Becoming a LGFB Volunteer 

You’ve submitted a volunteer application. What comes next?

One of our Program team members will review your application to see if your skills, preferred workshop delivery type (In-person or online) and preferred location(s) match our current needs. 

If your skills and interests align with our current needs, a team member will be in touch to schedule a phone conversation. During this call, we’ll discuss your background in more detail and share information about the specific volunteer roles we’re looking to fill.

What’s Involved in Volunteer Training?

You don’t need to be an expert in cancer care—just bring your passion for helping others! LGFB provides comprehensive, role-specific training with our experienced program staff and an online platform. Each volunteer role has dedicated training modules, featuring audio clips, expert tips, and step-by-step video tutorials to help you feel confident in delivering support.

Training Includes:

• Introduction to LGFB – Learn about our mission, guiding principles, and the impact of our workshops.
• Understanding Cancer – Gain insight into the treatment process and its physical and emotional effects.
• Diversity, Inclusion & Compassionate Care – Learn how to support participants with empathy and respect, honouring all backgrounds and experiences.
• Workshop Standards & Volunteer Best Practices – Understand your role, responsibilities, and how to create a welcoming, supportive environment.
• Role-Specific Modules – Whether you’re leading a skincare workshop, demonstrating wigs and hair alternatives, or moderating online sessions, you’ll receive detailed training tailored to your position.

What role is right for me?

Each LGFB volunteer role requires specific skills and experience to ensure our workshop participants receive the best possible support. Whether you have expertise in skincare, makeup application, a specialty in breast forms or medical grade wigs, or communications, events and community outreach, there’s a role for you!

What else do I need to know?

Our training is highly detailed, ensuring you feel fully prepared before your first workshop. Plus, ongoing mentorship and a supportive volunteer community will be there to guide you along the way!

A minimum one-year commitment of monthly workshops is encouraged for most roles.

If you’ve completed cancer treatment and are interested in volunteering with us, we kindly ask that you wait until at least one year has passed since your treatment ended. We’ve found that spending time with others who are currently going through their cancer journey can sometimes feel emotionally intense for those who are still in the early stages of recovery. Taking time to heal and regain strength is so important, and we’d love to welcome you when you’re ready.

Where we need you most

Skincare & Makeup workshop volunteers

Are you a make-up artist (MUA), cosmetic consultant, cosmetologist, esthetician or spa skin specialist? Do you have experience with the cosmetics industry, direct make-up sales, beauty counters, dermatology clinics or other relevant experience?

LGFB needs volunteers for our Skincare & Make-up workshops. Both in-person and online volunteers are needed. Please apply by using the Volunteer Application Form. 

Online Moderator Volunteers

Don’t have a background in cosmetics or skincare? LGFB also needs moderators for all our online workshop topics. We’ll teach everything you need to know about the topic. You just need to be comfortable greeting workshop participants, familiar with zoom and be able to commit to a specific time each month. Please apply using the Volunteer Application Form. 

High Priority Areas 2025

Please see the information below to learn more about each location.

Look Good Feel Better Around the Globe

What We Do

Look Good Feel Better provides psychosocial supports to Canadians before, during, and after cancer treatment.

We do this by providing important practical information and emotional support through our free workshops, accompanied by a multitude of resources we provide on our website, print materials, social channels, and podcast.  Most importantly, our programming builds a supportive community.

Confident and Informed

Instinctively, we all know the benefits that come from feeling confident and well-informed. It helps us feel our best. We feel more capable, we make more social connections, our spirits are lifted. For those facing cancer, these benefits are even more crucial. 

Research shows that accessible mental wellness support reduces depression and distress in people with long-term conditions like cancer.

Look Good Feel Better programming provides proven health benefits to those facing all cancers by providing practical information, social connections to people facing similar circumstances, increasing confidence and contributing to overall well-being.

In fact, an international study showed that attending a single group workshop – such as Look Good Feel Better – resulted in patients reporting a reduction in depression and anxiety, higher self-esteem and higher quality of life.(1)  

A second recent study found most cancer survivors in Canada face ongoing and unmet needs related to psychological (90%), physical (80%), and practical (50%) challenges (2) and that more support is needed to address the psychosocial cost burden faced by patients and their families.(3)

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1. Richard A. et al. Recover your smile: Effects of a beauty care intervention on depressive symptoms, quality of life, and self esteem in patients with early breast cancer. Psycho-Oncology 2018:1-7.
2. Fitch M, Zomer S, Lockwood G, et al. Experiences of adult cancer survivors in transitions. Support Care Cancer. 2019;1;27(8):2977-2986.
3. The psychosocial cost burden of cancer: A systematic literature review Beverley M. Essue1,2 | Nicolas Iragorri1 | Natalie Fitzgerald1 | Claire de Oliveira August 2020.

Other Workshops

Our Post-Treatment Nutrition workshop (led by nutritionists specializing in cancer care) helps participants regain their strength, energy, and overall health. Our Advanced Skincare, Nail Care and Areola Tattooing programs also help manage the physical effects of treatment and restore self-confidence, which is equally important.

We also partner with like-minded organizations to offer workshops that address other key sources of anxiety throughout their medical journey. Topics such as Talking to Kids about Cancer, Returning to Work and Cancer Fatigue are offered online periodically throughout the year. Check our Workshops page to learn what topics are currently on our calendar.

Equal access to Expert Cancer Advice

Cancer treatments have evolved, and new forms of chemotherapy and immunotherapy have caused different and adverse side effects to emerge. We’ve worked with leading Canadian onco-dermatologists to ensure that our community can access the latest supportive information to help reduce and relieve the side effects they experience AND the emotional distress that may accompany not being able to access oncology specialists quickly and easily. 

What Would I Do as an LGFB Volunteer?

There are many ways to get involved, both in-person and online. Choose a role that suits your skills and availability:

“I remember how crucial it was for me to be around positive people when hope was so low. Now, as a volunteer, I have a chance to offer a positive energy, attitude, and knowledge about how to empower yourself with makeup and hair; for a woman facing cancer it is so helpful and truly mind-strengthening.”

Agnes, Cancer Survivor & LGFB Volunteer