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Welcome to the ParkCare Hub! Welcome to the ACT Parks and Conservation Service ParkCare Volunteer Hub. This is where you can volunteer to lend a hand in the conservation of ACT Parks and Reserves and find out all about the exciting volunteering opportunities available! The ParkCare initiative has been a flagship community volunteer program hosted by the ACT Parks and Conservation Service since 1989. We work in partnership with the community to provide opportunities for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities to become involved in volunteer programs. Existing Volunteer? Login here New Volunteer? Sign up here
Who are we? ParkCare is divided into four streams ParkCare Patch: Join one of the many ParkCare and 'Friends of' groups throughout the ACT to help to protect and enhance your local environment. ParkCare Patch volunteers provide an invaluable contribution to the planning and ongoing management of ecosystems and reserves in the ACT. RangerAssist: Work side by side with our rangers to help with a diverse range of tasks associated with managing our environment. VisitorAssist: Work face-to-face with our visitors through the popular Visitor Interpretation Program at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve and Namadgi National Park or in one of our visitor information centres. WildlifeAssist: Work with the Threatened Species Team at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve to help with the care and management of our native wildlife. Other field surveys and specialist programs are included in this program, including Grassland Earless Dragon, Platypus counts and Koala counts.
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ParkCare Patch includes any work carried out as part of an existing ParkCare Group (including 'Friends of' Groups). This work can include revegetation work, weeding, watering and some survey work.
ParkCare Ranger Assist volunteering roles give you an opportunity to work side by side, or under the supervision of one of our PCS Rangers to help them with land management roles including survey work, fencing or digital mapping.
| Activity | Shifts | Start | End | |
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| Corporate Volunteering | 2 | 10/16/2024 | 11/13/2024 | |
| Namadgi NP Visitors Centre - Rehabilitation | 4 | 10/8/2024 | 12/17/2024 | |
| RangerAssist unlisted miscellaneous | 1 | |||
| Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve - Sanctuary Care, | 3 | 10/15/2024 | 12/10/2024 | |
| Volunteer with a ranger along the Murrumbidgee River | 26 | 10/3/2024 | 7/16/2025 | |
| Wandarawari Work Party (Tidbinbilla NR) | 4 | 10/10/2024 | 12/24/2024 | |
These volunteering roles work face to face with our visitors to help them to interpret and experience the Parks and Reserves they are visiting.
Roles include volunteer interpreters, working at the visitor information centres and helping Rangers to develop interpretation material.
These volunteers should be well presented, articulate and have experience in working with the public.
Volunteers working in Visitor Assist roles will need to attain their Working With Vulnerable People card and attend an induction.
| Activity | Shifts | Start | End | |
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| Nature Play - Cubby House Rules @ Tidbinbilla | 1 | 10/11/2024 | 10/11/2024 | |
| Nature Play - Getting Cubby House Rules site ready | 1 | 10/9/2024 | 10/9/2024 | |
| Nature Play - Poos give us Clues @ Tidbinbilla | 0 | 10/9/2024 | 10/9/2024 | |
| Nature Play - World of Waterbugs | 0 | 10/3/2024 | 10/3/2024 | |
| Namadgi 40th Birthday, 12th October 2024 | 1 | 10/12/2024 | 10/12/2024 | |
| Shift: NAMADGI - Visitor Information Centre Volunteer | 15 | 10/5/2024 | 12/29/2024 | |
| Shift: TIDBINBILLA - Visitor Information Centre Volunteer | 33 | 10/5/2024 | 12/31/2024 | |
| Shift: TIDBINBILLA - Volunteers in the Sanctuary and EUC. Forest | 36 | 10/5/2024 | 12/31/2024 | |
| VisitorAssist Quarterly Meeting | 1 | 11/27/2024 | 11/27/2024 | |
Support the ACT Parks and Conservation Threatened Species Team at Tidbinbilla as they undertake critically endangered species recovery programs for Northern Corroboree Frogs, Southern Brush Tailed Rock Wallabies and Grassland Earless Dragons.
| Activity | Shifts | Start | End | |
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| 'Doing the Rounds' - Weekend WildlifeAssist at Tidbinbilla | 4 | 10/5/2024 | 12/29/2024 | |
| Wildlife Food Preparation- Tidbinbilla | 17 | 10/7/2024 | 12/30/2024 | |
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| Butterflies and Moths in the ACT | 1 | 10/27/2024 | 10/27/2024 | |
| Plant Identification Walk and Talk | 1 | 10/18/2024 | 10/18/2024 | |
| Snake Awareness Training | 1 | 10/29/2024 | 10/29/2024 | |
| Vegetation Habitat and Monitoring | 1 | 11/20/2024 | 11/20/2024 | |
| Weed Identification Walk and Talk | 1 | 11/9/2024 | 11/9/2024 | |
ParkCare is an inclusive, valued and rewarding volunteer program where positive volunteer experiences contribute to improved environmental, social and educational outcomes.
