Our purpose

Landcare Victoria Inc. is the state peak body for Landcare whose purposes include:

• Encouraging and facilitating community-based, cooperative, multi-disciplinary approaches to caring for the land, by groups of like-minded people, using Landcare or similar purposes for Member Groups
• Providing a strong voice on behalf of Landcare in Victoria
• Promoting sustainable land and water management practices which balance economics and ecology as well as productivity and resource protection

 The following activities support these purposes:

• Supporting the formation and operation of autonomous, self-reliant voluntary groups and networks of groups to undertake action on a local, regional and state wide basis
• Advising on the formation of new groups and the on-going management of existing groups
• Providing an overarching legal structure, through which Member Groups can operate their local branches with efficiency
• Offering services and support to groups including but not limited to incorporation, insurance and management matters
• Disseminating relevant information to groups
• Offering training and up-skilling opportunities to paid staff, executive and general group members
• Providing professional services to paid staff, in either a group, Network or agency setting
• Participating actively in policy development matters which pertain to the sector and to represent the sector in relation to these matters in an apolitical manner
• Communicating the sectors actions and achievements
• Representing Victoria at the national peak body for landcare and other organisations
• Forming strategic alliances with other relevant public/government, private and community organisations as applicable
• Supporting the ongoing education of the community with regard to the issues pertaining to land and water and biodiversity management