Before your employees volunteer, you can check that a non-profit host meets your requirements.
Check public liability insurance
- Non-profits can add their public liability insurance details to their profile.
- You can see these details on the non-profit’s volunteering opportunities and on their profile.
- This is a new feature, so not every non-profit has added their insurance details yet. Message them to confirm, or to request to see evidence of their liability insurance.
Look for non-profits funded on ActionFunder
- Non-profits marked Funded on ActionFunder have been funded through the platform before.
- They’ve already passed ActionFunder’s due diligence checks for funding.
Message the non-profit host
- Click Message organiser on any volunteering opportunity to contact the non-profit directly.
- Use this to ask for documents you need before volunteering goes ahead, such as a risk assessment or a copy of their insurance.
- Currently you can only message a non-profit from one of their volunteering opportunities, not from their profile.
- Volunteers can also message organisers before signing up.
Approving volunteers
- Non-profits review and approve every volunteer request before it’s confirmed.
- Some arrange a short introduction call first, especially for skilled volunteering.
After volunteering
- Volunteers and the non-profit both complete an impact survey once volunteering is complete.
- Volunteers can use the survey to report if something didn’t go well.