Want to help care and maintain your local neighborhood urban parks and places?

Sitting within Transport Canberra and City Services directorate, Urban Parks and Places Volunteering (UPP) is a partnership between the local community and the ACT Government. The program enables the Canberra community to assist with the maintenance and care of local public spaces. There are currently 35 urban volunteer groups that help out in these areas. People can join one of the existing or interested community members can apply to start a new group.

UPP Volunteers make improvements to local urban open space areas and are involved in the following activities: • weed control and removal programs • horticultural maintenance • litter collection • monitoring and reporting issues • park restoration projects • minor tree maintenance activities • habitat restoration • planting and maintaining plants • community education and social events • citizen science • training and workshops • Conservation projects. Urban volunteer groups have played an important role in maintaining and preserving our local parks and places since the early 1990’s. Volunteers help out with activities such as weeding, planting, urban artwork, litter collection, minor tree maintenance, erosion control and citizen science surveys. There are 35 existing urban parks and places volunteer groups across Canberra. Some groups meet regularly while others meet on an ad hoc basis.