Board Member
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| Organization Name: | West Central Women's Resource Centre |
| Address: | 640 Ellice Avenue Winnipeg MB R3G 0A7 |
| Website: | https://wcwrc.ca/ |
| Organizational Description: | The West Central Women's Resource Centre exists to empower women to help themselves, their families, and their community to safer, healthier lifestyles. Our home is the diverse West Central neighbourhood of Winnipeg. Our shared vision is for a healthy, sustainable, equitable, just, and peaceful community where women's knowledge and experience is valued and respected. Our vision includes women having hope and strength while living out equal social, economic, and political rights. |
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| Volunteer Opportunity Details | |
| Volunteer Opportunity ID: | 5840 |
| Description of Duties: | The West Central Women's Resource Centre (WCWRC) is currently looking to fill three board positions. This is an excellent opportunity to support a vibrant, vital organization in Winnipeg's West End. About WCWRC The WCWRC empowers women, families, and the community to move from where they are to where they want to be. The centre provides a wide range of programming and services, including food security, housing, skill building, violence recovery and healing. The centre serves a diverse community, including participants who are Indigenous, refugees, immigrants, members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community, and those living with disabilities. Our programming is trauma-informed, rooted in harm reduction and centres the experiences of women working towards their own empowerment. For more information about the centre, please visit https://wcwrc.ca. About the board positions We currently have a strong, engaged board with a range of experience and perspectives. We want to continue to grow as the centre continues to grow. The following positions are open:
We are seeking women-identified and non-binary individuals who understand and respect what the centre does in the community and value our ways of working. We are working to ensure that our board reflects the community we serve, and we would welcome applications from women who identify as Indigenous, Black, people of colour, refugees or as a member of the 2SLGBTQ+ community. We also value lived experience and welcome applications from those who have first-hand knowledge of our community's challenges. |
| Skills Required: | Experience working in the community or on a board is an advantage, but it is not required. We strive to remove barriers to participation. This includes support for transportation, childcare, accessibility (including internet connection, for example, for online/hybrid meetings) or other needs. |
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| Age: | 18-30, 31-54, 55+ |
| Time Commitment: | Evening , Remote Volunteering Board members are expected to participate regularly in eight board meetings annually and sit on at least one board committee. There may also be work required occasionally between board meetings. The total time commitment averages between 5-10 hours per month. |
| Location of volunteer opportunity: | Winnipeg - Assiniboine South - Downtown - Elmwood - Fort Garry - Inkster - Point Douglas - River East - River Heights - Seven Oaks - St. Boniface - St. James-Assiniboia - St. Vital |
| Does opportunity require a criminal record check? | No |
| Does opportunity require a child abuse registry check? | No |
| Opportunity is available to candidates that: | Are able to attend with a support person Require childcare Uses a mobility device |
| Organization will provide: | Bus tickets Training/Orientation |
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| Closing Date: | Jun 30, 2025 |
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