BCRJP Volunteers

BCJRP needs you to partner with us as facilitators, community members, workshop instructors,events coordinators, mentors, youth volunteers
Volunteers

 

Volunteer comes from the Latin word voluntarius

Why does BCRJP rely on volunteers?  As a non-profit, we need more people to provide enough hour-power for us to get all our work done. The quantity of our caseloads makes this necessary. BCRJP trains volunteers to extend the same quality of work that our staff cannot do alone.

HOUR-POWER

But there’s a deeper reason for why we rely volunteers. Mobilizing volunteerism is part of BCRJP’s overall mission. Our goal is “to build safe, healthy communities that embrace restorative practices,” and that means that our volunteers are part of this activity. They are, in effect, living out what we want all community members to live out. In this way, our justice and resolution work is “of the community, by the community, and for the community.”

Voluntus means will, desire, purpose

One of the greatest strengths is BCRJP’s partnership model that joins government and community resources.  This partnership is strong because government agencies and community programs each have their distinctive strengths while having distinctive limits.  The government is good at establishing order, but the community is good at establishing peace between people.

This is where volunteerism can enter in. Community members, at appropriate levels, can assist as peacemakers in resolution processes for crime and conflicts, promoting community health and growth while government agencies promote community safety and order.

Volo is Latin for "I will"If you have a desire to join our work

and serve the people we serve,

we will find a place for you

that fits with your skills and interests.

 

 

Are you an Entrepreneurial Volunteer? Do you have a creative mind to envision new programming to serve unmet needs? If so, we want you to bring your passions and visions into our work (like steam for a steam-driven train engine), and we will provide the tracks. Example areas:
  • Repairing blenders or light-fixtures for re-sale with youth offenders, giving them new skills and self-confidence. That’s real RE-pairing.
  • Finding a way to serve victims of property crimes where the offender was never caught. Shouldn’t the community be there for these victims in their time of need?
  • Providing services to parents with newborns, giving them supports for healthy child-rearing and discipline. This is the best foundation for a healthy community.

To put it simply, BCRJP staff does not have time to do this kind of service work. That’s why we need you to help us lead the way into new ventures.

An Entrepreneur is someone who initiates an ‘enterprise’ and assumes the risks that go with it.