maintenance, heritage restoration projects, and wildlife surveys. Volunteers operate in teams of up to 10, under guidance and instruction of a professional CV Team Leader. The focus of CVA's work varies depending upon the location of our project partners and our offices. With offices in a major capital cities, CVA undertakes a range of urban-based programs, ranging from tree planting to heritage restoration. Urban programs also involve sectors of the community in health-related projects such as the Green Gym program, developed in the UK by BTCV. With the majority of CVA's offices located in regional Australia, a major focus of the organisation's work involves assisting individual landholders, Landcare groups and Catchment Management Authorities involved in land management programs; councils and shires; and all major National Parks agencies. Volunteers Conservation Volunteers attracts over 10,000 local volunteers per year in Australia and New Zealand, plus over 2,000 international volunteers every year. Youth programs * Green Army In 2014, the Australian Government engaged Conservation Volunteers Australia as one of five Service Providers to deliver services as part of the Green Army Programme. CVA was appointed for a period of three years, 2014–2017, to deliver the Green Army Programme. The Green Army is a hands-on, practical, grassroots environmental action programme that supports local environment and heritage conservation projects across Australia. The programme provides opportunities for young Australians aged 17–24 years to gain training and experience in environmental and heritage conservation fields and explore careers in conservation management, while participating in projects that generate real benefits for the environment. Green Army teams of 10 (up to nine participants and one team supervisor) will be deployed to projects lasting 20–26 weeks across Australia to help communities deliver local conservation outcomes. Projects are guided by local community needs and contribute to Australia's national and international environmental priorities and obligations. * National Green Jobs Corps The National Green Jobs Corps (NGJC) was an Australian Government work experience and training program that offers a combination of environmental work experience, skill development and accredited training for youth aged 17 to 24 years. The program will equip an estimated 10,000 young Australians with the skills to fill employment opportunities in emerging green and climate change-related industries. CVA is managing National Green Jobs Corps programs in Queensland, New South Wales, ACT and Tasmania. * Green Corps Conservation Volunteers Australia (known then as the Australian Trust for Conservation Volunteers) was the lead proponent