Corporate volunteering
BeachPatrol provides organisations with meaningful opportunities to give back to the community
BeachPatrol provides organisations with meaningful opportunities to give back to the community
Our corporate volunteering program supports organisations in achieving their corporate social responsibility & sustainability goals. Activating colleagues in pursuit of a common goal is a great way to connect and build strong teams. Not to mention the positive impact on the environment!
"Thank you so much for a great and eye opening day! In my personal life I am so much more conscious of my behaviour and in our professional life we are motivated to make a difference!"
We can host education sessions about plastic litter and its impact to our environment and marine life.
We can also take staff out on a beach or street litter surveying experience. During these exercises your employees work in small groups along the beach or street to record the litter using our survey sheets. At the end of the survey the sheets are collated and the teams spend time categorising and documenting the litter picked up in that session. This provides a great engagement opportunity and raises awareness around how to reduce common problem waste items.
Our brochure contains further information including cost structure.
Contact us for any questions and to discuss how we can support your organisation.
Endorsement from a Large Company. Thank you again for hosting our team at Port Melbourne New Beach for the corporate clean-up activity. We truly appreciated the opportunity to be part of such a meaningful initiative. It was not only a rewarding experience but also an eye-opening one. Through the activity—especially when we focused on collecting bottle caps, food wrappers, and other plastic waste—we saw firsthand how our everyday consumption is impacting the environment more than we often realise.
While we were already aware that plastics are harmful to the ocean, the hands-on experience really brought that message to life. It has certainly sparked deeper awareness within our team and encouraged us to think more consciously about our habits.
We also want to sincerely thank you and the BeachPatrol team for your dedication and the incredible work you do to keep our beaches clean and protected. Your passion and commitment made the session both educational and inspiring for all of us 😊
| Activity Date | Company | # of Volunteers | Event Description | Image |
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| 21 May 2026 | Telstra Ltd | 12 | New Beach welcomed a dozen volunteers this afternoon for a clean! The enthusiastic group spent an hour, spreading out from the tideline to the footpath and from the rock groyne near Princes Pier to the rock groyne at the other end of the beach. A partial audit was carreid out as well and the top item counted was food wrappers, 91 pieces in total. Bottle tops came in second, with 44 counted. Although not counted, lots of plastic fragments (both hard and soft) as well as nurdles were among the items collected. Fantastic job and thank you to Team Telstra! |
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| 29 Apr 2026 | Ciena Communications Inc | 6 | Another great effort by this 'returning' team from Ciena Communications this morning! (They did a beach clean last year). Today the meeting spot was Kerferd Rd pier and both sides of the beach were cleaned. A full audit was performed and over 500 nurdles were counted; more removed, as well as 209 soft plastic fragments, 184 hard plastic fragments and 111 food wrappers. Thanks again to a wonderful team! |
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| 23 Apr 2026 | Live Nation Venues | 29 | A big thank you to the 29 volunteers who helped with cleaning St Kilda Beach, Marine Reserve. A total of 70 kg were removed during the hour clean including 1300 cigarette butts, 31 cans, 26 plastic bottles, 6 glass bottles and 15 sauce packets. A great team effort this morning and a cleaner beach! |
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| 25 Mar 2026 | Embrace the Chi (Yo Chi) | 18 | A great effort this morning by 18 volunteers cleaning Elwood Beach! In an hour, the group collected 8kg of litter and conducted a partial audit as well. One hundred food wrappers plus 19 bottle tops, 7 plastic drink containers, 2 drink cans and 4 ppe (personal protective equipment) were counted and removed. We all appreciate cleaner beaches, including our marine life and wildlife. Thanks to you all! |
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| 20 Mar 2026 | Gentrack | 13 | In just 45 minutes this afternoon, 13 keen volunteers removed 3.49kg of litter from New Beach.in Port Melbourne. The main 'culprits' were both small and hard plastic fragments which are potentially deadly to our wildlife. The group also conducted a partial audit, counting food wrappers (92 collected) and bottle tops (19 collected). This was the third clean involving Gentrack volunteers. Thank you for your continuing help to our beaches and wildlife! |
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| 19 Mar 2026 | Transurban | 9 | New Beach in Port Melbourne was fortunate to have a group from Transurban (their 3rd time) spend an hour removing litter from the beach this morning. An eager team of 9 conducted a full audit during hte clean as well. The top 'offenders' included 236 soft plastic fragments & 168 hard plastic fragments, as well as 47 microplastics and 36 nurdles. What looked like a clean beach was even cleaner due to their efforts. Many thanks!! |
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| 05 Mar 2026 | Gorilla Glue | 7 | A perfect morning for a beach clean in Mornington with seven terrific Corporate Volunteers from Gorilla Glue. The team recorded over 460 plastic items including over 200 cigarette butts (right near a seabird roosting site), 52 pieces of polystyrene, nearly 200 hard and soft plastic fragments, 37 food wrappers and 19 building waste items. The plastic fragments prove the point that plastic breaks up, into ever-smaller pieces and microplastics; it doesn't break down. Also collected were hair ties, socks and other clothing, a shoe and a vape, as well as non-plastic rubbish. The seal on the boat ramp and other local wildlife will be safer now. Thank you Gorilla Glue. 💙🐬🐧🐟🙏 |
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| 10 Feb 2026 | Saputo Dairy Australia | 22 | Twenty two volunteers helped clean Pertobe Road this morning, conducting a full audit of the litter.. A total of 1586 pieces were collected, including 750 cigarette butts, 260 food wrappers and 120 bottle tops. Many thanks to the team for their efforts! |
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| 15 Jan 2026 | Bega Group | 17 | New Beach received lots of attention this morning with a fantastic group of 17 volunteers cleaning up from the tideline to the footpath, and from rock groyne to rock groyne! In just over an hour, they removed/counted 2355 items including 559 small soft plastic pieces, 410 small hard plastic pieces as well as 298 food wrappers and 220 nurdles. Over 100 bottle tops (106 to be exact) were removed as well. Your team efforts are much appreciated! |
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| 27 Nov 2025 | Teletrac Navman | 9 | A cloudy morning with showers didn't deter 9 volunteers from doing their bit to help clean New Beach in Port Melbourne this morning! A total of 1173 pieces of litter were removed in an hour including 559 hard plastic fragments,194 soft plastic fragments, 47 microplastics, 23 nurdles and 63 bottle tops. Getting all of these items off the beach helps to keep our wildlife safer as many of these items can be mistaken for food by our seabirds and marine life. Big THANKS again to the team from Teletrac Navman! |
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