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You’ve arrived on the map – What next?
Discover the quick and simple ways that you can check out profiles and find the information you are looking for.
On the map, you will see 4 main types of ‘circles’ or ‘pinpoints’.
The slightly bigger Purple circles with a number in the middle, show where a cluster of profiles sit in one area. Currently, you may be zoomed out too far to see them individually.
Just click on one of these circles to automatically zoom into that area. You will now see all profiles in that cluster.
1 A map ‘pin-point’
The coloured pinpoints are a ‘Unique Traffic Light System that help to make it ‘aDoddle’ for you to see when profile information was last updated, helping to give confidence in content accuracy.
Traffic Light System – Profile has been updated within:
Green = Last 6 months
Turquoise = Last 6-12 months
Blue = Over 12 months
Some pin-point may have an additional Outer-rim colour, this helps to highlight organisation’s that may be in high need at any point in time, for example: Pinpoints that have an Orange/Yellow outer edge, also provide a warm space.
When you click on a ‘pin-point’ a profile preview pop-up box opens on your screen allowing you to see the basic information about the organisation. This also gives you the opportunity to click and see the full profile.
2 Here, in Turquoise, you will see the name of the organisation. If the organisation covers more than one area, you may see the organisations’ name & the location of this particular profile.
To view the full profile click on this text or the arrow beside it
3 Underneath the name of the organisation you will see a short description of the organisation
4 This shows when a project was last updated, by month and year (e.g Nov 2023), coinciding with their Traffic Light colour
5 Each of the profiles will show their Traffic Light colour here. You can very easily see whether they are: Green = Updated in the last 6 months, Turquoise = Updated in the last 6-12 months or Blue = Updated over 12 months ago
Each organisations’ profile is set up like a ‘mini-website’, allowing them to share their story, how they help, the help they need, the services they provide, how to get in contact and any other relevant information or media that they wish to share.
As you will see in this part of the guide, each organisation has the ability to add as much or as little information as they wish. As you search the map, you will see a wide variety of how these profiles are set up. Organisations have the choice of branding their profile however they like, using their own logos, branding colours, wording and images.
Here are just a handful of examples of some of the amazing organisations who have set up a profile on aDoddle.org. The screen you are seeing below is an example of the first thing you will see after clicking onto a profile’s pinpoint. Scrolling down on your screen when viewing a profile, will show more information and options. We will go into more detail further down in this section of the guide and walk you through what’s included in a profile on aDoddle.
Please note that each profile has been added by the organisation themselves and not by aDoddle – therefore every profile has a disclaimer on it reminding you of this:
1 You will see that we hide the aDoddle (or area map) banner when you are viewing a profile. The purpose of a profile is to highlight the amazing work each organisation carries out, focussing solely on the organisation; it’s not about us. Organisations are free to use this space as they would a website, regardless of whether they have the funds, time or team members to manage a website of their own.
2 Here is the name and tagline of the organisation, in white text, along with their registered charity number should they have one.
3 You can create and/or add an organisation to a list, by clicking on this heart.
For more information about Lists & Favourites, you can visit our Lists & Favourites Guide:
Click Here to See The Lists Guide
4 Each organisation has the option to upload a ‘Header’ image. This helps them to further brand their profile and can be used as a space to share images, media, quotes or more information about their organisation.
5 The organisations’ logo (or the image they have chosen as their logo) will show here on the white banner.
6 On the right hand side of the white banner, you will see some icons you may recognise. These icons show the categories the organisation falls under, chosen by them. They can choose as many or as few as they wish. Hovering your mouse over each of these icons will show you what they mean, e.g Mental Health, Disability Support, Crisis Support etc. The profiles’ ‘Traffic Light’ colour is shown next to the categories.
7 In the dark grey banner, are the different ‘tabs’ for you to look through. Each will have detailed and relevant information about the organisation. Our research has shown that the 5 Key Things people want to know about an organisation are:
You can move between each of the tabs on this dark grey banner, and each has a space for the organisation to add information about these 5 Key Things. The tabs take you to each of these sections of the profile:
8 Use the scrollbar or arrows at the side of your screen to scroll down the page, and see the rest of the profile.
9 In each of the tabs, any information the organisation has added will show here in the white box. The organisation can add as much or as little as they choose.
10 Under the text, in the ‘Overview’ tab, will be the information regarding their services, and whether or not they are:
11 You can quickly get in contact with an organisation by clicking on the Turquoise ‘Get in Touch’ button, here in the Overview tab. Alternatively, you can find all Contact information in the dropdown menu to the right. See 17
12 There are some options at the bottom of their profile to share the organisation further. These include: Share on Facebook, Share in a Tweet (Twitter), Print or Add to List.
13 You will see a small map on every profile, showing the location of their pinpoint. It is worth noting that some organisations choose not to share their exact location. This could be for many reasons: an organisation may not have an office or physical location as they are run from home or online based; an organisation could work in safeguarding and will not share their location publicly; to name a couple of examples. Please do always get in contact with an organisation directly if you are unsure and wish to find out more.
14 Just underneath the map, you will see some text. This text will tell you when the profile was last updated, giving you confidence in profile content accuracy.
15 This is a dropdown box. Clicking anywhere in the box will open it to show the information provided. This first one is ‘Address’. This will be the address provided by the organisation themselves, if they chose to add one.
16 This is a dropdown box. Clicking anywhere in the box will open it to show the information provided. Opening this box will allow you to see the ‘Opening Hours’ provided by the organisation. They can customise this however they need. If you are unsure on the information provided, please get in contact with the organisation directly.
17 This final dropdown box is all ‘Contact’ information for the organisation. Usually this box will already be ‘open’, showing their contact details, plus any links they have added. For the purpose of the above graphic, we have shown it closed, simply to fit everything into the image. See 17.1 below, to see how this box looks when open (how you should find it when visiting profiles), plus the range of options that are available.
11 & 17.1 Here is an example of the list of Contact options an organisation may choose to add. Some organisations will choose to add less, and some will choose to add much more. This particular profile has chosen to add quite a few, ranging from their website, their telephone numbers and their email address to their social media links, their YouTube page where they have content and also a link to their donation page – should anyone wish to donate.
At the bottom of this section, there will be another ‘Get in Touch’ button, allowing you to send a message to the organisation quickly using a simple online contact form. After clicking on the blue button, this is the contact form that will pop up. Fill out the information required and press the ‘Send Message’ button when you’re ready:
If you are looking to find out more about volunteering and have selected this option, you will see that another box has appeared. See image below:
This will allow you to easily offer your support to the organisation and customise how much time you are able to give. You can enter a number or use the arrows to move between amounts in the first box, then select either hours, minutes or days and whether that’s per month, per week or a one-off. Send the message when you are happy with the information entered.
Please Remember that each profile has been added by the organisation themselves and not by aDoddle – therefore every profile has a disclaimer on it reminding you of this:
Last Updated: 7th December 2023
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