Landcare season is on again

The Landcare Resource Office, now located just near the roundabout on the approach to the Five Islands bridge, Toronto Rd, Teralba, is open for business again after the summer break.

On Wednesday 24th  Feb Landcarers will be meeting from 4.30 to 6.30pm with a free BBQ to share ideas for the future of community driven landcaring across the city.

On Thursday 25th from 4-5.30pm the Landcare 4 Youth Network will be gathering for the first time to discuss ways of supporting young people to care for the land. Youth, 3-25, are most warmly welcome to come along and put forward ideas for projects and options for networking. If you can't make the meeting contact TIN 4969 1500 with your ideas.

Have you got a few spare hours? Volunteers are invited to help out at the Landcare Resource Office with a variety of jobs and activities, or on the Green Team supporting groups with bush regeneration activities.

On Tuesday  9th  March the Lake Macquarie Landcare Network’s AGM will be held from 4.30 to 6.30pm at the LRO.

Call the LRO to register your interest for the above activities - 49210392.

Landcare For Youth (L4Y)

The Landcare for Youth program aims to support young people from preschool to University to design and implement on-ground Landcare projects to develop an ethic of stewardship towards the land. The project also aims to develop networks for the youth and the teachers/carers supporting them. L4Y is being implemented by Trees In Newcastle.

Anywhere in Lake Macquarie where young people gather is eligible for support, Scouts, Guides, sailing clubs, schools of any flavour, preschools and playgroups. The support comes in the form of onground advice to help design the project and plants to put in the ground.
If you know of a school, preschool, TAFE or youth group in Lake Macquarie that would like to undertake an on-ground project or help to build the L4Y network, let Jenny at TIN know, ph 4969 1500 or education@treesinnewcastle.org.au. There are resource request forms on TIN's website
The L4Y-Landcare For Youth project is funded by the Environmental Trust and supported by Lake Macquarie City Council and Lake Macquarie Landcare Inc