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Corporate Volunteering

Join us in making a difference

At Centennial Parklands, we believe in the power of community and the profound impact that nature can have on our wellbeing. Our Corporate Volunteering Program offers organisations a unique opportunity to contribute to the environment, enhance team dynamics and foster a sense of purpose among employees. Organisations are also viewed more positively when they support community and environmental causes.
 

Our volunteer programs

We offer a variety of volunteering opportunities tailored to your organisation’s needs

  • Habitat restoration: Engage in bush regeneration, mulching, and replanting native species, all vital to improving local biodiversity and the health of our ecosystems (up to 30 participants)
  • Heritage volunteering: Help maintain and restore heritage-listed sites, such as painting and repairing historic horse fencing (up to 30 participants).
  • Environmental remediation: Participate in projects like installing and repairing environmental fencing to protect sensitive areas (up to 100 participants).
  • Clean-up volunteering: Assist in removing rubbish and debris, ensuring our parklands remain pristine and welcoming for all visitors (up to 200 participants). 

Enhance your experience with add-on educational activities

  • Aboriginal cultural talks: Gain insights into the rich history and cultural significance of the land from our First Nations educators. 
  • Environmental education walks: Learn about the parklands' unique flora and fauna while walking through its diverse landscapes. 
  • Mindfulness workshops: Unwind and connect with nature through guided meditation and mindfulness sessions, designed to enhance wellbeing and reduce stress. 

Program details

Location: Meeting point is The Greenhouse Cafe, Grand Drive, Centennial Park.
Duration: 3.5 Hours
Cost: $ 95 per person 
Minimum group of 15 participants

The fee for your corporate volunteering session is paid as a donation to Centennial Parklands Foundation, prior to the event. The Foundation is an independent charitable organisation established in 1998 to raise funds, generate awareness and engender community support to protect and enhance the vital green open spaces of Centennial Parklands. Funds raised go to the Legacy Fund which supports the ongoing conservation, education and community initiatives, programs and facilities within the Parklands.
 

Contact details

Phone: (02) 9339 6645
Contact: education@gsp.nsw.gov.au , volunteer@gsp.nsw.gov.au

FAQs
  • Environmental volunteering in Centennial Parklands can involve any and all of the following: as a team, pulling out weeds and clearing introduced and unwanted plants from native bushland using loppers, secateurs and saws, moving and spreading mulch, planting and watering shrubs, grasses and trees, creating areas of habitat using logs, sticks and branches and removing rubbish. You’ll be using hand tools, loading the ute, carrying bags of weeds and rubbish from the site and clearing up using rakes and brooms. The sites are bushland areas with thick vegetation, but have easy, level access. 
  • Heritage volunteering in Centennial Parklands involves painting. Working in teams you will clean and repair and damage to the fence, prepare the surfaces for painting, paint the rails and posts with white paint and clean up using recycled water. 
  • Clean Up Volunteering in Centennial Parklands involves walking around the park removing rubbish from the open areas, playgrounds, picnic areas and pond verges using gloves, rubbish pickers and bags, sorting the rubbish for recyclables and disposing of the rubbish in onsite bins. 

Participants need a reasonable level of fitness and mobility as the sites are vegetated and surfaces uneven, but there are jobs for all people within the general limitations of an outdoor site. If your organisation has people with mobility issues or other disability, we have volunteering opportunities in accessible areas such as our community nursery. 

The work can be dirty, muddy and messy so work clothes are preferred, rather than exercise wear or active wear. Wear long pants and long sleeves if possible, a hat and sturdy, closed shoes. Gloves will be provided. 

We allocate the corporate volunteers to areas of the park where work is needed and to undertake essential activities that we may not have capacity to achieve otherwise. However, if you have a special request, such as working somewhere you have worked before to check the progress of plantings, then please provide a comment in your booking sheet and we will try to accommodate you. 

The parklands are free of snakes, other dangerous animals and significant risks. You are working in nature, so a reasonable level of care is required, and you will be inducted into safe tool use, handling, lifting and moving techniques.