Family Volunteer Opportunities in London

🎃 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! 🎃Halloween in the Village, in Wortley Village is coming up on Saturday, October 24, and Project IMPACK, is hosting a FREE Community Pumpkin Carving Event at 171 Wortley Rd, London.We’ll have approximately 50 pumpkins for families to carve, and we need volunteers to help make the event happen!🎃 10 AM–1 PM | Pumpkin Prep & Set-UpHelp scoop and empty pumpkins and get the carving stations ready.🎃 1 PM–4 PM | Event & Clean-UpHelp register participants, keep carving stations tidy, assist families, move completed pumpkins to The Green for judging, and help with clean-up.The public carving event runs 1–3 PM, or until we run out of pumpkins!Whether you can help for the full shift or just part of it, we’d love to have you.📩 Interested? Send us a message to volunteer!High school students looking for community involvement hours are welcome. Hours completed can be verified by Project IMPACK.

Volunteer OpportunitiesSpecial Olympics Ontario/London is dedicated to enriching the lives of Londoners with an intellectual disability through sport. We support 18 different sports with over 400 athletes.Volunteer Opportunity: Assistant Coaches for 5 Pin Competitive BowlingTime Commitment: 2 hours/week Wednesdays - 8:15pm-10:30pm ASAP- April 21, 2027Location: Fleetway 40, 720 Proudfoot LaneFleetwayThe role: Assistant coaches would guide athletes through various activities throughout practice. As this is a Competitive league you would provide advice to the Athletes. Additionally, you may need to remind them when it is their turn to play but most importantly make sure everyone is having a good time.For more information contact our Volunteer Coordinator atlondon.volunteerco@specialolympicsontario.ca

AsSalaamuAlaikum! 💜I wanted to personally reach out to you all and see if you can join us for the Human Appeal Comedy Tour in London on Friday, October 9th! 🎤🎟️We’re getting ready for our first show of the tour, and we really need volunteers in London to step up and help make it a success, inshaAllah! 🔥You can sign up for whichever shift works for you:🕑 2:00–6:00 PM🕔 5:00–10:00 PM💜 Full DayWe’ll need support with outreach, guest support, ticket sales, and making sure the event runs smoothly.If you can make it, please sign up here 👇https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/JqXPHZAeNAWould love to have you with us, inshaAllah! 💜Let’s show what London can do! 🔥

We are committed to providing volunteer opportunities that help drive positive social change, offer the opportunity for personal growth, and develop professional skills. Our volunteer team is the foundation that lets our Peer Support program offer fun events and activities for persons with disabilities. These events take place all over London, and they include everything from kayaking, to art workshops, to museum trips, and more.We offer a safe, supportive environment that can meet the needs of a broad range of people. We are happy to work with experienced volunteers, and we are very happy to train new volunteers. One of the core commitments we can make to you, as a volunteer, is that we will pay close attention to your time with us, from onboarding, to placement, to your eventual exit. We will make every effort to craft your volunteer role to meet your needs as an individual.Consider a commitment with us if you are:Returning to the workforce after an absenceA student hoping to compliment a class, or meet provincial graduation requirementsTrying to develop advanced customer service skills focused on event management and activity facilitationSearching for a friendly, professional environment to practice your social skillsVolunteers can expect a number of specific benefits from placement with our organization:Advanced customer service training. Many of our participants have diverse needs surrounding mobility, sensory processing, and communication. We will work with you to help you understand specific tools that will help you to meet such needs in an effective, thoughtful way.Professional presentation and time management. Our volunteer roles are public facing roles, just as much as they focus on delivering services to our participants. We will help you to understand the best way to showcase your strengths while working with the public as a professional. We will also take time to show you ways to develop your time management skills, including prioritization under pressure and task delegation.A strong professional reference that speaks to what you have done in specific terms. If you leave the volunteer program in good standing, we want to make sure that you have something concrete to show for it. A written letter of reference from a registered non-profit that has a track record of doing good for the public can be the difference between a job offer, and a job application that was ignored. We care about our volunteers, even after their time with us is done.