Reach more volunteers with do-it.org.uk service
Charities can now tell up to 240,000 more people about their volunteering opportunities thanks to a new email service launched by the UKs leading volunteering website, do-it.org.uk.
The new alerting service, funded by the Volunteering Hub, will mean that many of the 240,000 volunteers already registered on do-it.org.uk, plus around 9,000 who sign up each month, will hear about new opportunities as soon as they are posted to the site.
Fiona Dawe, Chief Executive of YouthNet, the charity that runs do-it.org.uk, says: "Even the most enthusiastic people can lose interest in volunteering if they aren't involved quickly enough.
"The alerting service means prospective volunteers will hear immediately about new opportunities that are specifically of interest to them, matching more people with their perfect volunteering opportunity, and further supporting do-it.org.uk's aim of connecting people, communities and organisations."
do-it.org.uk is the UK's leading volunteering website, providing a searchable database of over a million opportunities to volunteer in charities and organisations across the UK.
Charities wanting to publicise their opportunities with the new alerting service can visit www.do-it.org.uk/partners, email partnerships@youthnet.org or call YouthNet's Partnerships Team on 0207 250 5700.
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For further media information please contact Sarah Wilson at YouthNet on 020 7250 5716 or out-of-hours on 07766 660 755. Email media@youthnet.org
Notes to Editors
- do-it.org.uk is volunteering made easy, providing a central place on the internet to find out about volunteering.
- do-it.org.uk is underpinned by the National Volunteering Database (NVD), which is supported by V-Base, volunteering management software. V-Base is now recognised as the industry standard
- For more information on YouthNet, the charity which runs do-it.org.uk, visit www.YouthNet.org
- YouthNet is an online charity – founded by broadcaster Martyn Lewis in 1995. It aims to create a socially inclusive environment where all young adults are engaged, informed and inspired to achieve their ambitions and dreams through its two websites, do-it.org.uk and TheSite.org