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How do-it works
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Launched in 2001, do-it.org.uk is the most diverse and comprehensive national database of volunteering opportunities in the UK.
The opportunities are provided by over 360 Volunteer Centres in England and more than 70 national charities. In addition, we provide our database of volunteering opportunities via a syndicated feed to partners who can display them on their own sites, in their own 'look and feel'.
Each month, do-it.org.uk attracts an average of 50,000 visitors. Of these, 6,000 people go on to register for at least one of the opportunities listed. do-it.org.uk provides details of 800,000 opportunities to volunteer throughout the UK, any of which can be found with a simple postcode search.
Opportunities from everywhere
The opportunities are managed at a local level and kept up-to-date using bespoke software - developed by YouthNet - called V-Base. Popular and easy to use, many other organisations involved with volunteers and volunteering opportunities have chosen V-Base to manage their own volunteers and opportunities. We have also developed volunteering management software that allows volunteer involving organisations with a national presence to input their volunteering opportunities directly into do-it.org.uk.
Beyond do-it.org.uk
The number of syndication partners we work with has grown to 28 and includes: Marie Curie Cancer Care; DirectGov; The National Trust; Sky; Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), JobCentre Plus, London 2012 in partnership with TimeBank; and v. The database can also be searched, and volunteering opportunities applied for, on TV by using red button technology on the Community Channel.
