The events functionality is the place all branches will invite their volunteers to be part of events happening in your area. These may be awareness or fundraising events. Branch meetings, both in person and online. And also any social events the branch is organising for its volunteers.
It is also the place SSAFA will use to invite and keep you informed on all the great activities we organise to support volunteering, e.g. volunteering training, meetings, conferences or events you may be interested in helping at etc. You may receive a direct invitation or be able to sign up to ones that have been opened to you and others.
The majority of branch events will be set up on the events page by the Branch Secretary or Branch chair.
Viewing events
On the event listing page, you will see all upcoming events that you are directly invited to, or are open to your team/role(s).
1. Click anywhere on the banner to open the event to see further details
Clicking "Decline" will decline your attendance for the entire event.
If an event is open to the whole organisation, you don't need to let anyone know if you want to decline the invitation, only if you accept.
If you look at the event location(s), you may see 1: multiple locations and/or 2: multiple time slots available. By clicking on each time slot (2) you will see further information, such as who else is attending and a link to a map location.
Accepting an invitation to attend
With the session you want to attend selected and highlighted green (See figure 2 above). Click on attend selected (3 above). If you want to attend both sessions repeat this process for the second session available.
You can also cancel your attendance on this screen see below
if you cancel your attendance email the organiser. This can also be done from this screen. Click on the send message and it will open the dialogue box.
If you need to contact the event organiser with any questions, you can also send them a message via the message button.
When you are invited to an event, an entry will be added to your calendar, which you can also click on to view the details screen. When you have confirmed you will be attending a session, this will turn green. An activity will automatically be created for you after the event which will log your volunteering time in your activities on your profile.
For further details on activities follow link below.
My activities | Activities | SSAFA Volunteer Knowledgebase | ScreenSteps
To manage attendance, some events will be set up with a waiting list. This may be to make sure that everyone has the chance to say if they want to attend. In this case, accepting the event invitation will place you on a waiting list for sessions you wish to attend. The event organiser can then communicate and let you know if you've got a confirmed place.