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Be Collective

Summary

A volunteer management & community engagement platform. Be Collective is all about empowering volunteering and the organisations supporting volunteering to build stronger, more sustainable networks for doing good.


be collective verified social cv and testimonialsIntroduction

Be Collective is empowering individuals and organisations across the globe to scale their impact by building more connected, collaborative communities. Whether you’re a grassroots initiative or a growing enterprise, Be Collective’s friendly and feature-rich environment is designed to help you stretch the value of your volunteering.

Be Collective does that by bringing together a suite of powerful tools to manage volunteering and CSR, partnerships and engagement across one connected ecosystem.

It’s a solution packed with innovation and value to make volunteer management easier. Whether you're in the charity sector, education sector, are a business, a local council or community group, Be Collective re-imagines the way you connect with community, helping to harness goodwill and measure the social and economic impacts along the way.

  • End-to-end volunteer management

  • Engagement & communication tools

  • Wonderful user experience & design

  • A verified Social Record for your people

  • Collaborate with an interconnected community

  • Fully customisable reporting & insights

  • Fundraising & donations

  • Recognition & celebration

  • Safeguarded for children & families

Be Collective is a social enterprise committed to maximising the impact of volunteering for communities. It believes in the power of collective action to influence change. Backed by more than 30 years’ experience championing social enterprise and community development projects, Be Collective founders share an accomplished history of delivering sustainable solutions to social problems.

Reach / Impact in Australia

As a cloud-based system, Be Collective works across all states in Australia (as well as New Zealand and the United Kingdom). The platform has functionality to service a range of different organisation sizes, industries and requirements.

Benefits

Be Collective offers the flexibility for organisations to manage volunteering as a stand-alone, closed system AND it can digitise the way organisations connect and partner with community organisations, Volunteer Resource Centres, clubs, education institutions, councils, and business, bringing everyone into a shared ecosystem to maximise social impact.

  • All parts of the digital ecosystem gain access to consistent data, transparency of outcomes, a better understanding of volunteering and the impact it has on the community as well as engagement of volunteers.

  • It offers several different features to help build reciprocity between volunteer involving organisations and volunteers (or employees).

Why not flip the value proposition both ways in a bid to attract and retain volunteers?

Be Collective Volunteering Dashboard

Pricing Structure

Be Collective has three plans, each designed to address the needs and budget of different sized stakeholders. A core ethos is to ensure that any group of any size is able access key tools and participate in volunteering without cost. Be Collective also provides additional powerful tools to support advanced volunteer management and reporting needs of larger organisations.

1. Be Collective Standard: free access to Be Collective for smaller-sized groups, which only require access to our standard suite of tools.

2. Be Collective Plus: for any group which needs a range of additional features to better manage volunteer programs at an affordable price.

3. Be Collective Pro: for organisations requiring more functionality, customisation, innovative engagement, and evidence-based reporting.

Pricing is based on the size and complexity of the organisation. https://www.becollective.com/pricing-plans

As a social enterprise, Be Collective is committed to providing digital infrastructure that’s powerful AND accessible. Be Collective offers three subscription tiers designed to adapt to the needs (and budget) of small, medium and enterprise sized organisations.

Accessibility

The platform is constantly improved with regular releases and designs are updated to continually improve accessibility.

Integrations

Be Collective offers website / intranet integrations so that any organisation can drive their volunteers to their own familiar website. Content is taken dynamically from Be Collective and presented to users through a set of 'widgets' which can be embedded easily into a website to: find/list volunteer opportunities, broadcast partnerships as well as share meaningful updates, resources and articles. This integration allows organisations to build their brand and improve user experience. Be Collective also offers APIs to connect information stored within Be Collective with other organisational systems. This API flows one way – from Be Collective to the client’s chosen system(s).

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Company Details

Be Collective is a social enterprise committed to maximising the impact of volunteering for communities. It believes in the power of collective action to influence change. Backed by more than 30 years’ experience championing social enterprise and community development projects, its founders share an accomplished history of delivering sustainable solutions to social problems. Be Collective draws inspiration and experience from the Wise family’s proud heritage in championing community development projects (such as owning The Body Shop in Australasia and establishing The Big Issue).

Today, Be Collective operates globally and supports clients across many sectors including: charities, Volunteer Resource Centres, not for profits, sporting organisations, local government, education institutions, volunteering peak bodies.

Be Collective is proudly Australian made and owned and continually updated and developed by an in-house development team in Melbourne, Australia. Its in-house technology team develops the platform on an agile development methodology with constant improvements based on the user experience and functionality.

Be Collective’s head office is also located on the Traditional Lands of the Bunurong and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nations. We pay our respect to their Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge and uphold their continuing relationship to this land.

Used by

Thousands of groups use Be Collective in Australia (more globally). We regard the specific identity of these organisations as private and confidential.

Case Study

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