Volunteers report many benefits from their experience helping out with
The Royal including:
- Achieving a sense of personal satisfaction;
- Helping others and giving back to the community;
- Gaining work-related experience;
- Learning new skills and discovering new interests;
- Developing a deeper understanding of people;
- Keeping busy and making new friends;
- Receiving bus tickets or free parking coupons plus a complimentary beverage
each shift; - Having access to the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre’s clinical library;
- Having liability insurance coverage while on duty;
- Earning a letter of reference after 50 hours of volunteering; and
- Being granted automatic membership privileges in the Royal Ottawa
Volunteer Association.