Volunteering and Social Action Use Cases

1. Improving recruitment

   1. A data standard to describe a volunteering opportunity
   2. A data standard to describe a volunteer
   3. A standard to match volunteers to opportunities (brokerage)

2. Incentivising retention

   1. A data standard to describe a volunteer’s current and previous work in an organisation or across organisations

3. Increasing awareness and marketing

   1. A data standard to describe a volunteering opportunity and the personal or social outcomes it has, portable between advertising systems

4. Making volunteer skill checks, background checks, and training more efficient

   1. A portable data standard to describe a volunteer’s current and previous work, training, and accreditations from previous organisations

5. Mobilising volunteers in national emergencies (and events)

   1. A data standard for volunteers and opportunities that is interoperable between national-scale calls for volunteering and local-level recruitment and management

6. Building evidence and reports for use in management decisions

   1. A data standard to describe a volunteer’s work in an organisation that is aggregable and suited to management needs
   2. A means to interpret aggregate data that suits the skills and time constraints of the sector

7. Reporting impact (and potential impact) to donors (and potential donors)

   1. A data standard to describe an organisation’s work and the social benefit it provides.
   2. Controlled, standardised procurement requirements for funders to use.

8. Ensuring digital platforms all speak the same language, allowing information to move between systems

   1. Ensuring there is consensus amongst digital tool providers on a data standard and widespread adoption afterward.