Our application forms for groups and opportunities have undergone a makeover! The new forms make applications quicker for volunteers, and setting up application forms easier for volunteer managers.

As part of this update, basic details provided by a volunteer as part of their Be Collective profile – such as name, age and contact details – will be included automatically on all application forms. This saves the volunteer time they'd have previously spent entering these details again, and ensures volunteer managers receive the information they need.

If you have any existing opportunities listed, we advise you to review your existing application forms to ensure fields haven't been duplicated.

For more information on how to customise your application forms, please see our Help Centre article here.

Following some feedback from our volunteer managers, we've made some improvements to the partnerships panel in group management mode.

Now, volunteer managers can see not only the groups they're partnered with; they can also see contact details for each partner group, the number of opportunities the group has and the number of opportunities they've endorsed for you.

You can also toggle on or off automatic opportunity endorsement for each partner from the partnerships panel, without visiting the profile for each partner group.

Please note, the public view of your partnerships in your group profile remains unchanged - the view above is shown only to group managers, in group management mode.

Great news for volunteers - testimonials from volunteer managers are now included on your social record. Now, anyone you share your social CV with can now see the glowing reviews you earn for your volunteering!

All you need to do is select the opportunities you'd like to include on your social record when you export it from the social record tab of your profile, and any testimonials attached to these opportunities will automatically be included.

'Work from anywhere' opportunities, including virtual & online opportunities which you can do from your computer at home, are now much easier to find on Be Collective!

All you need to do is click on 'Find an opportunity' in the menu, then check the 'Work from anywhere' box under the Location field before you search.

Improved invitation forms

For volunteer managers, we've expanded the forms we provide for entering new volunteers' details when you're invite them to join Be Collective. In addition to name and email address, you can now enter phone numbers, dates of birth, emergency contact details, notes and more.

We'd love to hear your feedback! Please feel free to contact us at help@becollective.com.

Some of our users have requested a 'country of birth' field as part of the application form builder, and we've delivered! This can be found on the 'commonly used fields' section of our form builder.

We'd love to hear from you if you have any feedback - please feel free to get in touch at help@becollective.com.