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“Being a great place to work is the difference between being a good company and a great company” - Brian Kristofek CEO Upshot.

If you are considering setting up a non profit organization to serve your community, there are steps you need to follow to ensure the organization runs efficiently to fulfill its mission, and complies with government requirements.

According to the most recent Americorps report on civic engagement and volunteering, Americans volunteered for an estimated 5.8 billion hours in the 12-month reporting period. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare found that volunteers contributed an estimated 596.2 million hours to the community in one year. In the United Kingdom, the Government Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport reports that 30 percent of respondents in the last Community Life Survey participated in formal volunteering within the previous 12 months. 

Volunteers can now visualize and track their experience using Rosterfy!

Each volunteer program is unique, designed with its own set of deliverables put in place to get the most out of their workforce. 

Every organization needs a way to move business goals forward. Donors help bring funds in, board members create key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the success of each event, cause or volunteer opportunity, and recruits keep the company gears moving. The people who maintain the day-to-day operations are vital to meeting the initiatives set forth by management. 

If you are about to start applying for college admission, one question that is probably on your mind is how many volunteer hours should you have for college?

Are you looking for ways to make your volunteer management processes more streamlined and efficient? Would you like a volunteer management solution that manages and engages your volunteers in less time and without the reliance on manual processes? If so, you may want to consider introducing volunteer management software to your organization. 

Director of Volunteers and Workforce for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, Andrew Newman reflects on the 'best volunteer program in Games history' and how they worked alongside Rosterfy to achieve such greatness. 

Are you looking for activities to do with your kids that will keep them busy, encourage them to be thankful for what they have, and open their eyes to how other people live? If so, why not get your kids involved in volunteer opportunities and make it a family activity? 

Participating in community service is an effective way of contributing to your local area and helping the residents of your community. There are numerous ways to get involved with community service but a good place to start is to think about what you are passionate about and what interests you. This could be things like animal welfare, helping sick kids, encouraging reading and writing, providing assistance at a homeless shelter, cooking or social media.