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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| 26 Feb 2020 | Newman College | 26 | These students cleaned along the banks and streets of the Yarra north side in the CBD. Plastic bottles 62 Cans 21 Glass 12 Coffee cups and lids 21 lids, 20 cups 14 bags rubbish 5 bags of recycling |
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| 07 Feb 2020 | Mars Australia | 18 | Mars came out to the New Beach in Port Melbourne today. A good day to see the magnitude of the problem. In approx 60 mins they collected 5700 pieces of plastic off the beach tide line. 23 of the 24 item types list for LitterStopper reporting were found. The beach was quite a mess before we started but much better after the end. |
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| 30 Jan 2020 | Fact Set | 18 | This group did a clean in 38 dec C weather. Very hot. 40 mins clean yielded 3.4kg of rubbish, 1782 pieces 17 x plastic bottle, 14 x glass and 32 cans Butts had highest count of 763 |
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| 23 Jan 2020 | Jacobs | 6 | 944 pieces of plastic were removed from the beach over 30 minutes. |
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| 19 Dec 2019 | Contiki | 4 | We collected 5 bags of mixed Rubbish , mainly small plastics , straws and cigarette butts. One syringe was also removed from the sand. Contiki have a wonderful program based on 3 pillars ... helping out people , the plant and wildlife. Often these overlap as we know that removing hazardous litter from beaches or anywhere for that matter helps our ocean and protect wildlife. By coming out and helping us today Roz and crew have demonstrated that Contiki are very much committed to “ treading lightly “ . |
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| 17 Dec 2019 | South Melbourne Market | 14 | 14 Volunteers joined together for a group exercise building event. They collected 92 drink containers, 31 coffey cups and lids. Plus 11 bags of rubbish. |
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| 06 Dec 2019 | ANZ Bank | 6 | 6 People cleaned a shoreline around Docklands. They joined up with Ocean Crusders who do professional litter cleans and river banks. |
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| 05 Dec 2019 | Open Table | 18 | Between them the group removed 5515 pieces of plastic rubbish removed, including over 4500 cigarette butts |
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| 29 Nov 2019 | Sunsuper | 13 | Thee Sunsuper staff took off work in the morning due to their “Growth Day” and donated their time to clean St Kilda beach! The team picked up - over 70 drink containers - 5 syringes - almost 100 bottle tops - innumerable bits of plastic and polystyrene - 700 (!) cigarette butts, which is interesting, since smoking is illegal on City of Port Phillip beaches! |
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| 15 Nov 2019 | GlaxoSmithKline | 10 | 10 volunteers from GlaxoSmithKline joined in for a beach clean of plastic rubbish. They cleaned a beach in Port Melbourne for 1-1/4 hours. Collecting 1774 pieces of plastic, including 326 nurdles. |
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