Donate

Donations help turn community care into practical action. They give local Landcare organisations more flexibility to respond to local priorities, support volunteers, prepare projects, and keep useful work moving between grant rounds.

Not every donation needs to be money. People and organisations can also help through in-kind support such as materials, equipment use, transport, venues, printing, technical advice, professional services, local knowledge, or practical supplies.

Every contribution can help with visible, practical needs: plants, tools, safety equipment, training, field materials, youth activities, monitoring supplies, event support, and small repairs after storms or erosion events.

What donations can support

• Native plants, seed collection, guards, mulch, stakes, labels, and site preparation.
• Volunteer equipment such as gloves, hand tools, first-aid supplies, water stations, shade, and safety signage.
• Community field days, workshops, working bees, school activities, and practical learning opportunities.
• Monitoring supplies for water quality, biodiversity, saltmarsh, dunes, creeks, farms, and restoration progress.
• Quick local responses after storms, erosion, flood debris, damaged plantings, or urgent site needs.

Ways to give

• Money: one-off or regular donations that help cover practical project, volunteer, education, and restoration costs.
• Materials: plants, mulch, tools, printing, safety supplies, fencing materials, equipment, or field-day supplies.
• Equipment use: access to trailers, water tanks, marquees, tools, machinery, meeting spaces, or storage when they are needed.
• Services and skills: professional advice, design, surveying, mapping, communications, bookkeeping, photography, facilitation, training, or technical support.

Why flexible support matters

Landcare groups often stretch small budgets across many practical needs. Flexible donations, including casual in-kind help, can fill the gaps that make community work safer, better prepared, and easier for people to join.

This kind of support does not need to be a formal sponsorship or partnership. It can simply be a useful contribution offered at the right time, for the right local activity.

See the impact

Donation impact stories can show how support turns into plants in the ground, safer volunteer days, stronger learning opportunities, better monitoring, healthier habitat, and more resilient local places.