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If you want to share your time and talents to help us in our mission to build a healthy and resilient community, we have a role for you!

Volunteer Opportunities

Warm Line Volunteer

Join our compassionate team as a volunteer for The Warm Line—a non-crisis, peer-led phone support service for individuals navigating emotional or mental health challenges.
Volunteers offer empathetic, judgment-free listening and understanding, drawing from their own lived experiences with mental health.
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Click here for more information about training and requirements.

Distress Line Volunteer

As a Distress Line Volunteer, you are the first and often the only contact a caller has when they need support, information, understanding or a listening ear. All volunteers receive 90 hours of intensive basic training in communication skills, knowledge of community resources, suicide awareness and prevention, crisis intervention, bereavement, and special calls.
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Click here for more information about training dates and requirements.

Fund Development and Special Events Ambassador

Put your passion for people and organizational skills to work and help us raise funds, friends and awareness through a variety of special events and third-party fundraisers (up to 6 events per year). If you have any questions, contact us at volunteer@cmha-edmonton.ab.ca.
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Administrative Services Ambassador

Looking for a more behind-the-scenes role? Many of our programs need volunteers who can fold brochures, stuff envelopes, enter data, organize storage rooms and more! Job specific training is provided for all administrative tasks. If you have any questions, contact volunteer@cmha-edmonton.ab.ca.
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How to Apply:

1. Complete the application form:

Distress Line Volunteer

Distress Line Application Form

All Other Volunteer Roles

Click here to complete the General Application Form on your computer or click here to print the form and complete it by hand.

2. Save your completed form and email it along with your resume to volunteer@cmha-edmonton.ab.ca. In the subject line, state the volunteer role for which you are applying, e.g. Distress Line Volunteer, Info Booth Ambassador, etc.

If you prefer to use regular mail, print and complete the application form and mail it along with your resume to:


Lead Volunteer Services
CMHA Edmonton
10232 – 106 St. NW Edmonton, AB T5J 1H7

Thank you for your interest in volunteering with CMHA Edmonton

CMHA values diversity and welcomes applications from Indigenous peoples, New Canadians, racialized individuals, people with disabilities, and members of 2SLGBTQ+ communities.