Getting involved

Volunteering at an agency

Some 56,500 people play a key role in their community as volunteers in one of the 370 agencies supported by Centraide.

Volunteers are indispensable in all spheres of community action. The demand for volunteers is high and the community agencies are always looking for people who are ready to get involved and give the best of themselves to help those in need.

After pursuing a career in the field of international cooperation, Rosario Demers wanted to make a difference in his own neighbourhood. The challenge was daunting, because a great urban mix and the presence of sometimes diametrically opposed interests characterize the Faubourg Saint-Laurent—the downtown neighbourhood he loves and calls home.

Volunteer profiles

Richard Held,WIAIH: for people with an intellectual disability or autism

Rosario Demers, Table de concertation du Faubourg Saint-Laurent

Steven Roy, Santropol Roulant

Brother Bertrand Fortin,, Patro Le Prevost

Alexandra Vaillancourt, Centre d'action bénévole de Saint-Hubert

Christian Girard, Les Scouts du Montréal métropolitain

Robert Proulx, Centre d'action bénévole de Saint-Hubert

Catherine Shvets, PROMIS (PROMotion, Intégration, Société nouvelle)

Juliette Noël, Projet communautaire de Pierrefonds

Claude Caron, L'Antre-Temps Longueuil

France-Lyne Carbonneau, Line Lacaille, Micheline Lamoureux et Danielle Lavigne, En marge 12 - 17

Lucille Girard, La Maison des grands-parents de Villeray

Yves Déziel, Centre d'intégration à la vie active pour les personnes vivant avec un handicap physique

Colette Rondeau, Alternative-Centregens

Become a volunteer in a community agency

To get involved in your community, contact the agencies in your neighbourhood. You can find them by entering your postal code in the appropriate place in the online directory of Centraide supported agencies.

To support the community movement, Centraide provides funding to agencies with the mandate of promoting volunteering as well as recruiting, training and coordinating volunteers in their territory.