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Volunteer Recruitment Initiative Network Grants
The Volunteer Recruitment Initiative has annouced $100,000 for network grants to increase volunteering and membership in Victorian Landcare.
In 2007, the Victorian Government committed $2 million to the four-year Volunteer Recruitment Initiative which aims at growing Landcare for the future, and promoting the development of new Landcare groups and networks across the State.
The four key objectives of the Initiative are to:
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increase the number of volunteers participating in Landcare activities by 12%;
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increase the number of Landcare members involved in Landcare by 10%;
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support the formation of new groups in regions where parts of the landscape are not covered by Landcare;
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support the formation of Landcare Networks in regions where Landcare groups have the capacity and intention to operate at a landscape scale.
As part of this Initiative up to $100,000 has been allocated to a grants program for Victorian Landcare networks (a Landcare network can be defined as two or more Landcare or NRM groups). The key objectives of the grants program are to:
- increase membership and volunteering in Victorian Lacare;
- support and strengthen Landcare networks ability to engage with both their local community and the broader community taking into consideration their needs and priorities;
- significantly improve targeting of engagement and capacity building activities for Landcare networks to deliver environmental outcomes.
The Landcare Volunteer Recruitment Initiative Grants will be allocated to projects that best satisfy the following criteria.
To be eligible for funding under the Landcare Volunteer Recruitment Initiative Grants projects must:
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be led by a Landcare or NRM network;
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demonstrate innovative ways of recruiting new Landcare members and volunteers;
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engage with Indigenous and urban communities and involve the corporate sector;
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engage a range of stakeholders such as landholders, community groups, government agencies and/or industry groups;
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be largely completed by the end of June 2010.
Particular preference will be given to projects that:
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strengthen the capacity of Landcare networks to effectively recruit and retain Landcare members and volunteers into the future;
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use community-based knowledge in designing their approach;
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focus on the delivery of on-ground works;
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promote opportunities for short term and ongoing volunteerism for this and other Landcare projects;
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make a positive contribution to their environment.
Funding cannot be spent on projects that are:
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led by an individual Landcare or NRM group;
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primarily for private benefit, or where public benefit is not clearly demonstrated.
