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VEFN Awards 2023 Winners

Celebrating Excellence at the VEFN Awards Ceremony! On November 18th, we had the honor of recognising individuals and groups who have made exceptional contributions to our community. Join us in congratulating the winners of the VEFN Awards: Best Friend Award: Tony Castle, Friends of Mt Worth State Park Highly Commended: Robert (Bob) Thomas, Friends of Wilson Reserve Lifetime Achievement [...]

December 5th, 2023|Categories: Best Friend Award, News|

Committee for 2023/24

Dear VEFN Community, It's with great excitement that we unveil the steadfast team leading the charge for a sustainable future—the 2023-2024 Victorian Environment Friends Network (VEFN) Committee. Elected during our AGM on Saturday, November 18th, these passionate individuals are set to build upon the green legacy established in 2022. Meet Your Continuing VEFN Committee: Convenor: Anthony Bigelow Deputy Convenor: [...]

December 5th, 2023|Categories: News|

VEFN Award funding for Habitat Boxes

We love hearing how the funding from our Best Friend Award is put to good use in the environment. Here is an excerpt from the City of Kingston's Community Newsletter about Nina Earl, the recipient of the previous BFA Award. "... Friends Group put grant funding to work - Local environmental volunteer, Nina Earl, recently received a $1000 grant [...]

October 4th, 2023|Categories: Best Friend Award, News|

VEFN Networking Connections

When myself and Jodie from the Friends of Kororoit Creek attended the VEFN AGM in 2022, we rocked up not only because we were keen to attend but also because we had a project that seemed daunting and insurmountable and we were seeking guidance. We piped up at the end of the meeting and asked the room for pointers and the [...]

July 2nd, 2023|Categories: News|

Committee for 2022/23

Thank you to everyone who came along to our AGM last Saturday. We are pleased to announce that Anthony Bigelow from First Friends of Dandenong Creek has stepped forward to be our new Convenor with Laura Mumaw as Deputy Convenor. There are still opportunities to join the committee if you wish to participate or know of someone who could contribute [...]

December 14th, 2022|Categories: News|

PV Volunteer Manual – Where to next?

In July 2022, Parks Victoria and the VEFN conducted two workshops (face-to-face and online) to address the concerns of Friend Groups with the Parks Victoria Volunteer Manual. The workshops were facilitated and enabled everyone to put forward their experiences in a constructive manner with time in the face-to-face workshop to put forward solutions and ideas for addressing the issues. [...]

December 12th, 2022|Categories: News, Reports, Uncategorized|

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