Volunteer With Us!
Volunteers are what make our shared community possible. Since our launch in January 2021, there have been 50,000+ messages exchanged between our one-to-one volunteers and help-seekers across Canada. These numbers continue to grow, and we are consistently near or at capacity!
We are always looking to grow our team of volunteers to continue providing this service to individuals across Canada, and are specifically looking for volunteers in the following areas/roles:
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Volunteers (~10 hours / week)
What is the role?
Your role will include the following responsibilities:
Develop and implement strategies to increase the organization's search engine results ranking
Collaborate with the marketing team to manage the SEO strategy
Monitor performance for the implemented strategies
Develop and implement strategies to increase email domain reputation
Create content for the website to maximize search engine rankings
This role will require about 10 hours of work a week.
Next steps:
Please send us a brief note and your resume to hello@thecolourproject.ca if you’re interested!
Grant Writing Volunteers (~ 10 hours / week)
What is the role?
Your role will include the following responsibilities:
Research and identify grant opportunities and maintain a calendar for grant deadlines
Write grant proposals, apply for grants, monitor the process and document the process of grant renewal if applicable
Develop funding proposal content with the team
Actively look for alternate sources of funding
Proactively reach out to corporate and commercial organisations for funding
Keep the team members updated about the status of grants or funds from different sources.
This role will require about 10 hours of work a week.
Next steps:
Please send us a brief note and your resume to hello@thecolourproject.ca if you’re interested!
Mobile, Backend, and Full Stack Developers (~ 4-8 hours / week)
At its heart, The Colour Project is made up of two main technical components: the React Native app used by our peer volunteers, and a Rails API server. As we are a small organization, there are many other small technical ops that need to be creatively managed as well: third-party integrations (Twilio, Squarespace, Zapier), email, passwords, metrics/dashboards, and more.
As we are just coming out of the Beta period, our Rails server & Mobile application are still very much in MVP-form. As well, our internal processes for different kinds of technical work can be improved. As part of the tech team, there is a lot of opportunity for you to help make a huge difference for either our volunteer app experience, the Admin & API experience, or both (please see links below for 1-page role descriptions). We envision continuing to maintain a team of 3-5 long-term tech leads who can collaborate and work together with us to cover the areas needed to maintain and improve the The Colour Project. Hours/week are estimated and will depend on experience level.
Mobile Developer (React Native)
Backend Developer (Ruby on Rails & PostgreSQL)
Full Stack Developer (Ruby on Rails & React Native)
If you are interested, please email Ian and Amanda at hello@thecolourproject.ca with a copy of your resume and/or link to your LinkedIn profile - whatever you think may help give us an overall idea of your experience and/or highlights you would like to share! Thank you!
Peer Volunteers (one-to-one role)
Peer Volunteers will gain valuable skills in:
Active listening
Mental health knowledge
Boundary-setting
Identifying crisis situations
Self-care
We welcome both volunteers who have lived experiences and those who do not. Our goal is to create a diverse community that shares a desire to continually learn, understand and support.
Minimum commitment: 4 months (following a 1 month trial period after training).
Peer Volunteer responsibilities include:
Committing to a minimum of 4 months (following a 1 month trial period after training)
Attending the training session (about 2.5 hours over Zoom)
Corresponding with and supporting assigned help-seeker(s) one-to-one via The Colour Project app during set times of the day (about 0.5 - 1 hour, about 1-2 days / week)
Liaising with TCP leads and providing feedback
How to Get Started as a Peer Volunteer
Complete and submit the volunteer application below.
Feel free to reach out to us at hello@thecolourproject.ca for any questions.
Training for new peer support volunteers will occur every 3 months or so. We hope to see you at the next one!
*Please note: All peer volunteers will need to download the TCP iOS or Android app following training.