Parks Victoria and the VEFN conducted two workshops (face-to-face and online) to address the concerns of Friend Groups with the Parks Victoria Volunteer Manual. The workshops were facilitated and enabled everyone to put forward their experiences in a constructive manner with time in the face-to-face workshop to put forward solutions and ideas for addressing the issues. [...]
RESOURCES: Finding Opportunities to Work for Nature Webinar
A deep dive into environmental volunteering in Victoria with and for youth. https://youtu.be/DZnV_v84rMc What a jam-packed webinar! We covered: research into volunteer engagement including how to recruit, keep and motivate young people with VEFN Project Officer, Lucinda Cameron; inspiring stories from Sam Russell and team from the Urban Guerillas and their journey to help the environment with innovative activities [...]
FriendsNET #116 May 2022
FriendsNET#116 May 2022 has finally arrived! Download the latest edition here. In this edition you will find a number of articles of interest: From the Convenor's corner including VEFN's Strategic Plan. Support for environment languishes in Victorian Budget 2022-23. VEFN's alliance with Nature Stewards. VEFN's efforts to improve Parks Victoria's Volunteering Manual. Biodiversity Across the Borders conference. World's first platycam. ARI's eNews and [...]
Committee 2021/22
There’s a lot of work happening behind the scenes at the VEFN. Here’s a quick update of our Annual General Meeting and our planned activities for 2022. Our AGM was held on the 27th November last year and the following people were elected: Laura Mumaw (Gardens for Wildlife Victoria) - Convenor Anthony Bigelow (First Friends of Dandenong Creek) - Deputy [...]
FriendsNET #115 November 2021
FriendsNET_115_November_2021.03 In this edition you will find many articles of interest; Nina Earl is Best Friend 2021. Friends of Terrick Terrick NP win $20,000 Minister’s Award. First Friends of Dandenong Creek win Premier’s Sustainability Award. Parks Victoria & volunteers. Fight of the Brolga- wind farms, Brolga or both? Echidnas: ecosystem engineers. The end is coming for Trad. And other stories [...]