Sometimes the same opportunity appears on do-it.org.uk more than once, causing confusion for people searching the database.

This normally happens when both a Volunteer Centre (using V-Base) and an organisation using the Online Poster System post the same opportunities on do-it.org.uk.

How to avoid duplication

• Organisations posting directly on do-it.org.uk should contact the relevant Volunteer Centres (VCs) to ask them to stop uploading their opportunities onto do-it.org.uk;
• VCs should then stop uploading the relevant opportunities by un-ticking the 'include on website' tick box on the last step of the opportunity wizard in V-Base;
• VCs can still help organisations to recruit volunteers locally, using their specific knowledge of their local area;
• Organisations and VCs should work together to keep each other updated to offer better quality opportunities and maximise reach.

Future developments

We are working towards allowing Online Posters to electronically share opportunity data with VCs. This means that organisations will be able to post their opportunities online and choose which VCs they want to host their opportunities locally, keeping VCs up-to-date and hopefully resolving any duplication issues.

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