| Hold your committee meetings online via Skype or one of the many other online tools available. If you need help getting set up, talk to a tech savvy member of your group, a family member of your local Coastcare facilitator |
| Visit the SWIFT (State Wide Integrated Flora and Fauna Teams) website and participate in upcoming interactive online seminars and/or read the notes from previous seminars |
| Renew or develop membership or other brochures for your group/ network |
| Organise a regular online or phone catch up with people you usually volunteer with |
| Stay in touch with the Coastcare Victoria community – join or create an online community or social media account to share ideas, achievements, photos and projects |
| Follow Coastcare Victoria on Facebook for information about our upcoming online events |
| Work on a 12-month or longer strategic plan for your group or project to set yourself up for the future. E.g. document your project priorities or aspirational ideas for what you want to achieve in your local area; plan what you will focus on and what resources you will need when you re-commence activities. Landcare Victoria has a range of general information on environmental volunteering available on the Victorian Landcare Gateway including the Planning with Purpose Toolkit for information on what needs to be included in an effective plan and how to run the process. |
| Plan how you can attract and recruit more volunteers to your cause – Volunteering Victoria has some helpful information |
| Apply for grants funding - https://www.vic.gov.au/grants |
| Develop some ‘shovel ready’ projects which you can seek funding for when relevant grants become available |
| Think about how to make your volunteer group more inclusive and diverse or document the approaches you have taken and share your learnings with others |
| Make sure all volunteers and staff in your organisation have a current Working With Children Check, and understand Victoria’s new Child Safety Standards |
| Do your paperwork – review your Job Safety Plans for your activities, complete any outstanding grants reporting, update your meeting templates, update your volunteer contact list |
| Spring clean and service your equipment |
| Connect with other volunteer groups who have similar projects or challenges to you – ask your Coastcare facilitator to put you in touch or help you connect online |
| Make sure your details are listed and up to date on Victoria’s Environmental Volunteering interactive map and email environmental.volunteers@delwp.vic.gov.au if you need to update them |
| Get involved in citizen science projects- the Australian Citizen Science Association has an extensive list of projects |
| Sort out your photos and choose the best ones for future promotion or reporting |
| Subscribe to DELWP’s Marine and Coasts Newsletter |
| Keep an eye out for regular email updates from Coastcare Victoria with more information and ideas. |
| Write an article for the special 25 years edition of Coastline. There are prizes to be won. Find out more here. |
| Explore online training opportunities for your group/network members and/or the committee. |