Volunteering

At Halton Women’s Place, our volunteers make ALL the difference.

Our volunteers provide our staff with much-needed support and assist us in our ability to provide services to abused women and their dependent children.

To be a volunteer you will need to:

Be 18 years of age or older
Attend a volunteer orientation session
Complete the Volunteer Application Form
Provide us with a current police check, incl. vulnerable sectors check
Have 2 references complete the reference questionnaire
Complete a stage 1 TB test
Enter into a confidentiality agreement with HWP
Provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination

Current Volunteer Opportunities:

Thank you for your interest in volunteering at Halton Women’s Place! We are so grateful for the immense interest in assisting our clients and our shelters.

Please note that we hold Volunteer Recruitment/Orientation 2 times a year. For 2025, our Orientation dates are:

March 26, 2025
August 27, 2025

If you filled out your online application after July 24, 2024, and were not contacted by us for our most recent orientation (July 24th), please note that we will keep your volunteer application on file and we will reach out in early March regarding our March orientation session.

Likewise, if you haven’t filled out your application yet, please do, and you will be contacted for our next recruitment period.

Fill Out a Volunteer Application Form

Some of our Volunteer Opportunities Include:

Reception

Assist our Crisis Intervention Counsellors by providing in-shelter reception assistance. This support is needed at both our North and South locations during the day, evenings and on weekends. Volunteers typically commit to a regular, weekly 2-3 hour shift. Tasks include: answering phones, greeting the public, receiving donations, screening visitors etc.

Children and Youth

By assisting the Child and Youth Counsellors, you can help make the days a little brighter for the young people staying in our shelters. Volunteers assist with children’s programming and help with other tasks such as organizing children’s supplies. Some volunteers also provide homework support throughout the school year. Volunteers may commit to a weekly, bi-weekly or monthly schedule.

Donations

We are very fortunate that we receive many donations throughout the year from our generous Halton community. Donations tasks include sorting donations, organizing donation spaces, checking food items for expiry dates etc. Other housekeeping needs include helping to tidy or clean shelter spaces. Volunteers may commit to a flexible schedule.

Event Planning Committees

Help make our fundraising and awareness events a success, consider joining one of the fundraising event committees for either our annual gala, annual golf tournament or Hope in Every Step events.

The gala committee meets at least monthly from September-February with the event being held the last Saturday in February.
The golf committee meets bi-weekly from March until June, with the event being held at the end of June on a weekday.
The Hope in Every Step committee meets bi-weekly from July-September with three separate walks held in Milton, Burlington and Oakville, in September.

All committee members help with selling tickets, soliciting sponsorships/donations and publicizing the event.

Special Events

Assist us in various ways at events held for Halton Women’s Place throughout Halton Region. These events range from formal galas to community fairs. Tasks at each event vary from selling raffle tickets, monitoring auction tables, collecting donations etc.

Administrative Support

Help our Events and Donation teams with administrative and pre-event preparation tasks! Throughout the year as well as leading up to our signature fundraising events, Administrative volunteers will assist at the Burlington shelter with preparing supplies for events, such as wrapping Silent Auction items.

Holiday Giving

The holiday season is the busiest time at Halton Women’s Place! We require a lot of volunteer support during the month of December with sorting donations and processing holiday hampers for women and their children.

Special Skills

If you have a special skill that you think our clients could benefit from please let us know. In the past we have had volunteers provide yoga sessions, quilting nights, cake decorating instruction, to name a few. We are always open to new ideas for programming!