Member Services
We support you with access to information, funding, project assistance, reduced-cost equipment, and administrative support.
Promotion:
- Your Public Profile is your own webpage to advertise your group's aims and working bees, listed on our searchable Directory of Groups
- Share your member stories in The Dirty Hands monthly newsletter, our website blog, social media, and mainstream media.
- Email [email protected] with your stories.
- Promote your volunteer opportunities in the Extra-Hands mailing list for prospective volunteers (every 2 months)
- Promote your projects to potential funding bodies with our Project Bank.
- Submit a Proposal here: https://goo.gl/forms/rpuHEgTCd6Cp8Fmv2
- We can issue a group Certificate of Inauguration on request, to help launch new Landcare groups
- Email [email protected] to request a certificate
Recognition:
- Volunteer Certificates - issued on request
- We partner with Volunteering Tasmania to produce the certificates for National Volunteer Week. Keep an eye on your inbox in the month beforehand to submit your request
- Nominate your group or yourself for the Tasmanian Landcare Awards or Honorary Membership every two years (odd years)
- Annual Tasmanian Landcare Fund (TLF) grant rounds funding projects submitted to our Project Bank. The TLF is our tax-deductible gift recipient fund that attracts gifts from small and large donors
- Invitation to participate in our Landscape-scale projects, bringing members together to solve local problems at larger scales.
- View some of our Featured Projects
- Partnerships with government to roll out larger scale grants.
- Grant notifications for relevant external grants you can apply for (not administered by Landcare Tas)
- View
Volunteer recruitment:
- An online, searchable Directory of Member Groups, and help for volunteers to find a group that suits them
- The Extra-Hands volunteer mailing list for prospective volunteers
Information and Connection:
We are a conduit between Landcare Members and professionals through:
- Priority access to our Outreach and Training Events
- Discounted tickets to the Tasmanian Community Landcare Confernece & Awards every 2 years
- An online members portal, the Members Toolbox, with links to information, resources, and access to member benefits
1-to-1 Support:
- Via phone and email
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Discounted materials & equipment:
Thanks to our partnerships:
- Waratah Wholesale
- Outdoor Cameras Australia
- Various suppliers of weed dabbers
Equipment Lending Library:
- Featuring a range of monitoring and planting equipment, and educational resources
- View what's available
Administrative Support:
For running a volunteer group
- Free Public Liability and Volunteer Workers Accident Insurance
- The Landcare Assistance Program (LAP) annual cash grant to cover administrative & small equipment costs
- A public website profile for every Member Group, listing contact details and advertising working bees, outings, meetings, and fundraisers
- A free "[email protected]" email address and 30GB google drive storage to keep group documents and communication centralised for easier succession planning
- A free "Landcare hands" logo with group name, thanks to our logo use agreement with Landcare Australia Ltd.
- Resources on Governance, Safety, and Incorporation
- Aucpicing arrangements for non-incorporated groups. Most government grants require applicants to be incorporated associations. We can take on that responsibility for Landcare groups who are not incorporated. Example: Australian government's Communities Environment Program
Leadership Opportunities:
- Landcare Tasmania Board and Members Council: be elected to help drive the community Landcare movement
- Voting rights at the AGM (Member Groups, Board and Members Council reps only)
All our other programs build on this foundation, and collectively support our members and the community Landcare movement as a whole
Download our Membership Benefits PDF for Individuals and Groups
