The impact of corporate funding in 2017
Hundreds of projects funded, 870 corporate volunteers hosted, seven new partnerships kicked off, and a couple of beer launches! It’s been a busy year at Landcare Australia, with so many great partnerships – old and new – having a positive impact on communities, farms, schools, groups, and the environment across the country.
Here is a snapshot of just some of the impact of Landcare Australia’s corporate engagement in 2017.
270 new Junior Landcare projects
From Lorne to Nungurner, Victoria’s students are getting their hands dirty this year thanks to Momentum Energy’s Powerful Youth Projects which funded 245 innovative outdoor classroom projects this year. Also, the Yates Junior Landcare Garden Grants engaged the imagination of the Junior Landcare audience and asked for their most creative garden ideas, resulting in 25 new projects across the country. As a result of these programs, more than 27,000 students are involved in new outdoor learning projects this year.
Landcare Week CEV
To offer businesses the chance to Get Hands on with Landcare during Landcare Week this year, we held corporate volunteering events in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. 130 volunteers from ten companies downed office tools and got stuck into some manual labour for the day, contributing much needed help to Landcare sites and groups. Weeds were pulled, mulch was spread, trees were planted, and lots of fun was had. This short video captures the impact of the events.
New partnerships
Funding projects and engaging communities across the country, new partnership activities in 2017 included the regeneration of a piece of unused land beside a railway corridor in Adelaide in partnership with the Australian Rail Track Corporation and the South Australian Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Schools in New South Wales and Western Australia received funding for habitat restoration projects thanks to South32’s support, and the a2 Milk Company’s dairy farmers were offered the chance to apply for funding to help improve the sustainability of their operations. In Western Australia, DBP is funding Landcare projects that focus on the eradication of feral species.
Hawke’s Lager
It was an iconic moment for Landcare in April this year when Hawke’s Brewing Co, a new beer company named after former Prime Minister, Bob Hawke, was launched. Mr Hawke kindly donated his royalties from the company to Landcare, the initiative he launched nationally in 1989. The Landcare message was brought to new audiences thanks to the blanket media coverage, and with the caring hands logo featuring on the tinnies, and lots of exciting marketing initiatives in the pipeline, we’re excited to see the impact of this partnership grow in the coming years.
Workplace Givers help save endangered species
Thanks to hundreds of employees from our 23 Workplace Giving partners, this year we were able to give $100,000 in funding to ten habitat restoration projects tackling the issue of endangered species. The projects, undertaken by community groups, will tackle the impact of feral animals, human encroachment and introduced species, to help save iconic Australia fauna such as the koala and emu. Landcare Australia has a free step-by-step guide to help businesses set up a Workplace Giving program available.
A huge thank you from all of the team at Landcare Australia and the whole Landcare community for the enormous support from our corporate partners, volunteers and workplace givers which made 2017 such a great success! What can we achieve together in 2018?
