MEMBERSHIP WITH LANDCARE NSW

Join Landcare NSW now, or get in touch to renew your membership before 30 June 2025.

 

Membership unites us around a common purpose. It builds pride in being part of something bigger—a strong State Peak Body that as a group, really can make all the difference.

Landcare NSW acts as the advocate for its members—it speaks up for Landcare at NSW Parliament House.

AN UPDATE ON OUR MEMBERSHIP & INSURANCE PROGRAM

Landcare NSW is focused on representing, promoting, and advocating on behalf of community-based Landcare Groups to protect and enhance the natural environment.

To achieve this, Landcare NSW is working to demonstrate the collective strength of the Landcare movement in NSW and to improve governance and risk management across the state.

The following FY25–26 membership and insurance criteria are designed to better support smaller groups and promote fairness across the network, aligned with our strategic view that “we are stronger together.“

Insurance Eligibility

To access and be eligible for insurance under Landcare NSW, a group must be a member with Landcare NSW as a Landcare Group or District Network, or be a Regional Body.

If your group currently accesses insurance through membership with a Regional Body, District Network or other Landcare Group that holds Landcare NSW insurance, that insurance cover will no longer extend to your group after 1 July 2025. You will be able to apply for membership and insurance directly with Landcare NSW if you wish to access our insurance cover.

Equally, if you are an insured member group and currently extend your Landcare NSW insurance cover to your own member groups, this cover will cease on 1 July 2025. After this date, your member groups may choose to join Landcare NSW as members and access the insurance cover in their own right.

Membership & Insurance Fee Structure

The costs for membership and insurance are determined based on your group’s 12-month expenditure immediately prior to applying for or renewing your membership.

12-month expenditure refers to the total amount of money spent over the 12 months immediately prior to lodging your application minus any monies given to other Landcare NSW Member Groups.
This includes costs like staff salaries, contractors, rent, repairs and maintenance, utilities, program expenses, fundraising activities, grants, and administrative costs.

A Landcare Group’s expenditure for membership and insurance purposes refers to its consolidated expenditure, including the expenditure of any of its sub-committees.

Landcare NSW thanks you for your ongoing support.

LANDCARE GROUP MEMBERSHIP

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP

(further information to come)

ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP

INSURANCE FOR REGIONAL BODIES

How to join Landcare NSW?

Eligible groups, organisations and individuals can apply to become a member of Landcare NSW via our membership forms linked above.

There are three main steps to complete if you apply as a Group or Associate Member:

1. Complete our membership application form.

2. Provide any further information as requested by our Memberships Team.

3. Pay your membership invoice, which will be sent you upon approval of your application.

The timeframe for application approval varies and may take up to 30 days, depending on the Board’s schedule for meetings and out-of-session resolutions. Ensuring all information supplied in your application is complete and correct will help to reduce processing delays and ensure your application can be considered as soon as possible.

Support Resources:

Why join Landcare NSW?

WE BELIEVE THAT A STRONG MEMBERSHIP BASE IS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR STRENGTH

Membership unites us around a common purpose. It builds pride in being part of something bigger—a strong State Peak Body that as a group, really can make all the difference.

Landcare NSW acts as the advocate for its members—it speaks up for Landcare at NSW Parliament House.

As a peak representative body, we support and advocate for all Landcare NSW member groups, like-minded individuals and associate partners such as local councils and private organisations who share the common goal of protecting, improving and rehabilitating our natural environment.

As a grassroots-led, volunteer-driven movement, Landcare NSW members support and make a real difference to natural and sustainable resource management through a wide range of impactful hands-on activities, workshops, community engagement and education.

Membership with Landcare NSW for incorporated and unincorporated groups offers our members insurance cover tailored to their needs, and at very competitive rates. The offered insurance cover includes Volunteer Workers Personal Accident, Public & Products Liability and Association Liability cover and is designed specifically for Landcare groups to safely conduct their activities, events and operation with appropriate cover.

Additional benefits and services include members-only funding opportunities, access to a members-only online resource libraries, networking and information sharing, regular e-newsletter and access to events and workshops.

 

OUR MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS:

Landcare NSW acts as the conduit between local Landcare communities and key decision makers, working to ensure that our Landcarers are supported at every level by providing leadership, skills, resources and representation.

 

INSURANCE WITH LANDCARE NSW

Landcare Groups have the option to apply for membership only, or membership and insurance with Landcare NSW.

If you choose to take up Landcare NSW Insurance, you are listed as ‘named parties’ on our master policy and included in our insurance policy. This policy includes:

  • Volunteer Workers Personal Accident Insurance,
  • General & Product Liability Insurance and
  • Association Liability insurance.

The Landcare NSW Insurance Program provides Public Liability and Personal Accident for Volunteers cover and includes Association Liability insurance, which provides coverage for Professional Indemnity, Employment Practices, Statutory Liability and Directors & Officers insurance.

Risk management to consider:

  • Maintaining an up-to-date register of your members
  • Ensuring you sign in and induct any volunteers to events and ascertain their contact and emergency contact details
  • Risk management register and response (recommended)

Please read the Product Disclosure Statements and other relevant information here to determine if these insurance policies are right for you:

 

2025-26 MEMBERSHIP AND INSURANCE COSTS

The costs for membership and insurance are determined based on your group’s 12-month expenditure immediately prior to applying for or renewing your membership.

12-month expenditure refers to the total amount of money spent over the 12 months immediately prior to lodging your application minus any monies given to other Landcare NSW Member Groups.
This includes costs like:

  • staff salaries,
  • contractors,
  • rent, repairs and maintenance,
  • utilities,
  • program expenses,
  • fundraising activities,
  • grants,
  • and administrative costs.

The below fee schedule applies to membership and insurance for the 2025/26 financial year and may be subject to change in accordance with the Landcare NSW Constitution.

Membership and insurance fees are due 1 July, and cover the 12-month period from 1 July to 30 June.

Who can join Landcare NSW?

Membership is open to all who share a similar vision and support the ethos of volunteer-led, community-driven natural resource management. Landcare NSW is non-partisan and once accepted as a member, all agree to be bound by the constitution and rules of the association.

We differentiate between four main classes of members:

  • District Networks
  • Landcare Group Members (whether incorporated or unincorporated)
  • Individuals (incl. Honorary Life Members)
  • Associate Members

If you are unsure which membership class may be applicable to you, refer to the below or get in touch with us!

 

For further information or assistance

Email – memberships@landcarensw.org.au

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