Volunteer Success is a registered Canadian charity committed to improving community volunteerism. Our digital platform connects volunteers to meaningful opportunities offered by a wide range of organizations from different sectors.
We believe that anyone can make a difference, no matter how old they are or what kind of experience they have. That's why we created a website for volunteers of all ages and areas of expertise to easily find meaningful volunteer opportunities and for organizations to effectively recruit volunteers.
If you're interested in joining us to make a difference, we're always looking for eager new volunteers and organizations. Join today to start your journey with Volunteer Success.
Volunteer Success is a registered Canadian charity with the objective of increasing volunteerism.
We want to facilitate volunteer opportunities by providing a user-friendly website with powerful online tools so users can easily discover meaningful volunteer experiences.
Our goal is to create a worldwide community of volunteers and organizations based on collaboration and communication.
We also aim to inspire and inform volunteers as well as help organizations increase volunteerism by providing resources on volunteer management and engagement through our Resource and Learning Centre.
At Volunteer Success, we leverage technology and community to empower volunteers and organizations in need. We connect volunteers to meaningful opportunities and allow organizations to find qualified volunteers.
Why join if you're an organization?
Volunteer Success can help you recruit volunteers by allowing you to post volunteer opportunities, browse profiles, manage applications and communicate with volunteers through our free online platform.
Why join if you're a volunteer?
We can help you find your next volunteer opportunity. Browse volunteer opportunities and organization profiles, communicate with organizations, share your profile to receive potential opportunities from the organizations themselves and manage your applications directly from your profile.
Volunteers can search for volunteer opportunities without joining Volunteer Success. However, volunteers must join if they'd like to apply to a volunteer opportunity or create a volunteer profile.
Organizations are required to join the Volunteer Success website in order to create an organization profile, post a volunteer opportunity, browse volunteer profiles and message volunteers they're interested in.
There is no cost to join Volunteer Success either as an organization or a volunteer and all of our services are free.
We welcome any Canadian organizations that offer volunteer opportunities to join Volunteer Success. These may include, but are not limited to:
Unfortunately the following may not register on Volunteer Success: for-profit organizations, social enterprises, individuals looking for support, and political parties.
At this time, Volunteer Success is only available to organizations with locations in Canada.
We may open up to non-Canadian organizations in the future.
Volunteer Success reviews all Canadian organizations that are interested in joining Volunteer Success and performs due diligence to verify as best as we can that they are a legitimate organization.
Some organizations may require criminal background checks and professional references before accepting a volunteer. These screening requirements are managed through the specific organization that you connect with. Volunteer Success does not perform background checks or professional references on volunteers.
Content creators for the Resource and Learning Centre include nonprofit professionals, business leaders, CSR practitioners, academics, HR professionals, fundraisers, social media leaders, volunteers who have a message for nonprofits, or anyone with something to say about volunteer recruitment, engagement, and/or management, or have advice for those that work and volunteer in the field.
Email rlc@volunteersuccess.com or visit Be a Content Contributor.
To join Volunteer Success as a volunteer, click "Join" at the top-right corner of any page of the website.
You'll be asked to provide some information about yourself to get access to our full suite of tools.
This won't take long.
Once you're registered, you can personalize your profile at your convenience.
We highly recommend you fill out your entire profile as it helps organizations find the best candidates that meet their search criteria.
To update, modify and manage your volunteer profile, sign in to your Volunteer Success account, navigate to your Volunteer Dashboard and click on the "My Profile". Update any of the tabs (Personal Information, My Locations, About Me, etc.) and click save at the bottom of each page. For more information, check out this how-to article.
Find your next volunteer opportunity by searching keywords, organizations, locations and causes directly from the Volunteer Success opportunity search page. You can further refine your search using the filters at the top of the page. Use the distance filter to find opportunities close to you.
To apply for opportunities that interest you, make sure you are logged into your Volunteer Success account and click on I'm Interested in the Opportunity. You will also have an opportunity to send a personal greeting to the organization. Make sure your volunteer profile is complete so that organizations can learn more about you to make sure you are the right person for their opportunity.
Yes you can! To stay up to date on new opportunities by specific organizations, you must be logged into your volunteer account. Click on Search for Organizations Under Volunteer on the main navigation menu. Find the organization that you are interested in and click on Follow in the upper right hand corner. To find your list of Followed Organizations, click on Organizations in your dashboard. You will then receive an email whenever that organization posts a new opportunity or updates an older one. If you are no longer interested in following that organization, simply click the Unfollow button.
If an organization is interested in your profile for an opportunity you've applied to by clicking on I'm Interested in the opportunity, they will contact you directly using the contact information you've provided in your Volunteer Success profile page, so be sure to check your email. You will also be able to see what your status is by clicking on Interested Opportunities under Opportunities in your dashboard. Organizations can change your status from Candidate to Selected, Future Prospect or No Fit.
Volunteer Success is a third-party networking website and is not responsible for the volunteer onboarding process. For further information, please contact the organization directly by filling out the contact form on the organization's profile page, or by using your own methods of communication (e.g. phone, email, social media, etc.).
To unsubscribe from all Volunteer Success emails that are not related to the organizations that you follow, click "Unsubscribe" at the bottom of any email we send you.
A volunteer group is a way to organize multiple people (e.g., classrooms, teams, families) who want to sign up for opportunities together. You can track members, roles, and participation from one central place.
Any registered volunteer can create and manage their own group from the dashboard by clicking "Groups" in the left menu, then "Add New Group."
Yes! Go to the Groups section in your dashboard, find your group, and click "Edit." Find your name and click the Remove button. If there are no names, then you just need to delete the entire group that you created previously.
Click "Add Member" when creating or editing a group. You'll be prompted to enter:
Yes. Everyone in the group can sign-up the group to any opportunity accepting groups.
Yes! Go to the Groups section in your dashboard, find your group, and click "Edit." You can update member details, roles, or group size.
Yes. Click "Delete" next to the group name to remove it and all associated data. This action will delete the entire group and cannot be undone.
You'll be able to track signups through the my Signups page like any other opportunity. You will see a button with the group name on it. Communications will go to organizers and any members with emails provided.
The Resource and Learning Centre allows anyone to discover the latest articles, blogs, upcoming events and links to external resources on volunteerism, volunteer management and engagement.
Our goal is to provide tools and resources to engage volunteers and help organizations increase capacity. The Resource and Learning Centre will also provide education and knowledge to resourcefully impact community needs.
Discover volunteer management best practices, keep up with emerging trends, and read research-based volunteer management approaches and articles designed to encourage volunteer participation and overall engagement.
The Resource and Learning Centre publishes information concerning best practices, case studies, how-tos and tips and tools, templates, checklists and reflections or perspectives on current events.
It will also have links to videos, podcasts, webinars, presentations, and research and reports.
We place a preference on unique content that has not and will not be published through other publications, but this is not a requirement as long as we know where else it is being published.
The Resource and Learning Centre is not a place for inflammatory, controversial or partisan content.
All Volunteer Success user information is encrypted and all users are authenticated. Volunteers are able to choose what information, if any, they share with organizations. Please see our Privacy Policy for more details.
Yes, both types of accounts can be hidden.
Volunteer profiles: You can choose whether your profile will be visible by organizations or not. To make your profile private, log into your account and click on Account Information in the left-hand menu in your dashboard. This will display the Private/Public toggle. If you make your setting private, you will still be able to search for opportunities, follow organizations, show interest in (apply to) opportunities and add them to your watchlist. Your profile and resume will only be visible to organizations that you have shown interest in.
Organizational profiles: To hide your organization and all opportunities, click on Account Information on your dashboard and toggle to Private. You can still publish opportunities in Private and create a URL that you can promote externally, but it will not be searchable on our site.
If you wish to delete your account, please email info@volunteersuccess.com.
If you'd like to ask us a question or send us feedback, please fill out the feedback form located on the Contact Us page or email us at info@volunteersuccess.com.
