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Volunteer Application

Thank you for your interest in sharing your talents with Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence (SPAN). We appreciate your time!
Read about our Core Values.
There are four main ways to volunteer at SPAN: Indirect Volunteering, Professional Volunteering, Group Volunteers, and Direct Service Volunteering.
1) Indirect Volunteering: at SPAN include supporting with fundraising, events, community outreach, organizing, fairs, festivals, and other special events in which SPAN is participating and/or hosting. The only requirement of and Indirect volunteer is to be over the age of 18, and go through an interview process with the Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator at SPAN.
2) Professional Volunteers: at SPAN can offer their expertise on a volunteer basis to SPAN clients and staff alike. They can provide yoga, massage, group therapy, legal clinics, etc. SPAN will assess whether the offered skill set is suitable on a case-by-case basis. Please reach out to sebf@safehousealliance.org to schedule a call.
3) Group Volunteers: Group activities vary based on our needs and may include organizing, painting, cleaning, gardening, event set up and more. We’re able to accommodate volunteer groups of up to 12 people. Kindly inform us of the number of people attending so we can make the necessary arrangements. Please contact Seb at sebf@safehousealliance.org, to see if there is availability for a volunteer group.
4) Direct service roles: At SPAN include interactions with SPAN clients who are survivors of domestic violence, intimate partner violence, family violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, or elder abuse. See all requirements for a direct service volunteer below.

Required for Volunteers

  • Complete a mandatory minimum 22-25 hour para-professional training.
  • Please fill out the volunteer interest form or volunteer application form below to see when the next training is scheduled.
  • Must be at least 18 years old.
  • Must NOT have been a client with us within the past 12 months.
  • Be able to volunteer with us for at least 6 months.
  • Must complete a mandatory background check.

Highly Preferred:

  • Be able to commit to at least one 3-4 hour shift per week (for direct service volunteers)
  • Multi-lingual and willing to provide services in other language(s)

For answers to questions not found within this application, please reach out to sebf@safehousealliance.org.

The estimated time to complete this application is 10 minutes.

Preferred Name(Required)
MM slash DD slash YYYY
Preferred method of contact
Address(Required)
Name & Relationship to You
Which role are you interested in?(Required)
Are you or have you been a client of SPAN?(Required)
Do you know other languages besides English (please list with proficiency level)? If yes, would you be willing to provide volunteer services in the other language(s)? Proficiency Levels
  • 0 - No proficiency. This means that knowledge of the language is nonexistent or limited to a few words.
  • 1 - Elementary proficiency. Demonstrating this level of fluency means you know how to structure basic sentences, which may include commons questions and answers typically used by tourists.
  • 2 - Limited working proficiency. Level two means you're able to have limited social conversations and understand basic commands.
  • 3 - Professional working proficiency. Level three means you understand the language well enough to contribute greatly in the workplace, though you may exhibit an obvious accent and need help with advanced terminology.
  • 4 - Full professional proficiency. Having level four skills on the ILR scale is what most employers want to see on a resume. It means that you can have conversations at an advanced level and have a firm understanding of the language, though you may have some misunderstandings or occasional mistakes.
  • 5 - Primary fluency / bilingual proficiency. Level five means you are entirely fluent in a language. You were raised speaking the language or have spoken it long enough to become proficient in it. Your accent is either nonexistent or barely recognizable.