RES is committed to supporting regional Australian communities through the sponsorship of community projects, groups and events to provide environmental, social, cultural or educational benefits to communities that host our projects.

To enquire about current sponsorship opportunities please contact us. 

Woodchopping Championships at the Stawell Show

The RES Watta Wella Renewable Energy Project have sponsored the Woodchop Competition at the Stawell Show in 2023 and again in 2024 and 2025. Events include the Victorian Title 275mm U/hand Championship, the Open Standing Block Handicap, and the Modified Hot Saw Championship.

We are committed to giving back to our community through participation in such events, and look forward to congratulating the winners again this year. 

Other sponsorships include:

Stawell Harness Racing club, race name sponsorship - $500 

Joel Joel Public Hall, roof repairs - $2,970 

Stawell Golf Bowls Club, replacement of sun shelters - $5,000

Navarre Football netball Club, Titanium sponsors - $2,000

Stawell Golf Bowls Club, electronic scoreboards - $4,053.50

Landsborough Bowls Club, renovations - $7,165.00

Stawell Golf Club, security system - $4,868.00

Landsborough Primary School, seating for outdoor cooking program and classroom - $5,300

RES Volunteers Working to Safeguard Upper Wimmera Biodiversity

On Thursday 3 August 2023, RES staff used their volunteer leave to assist the Concongella Landcare Group with a restoration project along a creek line close to RES development site, the Watta Wella Renewable Energy Project. 

The aim of the restoration process is to restore the creek as close as possible to its natural state (pre-1750) by eradicating invasive weeds and re-introducing indigenous species that are likely to have historically been present. Australia is home to unique and diverse ecosystems and species, many of which are found nowhere else in the world; preserving this rich biodiversity is essential for ecological balance, resilience to climate change, and the wellbeing of present and future generations. 

RES volunteers had the opportunity to learn and share knowledge about indigenous plants and animals, identification and control of invasive weeds, seed collection and propagation, help safeguard biodiversity and make a hands-on contribution to the conservation of the local ecosystem.  

The Concongella Landcare Group is one of several local community-led Landcare groups in the Upper Wimmera that have been actively restoring native habitat since the 1990's. These groups are supported by the local not-for-profit organization, Project Platypus, which works with the local community to restore land and protect wildlife on a landscape wide scale. Since it formed, the Project Platypus team has helped plant over one million trees in the Upper Wimmera and watched wildlife return to over 1500 once-bare hectares!  

"At Project Platypus, we care deeply for our local region and the plants, wildlife and people who call it home.  Our volunteers are the heart of our organization, and we are grateful for the RES team's enthusiastic help! We get more done when passionate people come together and take action themselves to ensure future generations can enjoy and benefit from beautiful natural spaces as we have."  

If you want to join the Platypus team, visit platypus.org.au, or contact their local landcare facilitator at llf@platypus.org.au. 

Providing in-kind support and volunteering with local community groups is one way that RES can deliver benefit to the region as part of the Watta Wella Renewable Energy Project.