Open Activities: Open activities allow any volunteer to join the team without needing to wait for approval. In a single click, a new volunteer will be able to put themselves into an activity team and start settings their availabilities with zero delay. You can edit any of your existing activities to switch them to Open too.

Improved experience when joining activities: We are trying out a new and improved interface for volunteers to use when joining activities. The aim with this is to present a simpler set of messages for volunteers who are applying to join a public or private team at any time. You can see these interfaces in action in our

Bulletins: Need to share important information to all of your volunteers? Bulletins allow admins to post messages and notify all volunteers via email. Volunteers can go back and view any bulletin at any time. You can find the bulletins dashboard in the Admin Console, and view posted bulletins through the My Elements page.

My Elements layout update: We’ve restyled the My Elements page to give it more room to breath, with bulletins now added into the mix.