{"id":260,"date":"2026-10-06T11:45:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T11:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.actionfunder.org\/funders\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=260"},"modified":"2026-10-06T11:45:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T11:45:26","slug":"due-diligence-and-risk-for-volunteering","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/help.actionfunder.org\/funders\/help\/due-diligence-and-risk-for-volunteering\/","title":{"rendered":"Due diligence and risk for volunteering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before your employees volunteer, you can check that a non-profit host meets your requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Check public liability insurance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Non-profits can add their public liability insurance details to their profile.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can see these details on the non-profit&#8217;s volunteering opportunities and on their profile.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Look for non-profits funded on ActionFunder<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Non-profits marked <strong>Funded on ActionFunder<\/strong> have been funded through the platform before.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They&#8217;ve already passed ActionFunder&#8217;s due diligence checks for funding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Message the non-profit host<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click <strong>Message organiser<\/strong> on any volunteering opportunity to contact the non-profit directly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use this to ask for documents you need before volunteering goes ahead, such as a risk assessment or a copy of their insurance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Currently you can only message a non-profit from one of their volunteering opportunities, not from their profile.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Volunteers can also message organisers before signing up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Approving volunteers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Non-profits review and approve every volunteer request before it&#8217;s confirmed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some arrange a short introduction call first, especially for skilled volunteering.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">After volunteering<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Volunteers and the non-profit both complete an impact survey once volunteering is complete.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Volunteers can use the survey to report if something didn&#8217;t go well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related guides<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.actionfunder.org\/funders\/help\/create-a-volunteering-offer\/\">Create a volunteering offer<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.actionfunder.org\/funders\/help\/browse-offers-and-matching-opportunities\/\">Browse offers and matching opportunities<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before your employees volunteer, you can check that a non-profit host meets your requirements. Check public liability insurance Look for non-profits funded on ActionFunder Message the non-profit host Approving volunteers After volunteering Related guides<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[37],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-260","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-volunteering-admin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.actionfunder.org\/funders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.actionfunder.org\/funders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.actionfunder.org\/funders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.actionfunder.org\/funders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.actionfunder.org\/funders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/help.actionfunder.org\/funders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":264,"href":"https:\/\/help.actionfunder.org\/funders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/260\/revisions\/264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.actionfunder.org\/funders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.actionfunder.org\/funders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=260"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.actionfunder.org\/funders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}