The Victorian Environment Friends Network focuses on protecting, restoring and enhancing the Victorian natural environment through community volunteer groups (Friends groups) working for their special places and native species. This is achieved through growing our membership, increasing the skills and capacity of Friends' Groups to care for the environment, promoting the value of Friends Groups and advocating for their work and promoting the value of the natural environment and environmental volunteering. Description of the Charity's activities and outcomes 72 member groups and networks, representing 8557 individual members volunteering to care for the environment and species in terrestrial, riparian, marine and coastal reserves across Victoria. Promoting environmental volunteering through the VEFN Best Friend Awards. The VEFN Website received 30,000 visits in 2022 from 23 countries (99% Australian). Quarterly Newsletters and regular communiques on grants, training and environmental policy and legislation submission opportunities, and newsworthy items on Victorian environments and species to a mailing list of 6,000 subscribers.