52% of people in Hamilton volunteer*. That’s higher than the national average!
Agencies with Volunteer Programs
This is a slowly-growing list of agencies that post opportunities or information about their volunteer programs on their websites.
New to this list:
MCC Ontario
Circles of Support and Accountability program
- Beautify Hamilton
- City of Hamilton
- Environment Hamilton
- Good Shepherd Centres
- Hamilton Health Sciences
- Hamilton Public Library
- MCC Ontario
- Mission Services
- Neighbour 2 Neighbour Centre
- Ronald McDonald House
- St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton
- YMCA of Hamilton, Burlington, Brantford
- YWCA Hamilton
Online Volunteer Opportunity Listings
Mohawk College has an online volunteer opportunity database and provides additional services to those who sign up as an “official Mohawk College Volunteer”.
Spark Ontario is a provincial volunteer opportunity database funded by the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration.
The Student Success Centre at McMaster University has an online listing and helps connects agencies and students of the university.
Volunteer Canada and Canada Service Corps offer a Pan-Canadian Volunteer Matching Platform (for ages 15 to 30).
Volunteer Halton has extended its database of volunteer opportunities to include Hamilton.
Where to Find Volunteers
If you are an agency looking for volunteers, consider contacting some of the agencies listed above to post volunteer opportunities in their online databases. You may also consider:
- Register a table at the McMaster Student Success Centre Community Engagement and Volunteer Fair in early fall.
- Connect with your city counsellor and neighbourhood associations. They may have newsletters where your volunteer opportunities can be promoted.
- Connect with professional and advocacy groups related to your work (e.g. the monthly Hamilton Brown Bag Lunch for service providers, planning tables for city-wide initiatives, event planning committees) and ask those networks to circulate and post volunteer opportunities.
- Post opportunities to your agency’s Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram accounts. Use common hashtags like #HamOnt and #volunteer so non-followers can discover them. Mention or DM other agencies and public officials in the city to prompt them to retweet to wider audiences.
Volunteer Development Resources
These agencies provide resources and services that support agencies that are developing or expanding their volunteer programs:
Social Media
@VolunteerCanada @VolunteerHalton @VolunteerHamilton
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