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Volunteer with Us

Volunteers play an important role in our Neighbourhood house enabling us to offer more extensive and better-quality programs and services to our community.

Volunteering helps you connect with the community, make a positive impact, build new skills, and expand your network. We are proud and honoured to have over 200 volunteers working with us, and we are inviting you to be a part of this wonderful network.

Benefits of volunteering:

  • Increase your work experience or learn a new skill
  • Meet your neighbours.
  • Understand your community.
  • Learn about different cultures.
 

Interested in volunteering with us? Please fill out this application and we will contact you as soon as a suitable opportunity becomes available.

Join Us

Little Mountain Neighbourhood House welcomes volunteers from all backgrounds and ages.

All volunteers are required to:

  • Review and agree with the LMNHS volunteer guidelines. All volunteers review these guidelines with the volunteer coordinator/program coordinator on their first day of volunteering or at the orientation and volunteers will be required to sign the document agreeing to comply with the guidelines.
  • Submit a valid BC criminal records clearance if you are working with vulnerable populations or children. We will guide you through the criminal record check process.
  • Attend an orientation meeting with the volunteer coordinator.
  1. Submit your volunteer application by filling out this Microsoft Form: Click Me
  2. Our Volunteer Experience team will review your application to understand your interests and will contact you when a suitable opportunity becomes available in our community.
  3. The time it takes to process your application will depend on your interests. If you’re eager to start right away, please check out our available volunteer opportunities at the bottom of this page.

Any Questions?

Contact: Isuru Premathilaka (He/Him), Volunteer and Events Coordinator
Phone: (604) 879-7104 ext. 107
Email: volunteer@lmnhs.bc.ca

Current Openings

We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate volunteer to help us with our beginner level LINC (Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada) class.

Your responsibilities include:

  • To assist an EAL (ESL) instructor in a beginner level class.
  • Volunteer would mostly be sitting with the students assisting them in various ways such as literacy work (printing, sounding out words, etc.).
  • Participate in conversations/speaking activities in class.
  • Translation when necessary.
  • Other duties as requested by the instructor.

 

Qualifications/Skills:

  • Trauma-informed
  • Strength-based approach
  • Experience working with newcomers/vulnerable populations
  • Fluent in English with French-language an asset
  • Experience in a classroom environment
  • Intercultural competency/REDI or similar training and experience (LMNHS can provide training on this).

 

Date of Volunteering: January 6th to March 13, 2025

Time of Volunteering: 

  • Monday 1 PM – 3 PM
  • Tuesdays – Thursdays 1 PM – 4 PM

*Or whichever days volunteer is available

Location of Volunteering: Bethel International Church, 739 E. 33rd Ave.

If you are interested in volunteering, please sign up by filling out this form.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and outgoing volunteer to help us with our fundraising efforts at the Riley Park Farmers Market. Your responsibilities include;

  • 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM: Set up the canopy, tables, easels, program posters, and donation bins. Engage with market shoppers and ask for donations to LMNHS, and chat with farmers and vendors.
  • 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM: Continue asking shoppers for donations, interact with farmers and vendors, and answer questions about LMNHS programs. At the end of the market, use carts to collect produce and donations from vendors. Take down the booth and return all equipment to the fieldhouse and shed.

Date of Volunteering: 1st Saturday of each month

Time of Volunteering: 9:30 am to 2:30 pm

Location of Volunteering: Riley Park Community Garden 50 E 30th Ave, Vancouver, BC V5V 2T9

If you are interested in volunteering please sign up by filling out this form.

We are currently seeking volunteers to help organize and manage events at Little Mountain Neighbourhood House. As a community organization, we frequently hold events and are looking to engage volunteers who enjoy working with us to enhance these experiences for our participants.
 

As an Event Support Volunteer, your responsibilities will include:

  • Assisting with the setup of the venue before the event starts
  • Helping with participant check-in
  • Facilitating activities and engaging with the audience
  • Monitoring stations and replenishing supplies as needed (food, drinks, stationery, etc.)
  • Providing audio-visual and tech support
  • Cleaning up the area during and after the event

 

Date of Volunteering: Based on availability

Location of Volunteering: Varies

If you are interested in volunteering, please sign up by filling out this form.