Council supports local volunteers who care for bushcare sites and reserves.
Bushcare volunteering is fun and a great way to keep fit and meet new people. It also helps deliver tremendous environmental benefits for our precious local area and create homes for wildlife.
You can register to be a volunteer through Council’s online volunteer scheduling platform. You’ll need to create a new account if you’re registering for the first time.
In this video, see Council volunteers and staff talk about the rewards of being a bushcare volunteer.
There are bushcare sites right across the City of Parramatta, as shown on the map below:
Become a part of something bigger than yourself by joining a local bushcare group. Register to be a volunteer through our online volunteer scheduling program, Rosterfy, or click on the links below to find out more.
Involvement with bushcare not only allows you to give back to the environment, but also supports you to:
You do not need any special skills to be a Bushcare volunteer. All training and tools are provided by a professional site supervisor.
Bushcare volunteer groups assist with:
You can learn more about what our volunteers do in our Bushcare Volunteer Charter(PDF, 4MB).
Our Bushcare groups meet once a month. Download the latest Bushcare Volunteer Schedule(PDF, 260KB) to see when and where our groups are scheduled to meet. Please note that workdays are subject to change due to public holidays, group availability etc.
Bushcare welcomes corporate and community volunteers, find out more about organising a one-off volunteer event(PDF, 437KB).
Register to be a volunteer through our online volunteer scheduling program, Rosterfy, at this link.
For more information, contact Council's Natural Areas Team on:
Once you sign up as a volunteer, you will be given the contact details for your site’s volunteer convenor. Contact the convenor if you would like to confirm if Bushcare is cancelled.
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