CORPORATE VOLUNTEERING
VOLUNTEER WITH CERES
Get the team out of the office and into nature on CERES urban farms in Melbourne’s inner-north. Roll up your sleeves, connect as a team and have fun while making a lasting impact for the local community and environment.
who IS ceres?
Starting 40 years ago on an unwanted tip site, today CERES is a thriving grassroots hub for sustainability and community. We are a not-for-profit who reconnects people to each other and the Earth – developing the practical skills, knowledge, leadership qualities and community resilience that will be needed in the coming decades.
We do this in many ways: through educational experiences, regenerative urban farming and social enterprise. Corporate volunteers have played an important part in this journey, coming to lend a hand for over 15 years.
Team building while making an impact
When you volunteer with us you connect with nature, learn a thing or two and make a tangible difference (and have fun while doing it).
We accept volunteers on weekdays across our two main sites –CERES Main Site Brunswick and Joe’s Market Garden Coburg. Volunteers make a big difference in helping our small team take care of them.
brunswick east
Volunteer at our CERES Main site.
Get your hands dirty at our 10 acre organic farm, environmental education centre and community hub in Brunswick East.
Tuesday – Friday, 9:30am – 3pm
coburg
Volunteer at joe's market garden.
Be a farmhand for the day on our urban farm on the bank of the Merri Creek in Coburg.
Tuesday and Thursday in peak seasons, 9:30am – 12:30 pm
Peak seasons: March – April, August – September
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
A working bee at CERES offers a unique opportunity for team members and/or clients to work together and see a project through to completion in a day. Having a task at hand supports easy conversation and connection across teams or with clients. For many teams a day spent volunteering with CERES is a novel day and a rewarding experience.
8:30am Our on-site cafe The Merri Cafe is open and serving coffee for any early birds.
9:00am Gather your team together to kick off.
9:30am Tour of CERES kicks off.
10:00am You’ll be introduced to one of our horticulturists or farmers to get stuck into some work.
12:00pm Tools down for a well-earned lunch break, catered by CERES with organic produce from our farms.
1:00pm Back on the tools to finish the job
3:00pm Hang up your gloves with a sense of accomplishment.
9:00am Gather your team together to kick off.
9:30am Tour of CERES Joe’s Market Garden kicks off.
10:00am You’ll be introduced to one of our farmers to get stuck into some work.
11:00am Enjoy a mid-morning cuppa and soak in the gorgeous natural scenery of the Merri Creek.
11:15am Back on the tools to finish the job
12:30pm Hang up your gloves with a sense of accomplishment.
Volunteering at CERES is mainly outside and that makes it subject to our wonderful Melbourne weather. We cannot issue refunds for bookings canceled or with reduced attendance due to weather. On those occasions we will look to adapt the activities as much as we can.
As a not-for-profit, CERES asks for a financial contribution to help us cover our costs. The financial contribution for a working bee at Brunswick East is $1500 (+GST) for groups of 1-10 people and $3000 (+GST) for groups of 11-20 people. This includes a fully catered lunch with seasonal fare from the Merri Cafe.
Joe’s Market Garden is $800 (+GST) for groups of 1-10 people and $1600 (+GST) for groups of 11-20 people.
We do not have a set minimum group size, but the contribution will be the same for groups sized 1-10 people. As such, we’d recommend banding together a group of 10 for your volunteer day.
There is also no set maximum, though we need to ensure we have capacity to host larger groups. If your team is larger than 20, please make an enquiry below and we can discuss options with you.
Yes, we have teams who prefer to maintain an ongoing volunteering relationship. This is a fantastic opportunity for your team to feel a deeper level of connection with the site and the CERES team.
VOLUNTEER STORIES
thanks to our community of volunteers for all of your hard work
Ready to dig in?
are there other ways to support ceres?
There are many ways to support CERES.
