With the easy to use data management functionality and ability to advertise your opportunities on Do-it, V-Base can help your organisation to recruit and manage your volunteers.

There are many benefits to becoming a Do-it member by using V-Base, including:

• Reach more volunteers: Over 1.6 million searches are carried out on Do-it every month, by people new to Do-it and also by our existing 800,000 register volunteers. In our recent Volunteer Satisfaction survey, 29% of people who responded said that they were unlikely to volunteer without Do-it.
• Diversify your volunteer base: From our registered volunteers, over 70% are aged under 35 and 26% are from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic Background (BAME).
• Easily access and store information about your volunteers, opportunities and organisations: Read on to find out about the V-Base functionality which will make every day tasks so much easier.

How can V-Base help my organisation?

V-Base makes it easy to manage information about:

• Current and potential volunteers; 
• Volunteering opportunities; 
• Organisations you work with.
  

Key functionality includes:

• Matching volunteers with opportunities: filter opportunities and volunteers to match the right person to the right role. 
• Contact management for volunteers, organisations and opportunities: each volunteer, opportunity and organisation has their own record. Use the Activities section to record interactions such as meetings, interviews or the placement of volunteers. You can then pull off reports about this data. 
• Mail merge and email mailing lists: email all new volunteers in just a few simple steps. 
• Detailed reporting: quickly pull off a template report or easily customise your own report, showing the demographics of your volunteers, number of volunteers placed, opportunities by geographical area and much more.   
• Simple upload of opportunities to Do-it: upload your opportunities onto Do-it at the click of a button. Do-it can help increase your recruitment and diversity of volunteers.

What happens after I get a V-Base account?

After setting up your V-Base account, the support does not stop there! Our dedicated Membership Team is here to make sure you get the most out of your V-Base account.

The exclusive services which you will receive as a V-Base user include:

• Training sessions: As well as teaching you the basics, attending a V-Base training session will show you everything from pulling off reports to completing mail merges.
• Make your opportunities stand out: attend a free writing good copy training session to learn how to write inspiring opportunities or take advantage of our proof reading services. The tips you learn will help you recruit even more volunteers. 
• Highlight your opportunity on the homepage or in the newsletter: You also have the chance to get your organisation, project or opportunity highlighted in our Volunteer newsletter which reaches 200,000 volunteers every month, or on the 'how about this?' section on the Do-it homepage.

What other services are available to my organisation?

Do-it Syndication gives your organisation the technology to have all of the opportunities which you upload onto Do-it, feature on your own website also.

If you are a regional or national organisation or you need to recruit volunteers from across 2 or more counties, V-Base Recruiter might be a better way for your organisation to advertise your volunteering opportunities on Do-it. Our flow chart can also help you to decide which way of posting your opportunities onto Do-it is best for your organisation. 

How can I apply for a V-Base account?

Please contact us if you would like to purchase V-Base. Please also get in touch if you would like to receive more information or a demo disc to try it out yourself.