By Staff
March 17th, 2025
BURLINGTON, ON
The mandatory requirement for high-school students to complete 40-hours of volunteering was implemented about 20 years ago. Since then, questions have arisen about how this requirement affects youth. Originally intended to promote volunteering in youth, concerns have arisen on whether this requirement has turned volunteering into a transaction (i.e. volunteering to get the minimum 40-hour requirement).
Further, some organizations have moved away from recruiting youth volunteers or may have shifts that don’t work well for youth. Community Development Halton is interested in exploring what it takes to empower youth to volunteer, and how organizations can change their practices to encourage youth volunteering.
Community Development Halton (CDH) is offering a new year-long volunteer opportunity for youth in the City of Burlington! CDH is assembling a team of Youth Researcher Volunteers, currently residing in Burlington, to conduct research on volunteering in the City of Burlington. Youth will be trained to conduct research on the facilitators and barriers to volunteering faced by those 14 to 24 years of age.
Interested in learning more? Join the Youth Engagement Coordinator via ZOOM on March 13 at 7:00pm or March 20 at 7:00pm to learn more about this opportunity and the research project that recruited youth volunteers will conduct on the state of youth volunteering in Burlington.
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The target audience for this information session are youth residing in Burlington between the ages of 14 to 24, their families/guardians, as well as high school teachers and guidance counsellors, and nonprofit organizations focused on supporting youth in Burlington.
