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 😊
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| 22 Sep 2026 | Hyatt Hotels | 15 | Today a big shout of thanks to the team from the Grand Hyatt, the Park Hyatt, Hyatt Place Essendon Fields and Standard X for another joint effort this time with a Yarra Riverside clean. Birrarung Marr and across the river were the target areas. After an hour, the group had removed 5.5kg of litter. A partial audit was conducted of drink containers, cups and plastic bottle tops. A total of 25 CDS items, 4 coffee cups, 23 'other' cups and 23 bottle tops were counted as well as lots of cigarette butts. |
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| 14 Sep 2026 | Hyatt House & Hyatt Centric | 15 | A combined team from Hyatt House in South Melbourne and Hyatt Centric in Melbourne helped remove litter from South Melbourne streets. In just under an hour, they collected 19kg including 900 cigarette butts, 203 food wrappers and 60 bottle tops. Thanks for such a great team effort!! |
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| 25 Jun 2026 | HESTA | 10 | A sunny morning greeted 10 keen volunteers at Princes Pier for a New Beach clean. From that vantage point, the team wondered how they would be kept busy for an hour, but they soon knew the answer. During the clean, a full audit was conducted with a total of 3635 pieces of litter removed. The top offenders were soft plastic fragments (2101 pieces), microplastics (447 pieces) and polystyrene (172). Thanks for a great team effort! |
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| 10 Jun 2026 | Stantec Australia Pty Ltd | 17 | A big thank you to the 17 volunteers who spent time cleaning New Beach this afternoon. And although the beach overall looked clean from a distance, the amount of plastic littered amongst the leaves and seaweed clumps kept everyone busy. The team collected 18.24 kgs of litter and counted 259 food wrappers, 204 bottle tops, 16 plastic bottles and 1 glass bottle. This is the 2nd group from Stantec to volunteer with us. Again, many thanks! |
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| 03 Jun 2026 | Novotel Hotels | 31 | New Beach welcomed 31 keen volunteers this morning! In an hour, the group had collected/removed 12.09 kg of litter from what looked like a clean beach from Princes Pier. A partial audit was done during the hour clean. A total of 21 bottle tops, 11 plastic drink bottles, 2 glass bottles and 3 cans were included in the haul. Thanks for helping with your 2nd beach clean, Novotel! |
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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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