Felicity Jones – Membership Services Manager

• YouthNet is the UK's first exclusively online charity. It was set up in 1995 by the broadcaster Martyn Lewis.

• We guide and support young people, enabling them to make educated life choices, participate in society and achieve their ambitions.

• We do this through two award winning websites: TheSite.org and do-it.org.uk

• YouthNet aims to create a socially inclusive environment where young people living in the UK are engaged, informed and inspired to achieve their ambitions and dreams. We deliver high-quality information, signposting and frontline emotional support primarily through the internet.

What is TheSite.org?

askTheSite Q&A service 400+ questions answered monthly

Launched in 1996 by YouthNet, TheSite.org is an “expert guide to life” for young people from 16 to 25

years old

500,000+ unique visitors per month

2,000+ fact sheets and articles + local advice finder

Discussion boards with 20,000+ members

What is do-it.org.uk?

Volunteering made easy

Launched in 2000 by Tony Blair

UK’s first, and only, national volunteering database that you can

view online

Over 75,000 unique visitors per month

1 million opportunities to volunteer

300,000+ registered users

How do-it works: Searching

The basic search allows you to search for volunteering opportunities by your interests, and in an area that is convenient to you

How do-it works: Advanced search

Search by postcode or town as well as how far you want to travel to

You can also search by the type of activities that interest you as well as what volunteering role you would like to undertake

Searches can also be narrowed by the times you are available

Search results show brief details about the volunteering opportunity and its location.

How do-it works: Search results

By clicking on ‘more information and contact details’ you can find out more information about the role, time commitment, location, skills etc.

The next step is to register and apply for the opportunity.

How do-it works: Registration

The easy and quick online registration form allows you to fill in as much or as little information as you want

Once the registration process has been completed the form is then sent to the opportunity provider

How do-it works: Confirmation

The quick and easy online registration form allows you to fill in as much or as little information as you want

Volunteers get an immediate confirmation of their application with contact details should they wish to get in touch with the opportunity provider

How do-it works: Confirmation

A confirmation is then sent to the organisation who advertised the opportunity to let them know someone has applied or enquired about the volunteering role.

This includes an attachment containing the volunteers details which can then be imported into V-Base

More than just a database

We have made do-it the website of choice for volunteers. The ‘want to volunteer?’ and ‘about volunteering’ sections provide information and advice about how to get started with volunteering and what to expect when you start volunteering.

The do-it newsletter

The Homepage

Employee Volunteering Services

If you are a company and want to provide opportunities for your staff to volunteer do-it has easily understandable information about how to put an employee supported volunteering service in place

do-it Magazine

We have a range of blogs written by current volunteer about their experiences as well as features on different areas of volunteering to help you understand the areas you might want to get involved in.

How do-it works: Alerts

Volunteers can choose weekly or monthly e-mail alerts to highlight new volunteering opportunities which match their search criteria

How do-it works: Syndication

We have XML feeds of volunteering opportunities on a number of high profile websites

do-it.org.uk Partners

do-it has over 450 V-Base users – mostly Volunteer Centres and vinvolved Teams

There are 120 National and Regional Charities using the Online Poster System.

25 Partners have syndication feeds of content onto their own website.

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Opportunity – Skills/Requirements/Benefits

Opportunity – Location

Opportunity - Location Wizard – Step 1

Opportunity - Location Wizard – Step 2

Organisation – Activity Log

Organisation – Policies & Procedures

Volunteer – Monitoring

Volunteer – Commitment

Volunteer – Skills

Lookup Management

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Felicity Jones – Membership Services Managerfelicity.jones@youthnet.org

020 72505724