Be Collective is changing! Later this month we will be updating our platform with class-leading new features which make it easy to manage scheduling and rostering of your volunteers.
To learn more, please click here.
We're pleased to announce the launch of our new Resource Centre!
This can be found at becollective.com/resources, and houses useful 'how-to' guides on getting started with Be Collective, whether you're a volunteer or volunteer manager. Soon, you'll be able to find video guides here too!
The Resource Centre sits alongside our Help Centre, which can be found at help.becollective.com and is the place to go for more detailed answers to any questions you have about Be Collective's suite of volunteer management tools.
As always, we're keen to hear from you on any additional resources you'd like to see. We're committed to providing you with the tools you need to make the most of Be Collective.
Great news! If you're a volunteer manager you can now search all member data fields within your group, including notes. This can be very useful in helping you identify suitable volunteers within your existing member list.
For instance, if your group provides lunch for your volunteers and you've entered dietary requirements in volunteers' notes, you can select open the Manage Volunteers tab of your group profile in Management mode, then open the Advanced Filter.
From here, you can select 'Notes' from the drop-down menu and enter, for instance, 'vegan' to return a list of all group members with 'vegan' in their notes.
If you'd like to look for any potential volunteers with an active Working with Children check, all you need to do is open the View drop-down menu (which reads 'View: Default') and select 'Working With Children/Vulnerable People Check'.
Say hello to heat maps (Be Collective Plus+ only)
If you're a Be Collective Plus+ user and you'd like a better idea of your volunteer activity, we have you covered with our new interactive maps! These can be found on the Reports tab of your Group management dashboard, and will give you a quick visual representation of the areas your opportunities and volunteers are situated.
If you have any feedback, we'd love to hear from you - please feel free to contact us at help@becollective.com.
Due to the current situation globally, here at Be Collective we are encouraging our volunteers, volunteer-involving organisations, volunteer resource centres, community groups, corporate and government partners to continue to support each other in these challenging times.
As a business, we are taking steps to ensure we are implementing social distancing where possible and would recommend all organisations and volunteers follow suit.
You may wish to take this opportunity to tweak your volunteering opportunity listings so that anything that can be done remotely, is done remotely. That means calls, video conferences, collaborating on shared documents or starting group chats in WhatsApp.
Remember, technology is your friend, use Be Collective to promote your cause, recruit volunteers, connect, and mobilise goodwill in your neighbourhood.
If you need support to adjust your volunteering opportunities or need some guidance on how you can start recruiting "virtual" or remote-based volunteers, reach out to us at hello@becollective.com or message us on Facebook.
Keep connecting with your community and keep up communication with your elderly or vulnerable neighbours.
Look after yourself and keep doing what you can, when you can.
From Team Be Collective
Welcome to our Announcements feed! This is where we'll tell you about improvements we make to Be Collective, as we make them.
Our 'languages spoken' drop down menus for both volunteers and volunteer managers have been updated for ease of use. Official languages – English for Australia and the UK, English and Māori for New Zealand – are now listed first to save you some scrolling.
Sign Language has also been added to these menus.
We've also made some general stability improvements to enhance your experience on Be Collective. If you have any feedback on these changes or anything else on our platform, please feel free to contact us at help@becollective.com. Enjoy!