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REACHING AND ENGAGING VOLUNTEERS

Connect with volunteers you cannot reach through conventional communications

Many people want to make a difference to others but do not respond to a vacancy, campaign or volunteer platform.

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We help local authorities, charities and community organisations reach them through the social networks they are already part of.

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Sociale netwerken rond potentiële vrijwilligers onderzoeken

Research

Where are the people you are not currently reaching?

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Connect

Who already has access and trust?

Vrijwilligers via bestaande relaties en vertrouwen activeren

Activate

What truly motivates people to take action?

A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON VOLUNTEERS

Building on what is already there

Many people already support a neighbour, family member, association, school or community. Yet they do not always see themselves as volunteers, and conventional recruitment does not automatically reach them.

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That is why we start not with the campaign, but with the networks and relationships that already exist.

“Social Network Strategy reveals where access and trust already exist, and who can help you reach and engage people.”

A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON VOLUNTEERS

When you keep reaching the same people.

Reaching new groups

People who do not come forward themselves.

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Where trust matters

When a personal introduction makes a difference.

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Leveraging local networks

Extending beyond your own reach.

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From awareness to genuine engagement.

Activate people

de Woonbrigade Haarlem in de wijk

FROM PRACTICE

de Woonbrigade Haarlem

Our work began with one question:

How can we reach and engage more people who want to support the Woonbrigade?

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Our research revealed that many people were already willing to help others, but remained beyond the reach of conventional recruitment.

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The same social networks also provided access to households that were difficult to reach.

SPECIFICALLY FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES

From Neighbourhood Strength to Municipal Strength

For local authorities seeking to make better use of existing local networks to reach and engage residents and volunteers around a societal challenge.

Locally rooted. Connected area-wide.

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Wijk

Verbinden

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Gemeente

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Are you struggling to reach the volunteers you need?

Let’s explore which networks can help you reach them.

The Referral Specialist

Middenweg 85 | 1098 AG Amsterdam | the Netherlands | info@dereferralspecialist.nl | Tel: +31624768758

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