Organisations And People (Administrator guide)

Understanding the concept of organisations and people within Charitylog

Most other systems separate clients, funders, volunteers and so on. Charitylog appears to separate them, but in the background, all organisations and people are stored together. Once somebody is entered on the Charitylog system, they can be any (or all!) of the types of Organisation/People that Charitylog deals with. The most common scenario is a client who also volunteers for the organisation. They will appear to end users in lists of clients and lists of volunteers, but they are the same person.

Consider a fictional client called Bob Jones. Bob started off accessing the information and advice service to find out about benefits, and now he also volunteers for a day a week on the front desk.

• The system stores all information about Bob in the same place, with a unique ID number.
• When a user asks for a list of clients, or when they ask for a list of volunteers, Bob will appear.
• The "client Bob" and "volunteer Bob" both have the same ID number shown.

Organisations and People (main Charitylog menu item)

Professionals

Pro Referrers