Survey | Friends of Parks and Nature South Australia https://friendsofparkssa.org.au Volunteers working for conservation Thu, 02 Sep 2021 23:59:42 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://friendsofparkssa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-favicon-friends-of-parks-sa-32x32.png Survey | Friends of Parks and Nature South Australia https://friendsofparkssa.org.au 32 32 It’s nearly time for the Great Southern Bioblitz! A great opportunity for groups to explore their park using the ID tool ‘iNaturalist’ – October 22 – 25th https://friendsofparkssa.org.au/news-events/its-nearly-time-for-the-great-southern-bioblitz-a-great-opportunity-for-groups-to-explore-their-park-using-the-id-tool-inaturalist-october-22-25th/ Thu, 02 Sep 2021 23:59:42 +0000 https://friendsofparkssa.org.au/?p=237703  Great Southern Bioblitz (October 22-25) the ‘Great Southern BioBlitz’, or ‘GSB’ for short, is an international period of intense biological surveying in an attempt to record all the living species within several designated areas across the Southern Hemisphere in Spring

The purpose of this event is to highlight both the immense biodiversity spread across the Southern Hemisphere in the flourishing springtime, as well as to engage the the public in science and nature learning using the citizen science platform iNaturalist. As we are international, in Spanish we are known as ‘Gran Biobúsqueda del Sur’, while in Portuguese we are known as ‘Grande BioBlitz do Hemisfério Sul’.  Read more here

]]> Creating a Safe and Positive Volunteering Experience – your help needed with DHS survey https://friendsofparkssa.org.au/news-events/creating-a-safe-and-positive-volunteering-experience-your-help-needed-with-dhs-survey/ Wed, 23 Dec 2020 01:30:43 +0000 https://friendsofparkssa.org.au/?p=234749 A key focus of the Volunteering Strategy for South Australia is to make sure that volunteering in South Australia is positive and safe, for all of us.

 We’d love to hear about your experiences in volunteering and learn more about how this could be improved.

Below are some key areas that we are focusing on which will help inform your feedback:

  • what your volunteering experience has been like
  • what a positive and safe experience looks like when volunteering
  • the nature of any issues you may have encountered
  • your ideas for how conflicts could be avoided or resolved into the future.

 

Get involved: https://yoursay.sa.gov.au/volunteer-experience

Closing date: 5pm, Friday 22 January 2021

Daniella Nofi

Senior Policy and Program Officer|Community and Family Services

Department of Human Services

T: (08) 841 54345 |E: daniella.nofi@sa.gov.au |dhs.sa.gov.au/volunteers

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