Quick tasks in minutes
Publish in seconds
Application to impact, fast
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Microvolunteering is short, flexible volunteering that people can do in minutes, often from home or on their own street. It’s an increasingly important way to involve people who want to help but can’t commit to a regular role.
Quick tasks lower the barrier for busy people, keep supporters engaged between bigger roles and help you grow your pool of volunteers. In Volunteero, they run as one-off missions that volunteers choose for themselves in the app. Ideas include:
Completing a 5-minute survey
Sharing an appeal on social media
Delivering leaflets on their own street
Writing a thank-you card to a supporter
Testing a new website
Translating or proofreading a short leaflet or newsletter
Recording a short welcome video
Counting birds in their garden
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Pair microvolunteering with automated onboarding and a new volunteer can go from application to doing something valuable in minutes.
When someone submits your application form, their onboarding journey starts automatically. For light roles, keep the journey short, with only the steps that matter. Once they’re through, quick tasks are waiting in the app for them to pick up, so they don’t need to wait for a start date to make a difference.
That first task gives people an early sense of achievement while their enthusiasm is high, and your team doesn’t have to chase anyone by hand. See how automated volunteer onboarding works.
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Mission templates let you create a quick task in seconds, with your default settings already filled in. Add a title and a short description, choose who can see it, and publish.
Show it to everyone, specific groups or invite only
Add a checklist so people know exactly what to do
Ask for a short report when the task is done
Quick tasks publish to the volunteer app, your website search board and the Volunteero Marketplace, which is exclusive to Volunteero clients, so new people can find them too. Find out how to publish opportunities and reach more volunteers.
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Microvolunteering is simple and effective. The impact is immediate, and it scales: many volunteers can pick up the same task, and every completed task adds to the result. A small ask, shared widely, can go a long way.
Thank people as they go. Volunteer recognition badges can be awarded automatically on milestones, so your regular quick-task helpers are recognised without extra admin.
Then see what’s been done in volunteer reporting, and share the results with your team and supporters.
Also included
Some of the most useful quick tasks need nothing more than a phone or laptop. Completing a survey, sharing an appeal, testing a new website or proofreading a short newsletter all fit around work, caring and everything else.
Not every quick task is online. Volunteers can deliver leaflets on their own street, count birds in their garden or write a thank-you card to a supporter, helping your cause close to home without travelling to you.
Quick tasks give people a reason to stay involved between bigger roles, events or seasons. Supporters who can’t commit right now can still help, and they stay connected to your cause until they can do more.
Let volunteers know when new quick tasks go live with notifications, and answer their questions with in-app chat. Over 90% of messages are read, so your asks reach the people most likely to help.
Microvolunteering is short, flexible volunteering that people can do in minutes, often from home or on their own street. It lowers the barrier for busy people and keeps supporters involved between bigger roles.
Examples include completing a 5-minute survey, sharing an appeal on social media, delivering leaflets on your street, writing a thank-you card to a supporter, proofreading a short newsletter or counting birds in your garden.
Within minutes. With automated onboarding, a short journey starts as soon as someone applies, and once it’s done they can pick up a quick task in the app straight away.
Yes. Quick tasks sit alongside your regular roles in Volunteero. They’re a good way to keep supporters engaged between bigger commitments and to give new people an easy first step.
