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Please Note - Each of the Content sections are links you can click on to take you to that specific part.
Apart from helping people to find you, our extensive research has shown us that there are 5 key things people want to know about your organisation, community group, project, community building, event or resource, etc:
1: Who you help
2: How you help
3: The difference that you make
4: The Help you need
5: How to contact You
When you come to Part 2 of ‘Adding Your Profile’ we encourage you to ‘Tell Your Story’, to share ‘Your Why’
It’s about helping the people who visit your profile to feel welcome, give them hope and let them know more about what you do. Whether it is helping them during a crisis, giving them an opportunity to volunteer, or just helping them, through you, to find ways to connect with others in their community. Each is valuable and important and helps to provide better quality of life and improve community connection.
There is so much more to your profile than just words – it is the power of what you share and how your words will leave people feeling – they may need your help – or want to help you.
Go to: aDoddle.org
Please Note: If you have been invited to add your profile to a ‘Partner Map’ you may have been given a dedicated link to use to access the ‘Add to Map’ form.
1 Click on ‘Add To Map’
2 Select ‘Create your profile now’ – This will open a simple online form
3 If you would like to see more about the benefits of adding a profile to the map, click on the option below – ‘Benefits of adding your profile’
1 Click here to select the type of project you are – Charity, CIC, Community Group, etc
(Please do let us know via feedback if you think that we could add other options)
1.1 When you click on the small down arrow to the right of the ‘Please Select’ box, a new dropdown list of options will appear
1.2 If you have selected: Charity, NFP, CIC or CIO a new box will appear for you to add your Charity or Company Number
1 Name of project
2 Mission – based on user feedback our recommendation is that this is simple and action orientated, so starting with something like:
“Supporting you…”
“Creating safer communities by…”
“Helping anyone facing…”
(Please note it is limited to 100 characters including spaces)
3 What Categories does your project come under?
4 If you have chosen more than one category a new box will open asking you to select your main Category
Please Note: This will become the ‘icon’ for your pin-point on the map.
Next you will be asked some questions about your organisation, group, service or event
These are some of the many ways people might find you when they search for you. You may select as many options that apply by clicking in the checkbox to the left of each option.
5 Are your services:
6 Thinking about the work that you do and the support that you provide or need.
If someone was looking for a *Project like yours, would they search under:
You may select as many options that apply by clicking in the checkbox to the left of each option.
* Project: All charities, non-profits, community projects and organisations (or similar) that provide a free/low cost service or connection for people within a community.
7 Contact Details: Here is where you can add any contact details, website or social media links or other ways people can get in touch or learn more about what you do.
If you are adding multiple options, you can move these into the order of your choosing, by holding down your primary mouse button (this is normally the left mouse button, however you may have your mouse configured for your personal needs) on the three black dots to the left, and dragging them up or down, into your preferred order.
Please Note: You need to add at least one form of contact. This could be a website, email, telephone, etc.
7.1 Click here to select the ‘type’ of contact that you are adding (see options 7.1.1 below)
7.2 Add the contact information here, eg email address or website. (If you’re adding a social media account, please add the full link).
7.3 Click here to add more contact options.
7.4 If you want to remove the contact – click here.
7.1.1 Contact Options Available:
You will see from the options above that you have the ability to add links to a donation page and/or social media profiles such as Facebook and Twitter – which we recommend, if you have them.
Our research has shown that lots of people take time to get to ‘know’ your organisation before they make contact – so the easier you make it for them – the better (and it is good for your organisation).
Please note that you can come back and add more contact options later.
8 Logo – If you have a logo you can add it now, or you may add it at a later time.
Note: Please ensure that the file type is png or jpeg.
If you are choosing to add your logo at a later time, this can be done in the ‘Media’ section of your personal dashboard.
1 Add your organisations postcode, or the location of where you provide your service and click search.
2 Want to Hide Your Address?
3 Would you like to adjust your location?
Please note this next section is not visible to everyone, only those who have been asked to add their organisation or event to a connected partner map.
4 If you have been invited to create your profile by a partner organisation, you may have a visible checkbox at this point for you to tick if you’d like to be included on their map.
Please note that if you already have an account and are signed in you will not see this section.
This section is not made public. Please add the name & contact details of the person responsible for the profile. It’s how we get in contact with you and how you sign-in to your account dashboard to give you full control of the content you share with the public. It is essential that we have a named contact as without it we can’t activate your profile.
1 Your First name
2 Your Last name
3 Email address – (for logging in to your account)
4 Add a password – please ensure your password is 8 characters or more
5 Sign up to our newsletter
Nearly there!
1 Check & accept our ‘Terms of Service’ – these are fairly standard and are summarised here for you – However you can see the longer version by clicking the link.
Please Note: We guarantee that we do not sell or share your data, nor are there any hidden charges for having a profile. It is our aim to keep this service free for all Charities, Community Groups and Organisations.
2 Click ‘Add Your Project To The Map’
After you have clicked ‘Add Your Project To The Map’ you will need to Verify your email address before you can access your profile dashboard to complete ‘Part 2’ of setting up your profile.
1 Please Note: It will be 48 hours before it is ‘Live’ for the public to see, however you can start adding more to your event profile as soon as you have verified your email address.
After the 48hrs you can choose to continue to hide it until you are ready to share it.
2 We have this delay for two reasons:
You will get a notification email after 48hrs to let you know that your profile is now live.
Important – if you’re not quite ready for it to be seen by the public, you’ll be able to set it to ‘hidden’ within your settings. However, do remember to unhide it when you’re ready!
3 Off to a great start! Here you can see how much of your profile is complete, once you have verified your email address, you can head to your profile dashboard to add more information about your project. You will also be able to see how ‘complete’ your profile is from within your profile dashboard.
Last Step – Verify Your Email Address & Activate Your Account
Here is an example of how the verification email should arrive in your inbox.
Please note: Emails from us should always come from [email protected], whether that’s to verify your email address, letting you know that your project is live, or any other automatic communication like notifying you that your profile is about to turn ‘Turquoise’ or ‘Blue’ on the maps based on our Traffic Light System.
The email will look similar to the image below, you can either:
1 Click on the visible link or copy the link into your browser.
or
2 Click on the button ‘Verify Email Address’
Please Note: The verification link will show the ‘https://adoddle.org….. web address (URL*) .
We give you the option so you can choose which you are most comfortable with as our research has shown that more and more people are cautious about clicking ‘Button Links’ where they are unable to see the full URL.
* URL – Uniform Resource Locator – Every webpage has its own unique URL, a bit like a house number and postcode
Congratulations!
Your account has now been verified and you will be able to head back to aDoddle.org to complete setting up your profile.
Please Note: In approximately 48hrs you will receive an email letting you know that your profile is live on the map. If you are not ready for it to be made visible to the public then you can set your profile to ‘Hidden’ in your settings.
Last Updated: 23rd May 2023
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