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FriendsNET #106 March 2019

  FriendsNET_106_March_2019 In this edition you will find many articles of interest; Oxfam changes course for 2019 Trailwalker route saving fragile mountain trails. Victoria's poor report card on biodiversity. Bird feeding at Grants Picnic Ground to cease. DELWP Climate Change Adaptation grants closing soon. ResourceSmart Schools Awards closing soon. Future of Victoria's Forests: Have your say. Volunteering Australia's Federal Budget proposals.

April 1st, 2022|Categories: FriendsNet|

FriendsNET #105 December 2018

FriendsNET_105_December_2018.01 In this edition you will find many articles of interest; Oxfam 2019 Trailwalker route puts fragile mountain trails at risk. Parks Victoria reborn through new Parks Act. Parks Victoria obligated to consult with Friends groups. A new Statement of Obligations formalises requirements for timely community consultation and engagement. DELWP Biodiversity report card. DELWP publishes Evaluation report and their response. Victorian Labour election policy commitments. An [...]

April 1st, 2022|Categories: FriendsNet|

Advocacy in Action

Advocacy in Action: Parks Victoria Volunteer Manual Behind the scenes, VEFN committee members have been working on your behalf to address key issues in the Parks Victoria Volunteer Manual which was released in April 2021. Many Friend groups raised concerns about the additional administrative burden placed on volunteers with the requirement to register all volunteers on [...]

March 15th, 2022|Categories: News, Reports, Submissions, Uncategorized|Tags: |

Meeting to address concerns with Parks Victoria Volunteer Manual 2021

Parks Victoria (Parks) has now released its Volunteer Manual 2021 (available here). This document attempts to provide a framework for volunteer groups working on public land managed by Parks for the community. Although the document presents a list of groups with whom Parks had meetings about the manual, including the VEFN, we have never had the opportunity to endorse [...]

May 27th, 2021|Categories: News|

2021 Best Friends Awards

Celebrating 30 years of the Best Friend Award This year we celebrated the 30th Anniversary of the Best Friend Award and congratulated our Best Friend Award winner for 2021, Nina Earl from Friends of Bradshaw Bushland Reserve, who exemplifies the attributes of our Best Friends with a long term and sustained commitment to environmental volunteering. A short video of [...]

May 4th, 2021|Categories: Best Friend Award, News|

Edwards Point Movie

Here is a great little movie introduction to Edwards Point Reserve on the Bellarine Peninsula - Friends of Edwards Point are members of VEFN - which gives a great introduction to one of our "hidden gems". https://youtu.be/UGvJ4Q--fGo

July 8th, 2020|Categories: News|

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