Habitat Hamilton is building strength, stability and self-reliance for families in our community. The work we do cannot happen without the support of the volunteers. All volunteers are required to complete volunteer onboarding and training for each volunteer opportunity.
The first step is to fill in a volunteer application that best fits with our volunteer needs. Please click on the box below that best describes you:
If you are looking for more details about our Current Volunteer Opportunities, please scroll down. 
If you have questions, please email volunteers@habitathamilton.ca or call us at 905-560-6707, ext 112
Join our ReStore team at either of our locations on Nash or Stone Church! Volunteer shifts are 4 hours, starting at 9am or 1pm. The ReStores are open Monday to Saturday. Our ReStore volunteers help us with customer service including loading and unloading items, organizing merchandise, tidying and cleaning and answering customer questions.
Volunteers must be at least 16 years old to join us as a ReStore volunteer.
Volunteers who are using these hours for community service or high school hours are required verify you are eligible to volunteer with Habitat Hamilton. Please email volunteers@habitathamilton.ca for more information.
Volunteers must complete a volunteer application and all required training prior to signing up for their first volunteer shift.
REQUIRED TRAINING:
Once you have completed your volunteer application, click on the Opportunities tab to find the training modules. Modules must be completed in order listed below.
Did you know that all products that we sell in our ReStores are donated items? Before we put them on the sales floor, our Fix-It Shop volunteers help us to ensure they are in good working order by testing, fixing, repairing and assembling items.
If you are handy and good with tools, this role might be for you! Volunteer shifts are 4 hours, starting at 9am or 1pm, from Monday to Friday.
Volunteers must complete a volunteer application and all required training prior to signing up for their first volunteer shift.
REQUIRED TRAINING: Online Orientation and ReStore Online Safety Training prior to coming in for their first shift, that has the ReStore Training Shift. Once you have completed your volunteer application, click on the Opportunities tab to find these training modules
Did you know most of the kitchens you see for sale in our ReStore have been removed from donors homes by our Salvage Team? Our Salvage Team members all have their own tools and transportation that they use for salvages.
If are looking for a hands-on experience, working with a great group of folks, this volunteer opportunity may be for you.
Please contact volunteers@habitathamilton.ca or call 905-560-6707 ext 112 for more details and the training requirements.
Volunteers must complete all required training prior to signing up for their first volunteer shift.
Habitat Hamilton has partnered with the City of Hamilton, and we are helping RePair and rehabilitate CityHousing units. These units are owned by CityHousing and once a unit is completed, CityHousing will provide affordable, rent-geared-to-income housing for a family in our community.
Habitat Hamilton invites volunteers over the age of 18, to join us onsite during the week to help complete the work, including flooring, wall repair, panting, trim work, etc. The location of the homes varies, please read the description for the location details.
Volunteers must complete a volunteer application and all required training prior to signing up for their first volunteer shift.
REQUIRED TRAINING: Step 1 New Volunteer Online Orientation and Step 2 Build Site Online Safety Training Volunteers must complete this training to be able to sign up for this opportunity. Once you have completed your volunteer application, click on the Opportunity tab > Opportunity List to find these training modules.
Vision
Our vision is a world where everyone has a safe and decent place to live.
What We Do
Habitat Hamilton's mission is to bring communities together to help families build strength, stability and self-reliance through shelter.
Land Acknowledgement
We recognize that our work takes place on the traditional Indigenous territories of the Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabe, Six Nations of the Grand River and the Mississaugas of the Credit, First Nation. This territory is part of the Dish with One Spoon Treaty, an agreement between the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and allied nations to peaceably share and care for the resources around the Great Lakes.
We wish to express gratitude to Mother Earth and for the resources we are using, and honour all the First Nation, Metis and Inuit people who have been living on the land since time immemorial.
