Why volunteer with this campaign?

Be the Change

Two hours on a Saturday knocking doors moves a ward further than any amount of advertising. We can show you the numbers.

Connect with Your Community

You will meet the people who run the food bank, the youth club and the allotment committee — and find out what they actually need.

Learn and Grow

Canvassing, data entry, phone banking, event stewarding, policy research. Every role has a written brief and a named person to ask.

Current volunteer opportunities

We are recruiting for four roles this quarter: canvassers for the Ashcroft registration drive, two casework volunteers for the Saturday surgeries, a data volunteer to keep the category counts current, and stewards for the autumn events. Each has a one-page brief you can read before deciding, and none of them require a standing commitment beyond the shift you sign up for.

Canvassers setting out from the Ashcroft community center

Where your time goes

Four areas the campaign's volunteer hours are spent on, and what each one is for.

  • Empowering Initiatives

    Ward surgeries, translation and childcare — the unglamorous costs that decide who can take part.

  • Building a Better Tomorrow

    Study rooms open until seven, and a walk-in clinic in the three neighborhoods that have none.

  • Tech for Good

    The public register of automated decisions, and the staff time to answer what people ask of it.

  • Regional Impact

    Shared procurement work with four neighboring districts, so a small county stops overpaying.

Become a volunteer

Two hours on a Saturday moves a ward further than any amount of advertising. Tell us how to reach you and a ward organizer will call within the week.

  • 100K+

    Active voters

  • 40K+

    Volunteers

  • 120+

    Days in campaign

  • 30K+

    Donors

Benefits of Volunteering

What you get out of it, stated plainly, because a campaign that only talks about what it needs is not being straight with you.

  • Community Impact

    Your shift is tied to a measurable outcome — doors knocked, forms completed, people registered — and reported back to you.

  • Skill Development

    Training in public speaking, casework, data handling and event logistics, all of it free and none of it tied to staying.

  • Networking

    A standing invitation to the monthly organizers' supper, where the district's community leads compare notes.