Are you a youth ready to make a difference in the communities of Metro Vancouver?
The Youth Advisory Council (YAC) is a grassroots program empowering youth in Metro Vancouver to become advocates for social change and achieve gender equality through media literacy. The YAC is a guiding body of 15-21 year old youth who are passionate about the following issues:
Digital literacy and media representation
Sexualization of girls and hyper-masculinization of boys
The YWCA Focus@Work program helps women assess their skills and strengths, set personal and work goals, and develop skills to obtain meaningful employment. YWCA Focus@Work is currently looking for volunteers to help out with summer and Christmas celebrations and assisting with monthly guest speaking events.
YWCA Alder Gardens in Surrey provides affordable housing for single mothers and their children, linking community services in a supportive housing model. The 28-unit building has a mix of two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments, a communal garden, a play area and a common room. Currently we are seeking for volunteer gardeners who can help maintain our communal garden.
YWCA Metro Vancouver’s Youth Education Team is committed to supporting grade 7 students with their transition to high school. These programs help grade 7’s build their confidence and learn more about good decision making and healthy relationship skills.
YWCA Metro Vancouver’s Youth Education Team is committed to supporting grade 7 students with their transition to high school. These programs help grade 7’s build their confidence and learn more about good decision making and healthy relationship skills.
YWCA Metro Vancouver’s Youth Education Team is committed to giving youth the tools they need to make healthy choices.
Volunteer Description:
Our youth programs work to build self-esteem and confidence in Grade 7 girls and boys, affording them essential life skills and the requisite tools to successfully transition to high school.
YWCA Metro Vancouver’s Youth Education Team is committed to giving youth the tools they need to make healthy choices.
Volunteer Description:
Our youth programs work to build self-esteem and confidence in Grade 7 girls and boys, affording them essential life skills and the requisite tools to successfully transition to high school.
YWCA Metro Vancouver’s Youth Education Team is committed to giving youth the tools they need to make healthy choices.
Volunteer Description:
Our youth programs work to build self-esteem and confidence in Grade 7 girls and boys, affording them essential life skills and the requisite tools to successfully transition to high school.
YWCA Metro Vancouver is a registered charity, providing a range of integrated services for women, youth and children, and those seeking to improve the quality of their lives. From housing, child care, and support to innovative employment, wellness, and leadership programs, YWCA Vancouver touches lives in communities across the Lower Mainland. We are currently looking for photographers on an on-call basis in the various programs in Vancouver, Coquitlam and Surrey to shoot photography for events and shoot portraits for mothers and their children.
The YWCA Rooftop Garden yields more than 1,000 lbs of fresh fruit and veggies each year! The produce is used to feed families in need at YWCA Crabtree Corner in the Downtown Eastside.
We are currently looking for volunteer drivers to pick up harvest from the Rooftop Garden at 535 Hornby Street on every Tuesdays morning and deliver to the Crabtree Corner Community Kitchen at 533 East Hastings Street.
Kitchen volunteers at Crabtree meal programs will use our fresh produce to serve Downtown Eastside Community.
YWCA Metro Vancouver provides safe, affordable housing for single women and their children. Low-income single mothers sometimes cannot afford music lessons for their children. We are currently looking for piano teachers who can provide two hours/week piano lessons for children in our single mothers housing program in Vancouver, Surrey and Coquitlam. No previous teaching experience is required.
Qualifications
Love of music
Interest in teaching piano
Ability to read sheet music
YWCA Metro Vancouver is operating a 2nd stage transition house, a place of safety and support for women who have experienced abuse in an intimate relationship and their children. YWCA helps women and their children overcome the trauma of abuse with emotional support, legal aid and other specialized services.
YWCA Metro Vancouver operates four licensed early learning and care centres that provide quality, affordable care to families with diverse backgrounds.
The volunteer childcare assistant would support staff in caring for children up to the age of five years old in group settings.
Activities include singing, reading stories, making art, playing games and taking short field trips.
Volunteer Child Care Aides are needed to assist in the day-to-day running of YWCA Metro Vancouver's Early Learning and Care centres.
Don't see a position that interests you? We may be able to fit you somewhere else. For more information about volunteer opportunities for individuals or if you have a creative idea to volunteer, contact: