Choosing a volunteer management system requires you to assess your needs and budget. Recommended best practices are under development. In the meantime, here are some volunteer management systems tried by CastCo Demos:
- Anglian – Lark & Wensum: Considering quote for modifying Chess system
- Arun & Rother: Using Better Impact – happy with it – Better Impact – Volunteer Management Software | Volunteer Impact Pricing
- Beane: Excel is sufficient for managing volunteers, and a WhatsApp group is working well for communicating – not wanting to explore alternate options
- Tamar: Using Assemble – Using Assemble at £4500 for 6 managers and 1000 volunteers – Westcountry RT felt it was mid-priced against its competitors while offering the highest level of customisation Assemble Features | Recruit, Manage & Retain Your Volunteers (goassemble.com)
- Teme: Using Teme Kinetic – Useful for advertising opportunities and recruiting new volunteers.
- Wye & Usk: Currently using Excel – Anticipating using Access CRM system in the future.
Beyond Demos
- Bristol Avon: Using Moodle
- River Wey Trust / Water Rangers / ZERO: Using a combination of tools from Excel to Better Impact for the Community Lab at ZERO.