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Youth

We will help you find a place to volunteer with our organization or hundreds of organizations across the GTA.

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Educators

We have worked with educators across various school boards. Book us to facilitate a workshop to teach the importance of volunteering and soft skills development. We have worked with teachers across civics, social sciences, careers,religion and more.

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Parents

We can help your child build leadership skills while preparing them for their future careers and building strong resumes for scholarships and more.

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Organizations

Looking for young engaged volunteers? We help youth find amazing organizations like yours to volunteer with.

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Our Mission

Helping Hands is first and foremost about community. We are a community that believes in the power of volunteering to enrich our lives and the world around us. We are a service that brings youth and good causes together. We believe that our success can be seen in the relationships formed between nonprofits and volunteers. Our aim is to build a service that will overcome the barriers that keep volunteers and nonprofits from finding each other, working together, and developing strong relationships.We believe in the power of students. The belief that they have the power to give back and deserve opportunities to build their skills.

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Empower Youth. Change the World.

Helping Hands is a platform that allows youth to find meaningful volunteer/leadership opportunities and more while showcasing their experience.

  • Volunteer Matching

    Easily search for volunteer opportunities that match your interests and skills

  • Community Feedback

    Organizations provide feedback to youth helping them develop skills for their future careers

  • Experience Tracking

    As youth gain experience, we help them keep reflect of the impact they've made

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We are currently in the final stage of launching our beta app, would you like to participate in it? Leave your email below to Sign Up

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We Are More Than Just An App!

Recognizing the barriers for youth participation in the community, we started a youth civic engagement grassroots organization.

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Workshops
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Volunteer Fairs
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Mentors
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Representation on Councils
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Workshops

Through our workshops, we teach youth how to develop key soft skills and help market those skills so that they lead towards employment in an area of interest and skill. Rather than cookie-clutter presentations, we adapt our workshops to focus on interactive and facilitative learning, giving youth the opportunity to gain experience through hands-on education. We host workshops for multiple topics, interests and events that best suit the youth and educate, teach and empower them to engage with organizations/councils they’re interested in and develop the skills they’d like to.

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Volunteer Fairs

We host multiple Community Volunteer Fairs for the Peel-Halton region. Many youth come to our volunteer fairs to discover various community organizations, influential youth councils, hear from speakers - including youth - on various topics, and network with like-minded professionals and youth. Most importantly, youth are able to interact with Helping Hands associates, who help guide their civil engagement endeavours, aid them in exploring their interests and nurturing skills they’re passionate about.

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Mentors

Through one-on-one as well as group interactions, our youth, peer leaders help young students get engaged with their communities. They do this by understanding the youth’s interests, their skills and their passions. From there, the mentors are able to help youth get an understanding of the different pathways they should take to achieve their goals.

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Councils

We believe that true and lasting change is brought on when communities are empowered. As such, we help youth find, apply and join youth councils that appeal to their interests and skill sets. This not only helps youth attain vital experiences, but also gives them an opportunity to serve other youth and unprivileged communities.

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Sharing Stories

To help put perspectives in place, we share the success stories of successful volunteerism enthusiasts. This helps explain the importance of volunteering and the key skills it brings to young people.

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Entrepreneur

Our entrepreneurship program focuses on creating self-starting youth who form new school clubs, community organizations or companies in response to problems faced by their communities. In doing so, we support these youth with our guidance, help them secure financial support and assist them in leading their own projects.

EXPLORE
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We Are More Than Just An App!

Recognizing the barriers for youth participation in the community, we started a youth civic engagement grassroots organization.

Info Icon
Workshop Icon

Workshops
Info Icon
Volunteer Fair Icon

Volunteer Fairs
Info Icon
Mentor Icon

Mentors
Info Icon
Council Icon

Representation on Councils
Info Icon
Sharing Stories Icon

Sharing Stories
Info Icon
Entrepeneur Icon

Entrepreneur
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Workshops

Through our workshops, we teach youth how to develop key soft skills and help market those skills so that they lead towards employment in an area of interest and skill. Rather than cookie-clutter presentations, we adapt our workshops to focus on interactive and facilitative learning, giving youth the opportunity to gain experience through hands-on education. We host workshops for multiple topics, interests and events that best suit the youth and educate, teach and empower them to engage with organizations/councils they’re interested in and develop the skills they’d like to.

EXPLORE
Workshop meeting with students
Workshop meeting with students
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Volunteer Fairs

We host multiple Community Volunteer Fairs for the Peel-Halton region. Many youth come to our volunteer fairs to discover various community organizations, influential youth councils, hear from speakers - including youth - on various topics, and network with like-minded professionals and youth. Most importantly, youth are able to interact with Helping Hands associates, who help guide their civil engagement endeavours, aid them in exploring their interests and nurturing skills they’re passionate about.

EXPLORE
Volunteer Fair Booth with Students
Volunteer Fair Booth with Students
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Mentors

Through one-on-one as well as group interactions, our youth, peer leaders help young students get engaged with their communities. They do this by understanding the youth’s interests, their skills and their passions. From there, the mentors are able to help youth get an understanding of the different pathways they should take to achieve their goals.

EXPLORE
Mentorship Meetings with Students
Mentorship Meetings with Students
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Councils

We believe that true and lasting change is brought on when communities are empowered. As such, we help youth find, apply and join youth councils that appeal to their interests and skill sets. This not only helps youth attain vital experiences, but also gives them an opportunity to serve other youth and unprivileged communities.

EXPLORE
Council Meetings with Students
Council Meetings with Students
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Sharing Stories

To help put perspectives in place, we share the success stories of successful volunteerism enthusiasts. This helps explain the importance of volunteering and the key skills it brings to young people.

EXPLORE
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Entrepreneur

Our entrepreneurship program focuses on creating self-starting youth who form new school clubs, community organizations or companies in response to problems faced by their communities. In doing so, we support these youth with our guidance, help them secure financial support and assist them in leading their own projects.

EXPLORE
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