Manage your charity volunteers

with ease

Help volunteers get off to a flying start at your charity by making the whole engagement process a piece of cake.
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Reliable

Thousands of charity professionals trust Beacon to run their organisations like clockwork.

Your people, all in one place
Do away with paper application forms and stop relying on unsecure Word documents. Simply let interested volunteers apply to your charity through an embedded, branded form on your own website, then store their details in your own secure CRM database.
Create branded volunteer application forms
Keep in touch with volunteers via email integrations
Handy filters and reports to understand your volunteer pool
Volunteer access
Give your people access to their own online portal where they can see and edit their profile information and log the hours they’ve invested in your charity. Handy for them, useful for you, and great for your beneficiaries.
Edit details
Update availability
Log hours
Track the details that matter
Get to know your volunteers by keeping a record of their availability, references, emergency contacts and areas of interest, and stay safe by storing an up-to-date record of their latest DBS certificate.
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"We now have support information stored clearly for the team to access, rather than being in our heads or scattered across documents!"
Rosalind Bluestone
Founder & CEO, Goods for Good
Innovative charities choose Beacon,
and stick with Beacon.
Nicola Booth
@ 
Finding Your Feet
Beacon has been transformational for our charity in every way
Gillian MacAulay
@ 
Edinburgh Dog & Cat Home
We’re exploring opportunities we just couldn’t see before because we were so busy with data handling and manual stuff that we shouldn’t have needed to do at all. We’re now thinking about projects we wouldn’t have been able to dream about with our old CRM.
Kevin Hughes
@ 
Special Olympics Ireland
How Beacon engaged with us is really, really top level. It’s great technology with old school customer service. There hasn't been a single bad experience of any of our users.
Anthony Hayman
@ 
Noah's Ark Hospice
A friend called me after setting up a regular donation to tell me they'd received the most beautifully written email. They said, 'Gosh, you've really got your team well drilled', which was amazing because we hadn't really done anything!
Joe Meehan
@ 
New Hope
Every time we speak with Beacon’s support team we are glad we chose Beacon rather than the alternative.
Lydia Smith
@ 
Kids Matter
We hadn't collected Gift Aid in a really long time. It was so hard to do with the tools we had, and we didn’t feel like we could trust our data. Beacon categorises eligible payments and tracks which ones we haven’t claimed, which let us claim over £12,000 in backdated Gift Aid, so Beacon has paid for itself out of the gate.
Questions & Answers
Explore the common questions and answers about Beacon.
Is Beacon right for my charity?
It doesn’t matter whether your charity is big or small, new or old, simple or sophisticated, we designed Beacon to be the most flexible CRM you can imagine. So far we’ve supported over 1,000 charities in their digital growth, and we’re sure we can help you, too.
Our current CRM is a pain to use - what makes Beacon different?
Time and again our customers tell us that Beacon is the easiest CRM they’ve ever used. Unlike most CRMs, we built Beacon from the ground up for charities using cutting edge technology and backed by the most amazing support staff.
Do I need to already have a CRM in place to switch to Beacon?
No. As part of our import process we can collate and cleanse your data, regardless of where it’s currently stored, to get you setup on Beacon and make it uniquely yours. Farewell spreadsheets!
Is Beacon just a fundraising CRM?
Beacon does much more than just fundraising! As well as having all of the standard fundraising features right out-of-the-box, Beacon can also store any kind of data that your organisation needs to manage: animal adoptions, grant making, tracking memorial benches - all covered in one database.
What do I need to do to get started?
It's best to start by checking out a demo below and signing up for a free trial. If you have any questions, you can ask a member of our friendly team.
How do I migrate my data to Beacon?
Beacon is easy to set up yourself, but if you would like some expert help then we can recommend the perfect Solutions Partner for you.
Want to see how Beacon could transform your charity? Check out our on-demand demos
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What's covered:
A full overview of Beacon and the key features
How to easily collect and manage donations, and automate your Gift Aid claims
Using Beacon to manage memberships and sponsorships, even running events
Simplify your charity's financial management
How to easily move data in and out of Beacon