With Kind Folk
Engagement & Recognition

Keep employees coming back to volunteer

Great programmes don’t just get sign-ups — they build habits. Leaderboards, automatic milestone celebrations, and smart recommendations make volunteering feel recognised, social, and worth doing again.

  • Leaderboards by impact, hours, and events
  • Automatic milestone celebrations across the programme
  • Smart, skill-matched opportunity recommendations
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Trusted by CSR managers running volunteer programmes across the UK

12,000+volunteer hours tracked
17 SDGscovered automatically
98%less reporting time

Sign-ups are easy. Coming back is hard.

Most volunteering programmes get a burst of first-time participation and then stall, because nothing recognises the effort or nudges people toward their next event.

The old way
People volunteer once, then never return
Effort goes unrecognised, so momentum fizzles
Employees don’t know which events actually suit them
There’s no friendly competition or sense of collective progress
Milestones pass by with no acknowledgement
With Kind Folk
Leaderboards that recognise contribution and spark friendly competition
Automatic celebrations when the programme hits milestones
Skill-matched recommendations that surface the right next event
A visible sense of collective, org-wide progress
Recognition that turns first-timers into regulars

Recognition and momentum, built in.

Everything that turns a one-off sign-up into a repeat volunteer, working quietly in the background.

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With Kind Folk
Events
Participation
Reports
SDGs
Team
Settings
12
Events this month
247
Employees signed up
988h
Hours tracked
94%
Attendance rate
All events
+ New event
EventDateCapacitySDGStatus
Community Food Bank Day15 Mar18/25SDG 2Active
Coastal Clean-Up22 Mar12/20SDG 14Active
Digital Skills Workshop28 Feb25/25SDG 4Completed
Tree Planting Day5 Apr0/30SDG 15Draft
1Leaderboards with medals and your-position highlight
2Milestone celebration moments across the org
3“Suggested for you” recommendations on every dashboard
4Metric and time-period filters to keep it fresh

What keeps people engaged

Engagement & Recognition

Leaderboards

Rank participation by impact points (£), hours, or events, over this month, the last 90 days, this year, or all time. Top spots earn medals, and each person’s own position is highlighted.

Friendly competition that lifts turnout.

Milestone celebrations

The platform detects milestones automatically — first hour, hours and impact thresholds, participation levels — and fires a celebration moment, so wins never pass unnoticed.

Every win, acknowledged.

Suggested opportunities

A “Suggested for you” feed recommends events matched to each employee’s skills and interests, so people always have a relevant, appealing next thing to sign up for.

The right event finds the right person.

Personal activity history

Every employee gets a running record of the events they’ve attended, hours given, and skills developed — so contribution feels visible and worth continuing.

Progress people can see.

Challenges

Run metric-based team challenges — steps, kilometres, trees planted, items donated — with their own leaderboards and progress bars to rally people around a shared goal.

Rally the team around a goal.

Collective progress

Show the whole organisation’s momentum — hours, participation, and impact building over time — so everyone feels part of something bigger than a single event.

Something bigger to be part of.

How it works

Recognise every contribution

Leaderboards and personal histories make effort visible from day one, so volunteering feels valued rather than invisible.

"People started comparing hours at lunch — in a good way."

Celebrate the milestones

As the programme passes hour, impact, and participation milestones, automatic celebrations mark the moment and keep momentum up.

"Hitting 1,000 hours became an actual event."

Nudge the next sign-up

Skill-matched recommendations put the right next opportunity in front of each employee, turning one-time volunteers into regulars.

"Repeat participation is finally the norm, not the exception."
Getting people to volunteer once was never the problem — getting them back was. Leaderboards, the little milestone celebrations, and the suggested events completely changed our repeat participation. It feels like a community now, not a calendar.

James R.Head of People, Professional services firm

What customers see after 90 days

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Leaderboard metrics
Rank by impact (£), hours, events, and more, across multiple time periods.
Auto
Milestone detection
First hour, hours, impact, and participation milestones are detected and celebrated automatically.
Smart matching
Suggested-for-you events matched to each employee’s skills and interests.
Typical repeat lift
Recognition and matching are consistently the biggest drivers of repeat participation.

Frequently asked questions

Everything CSR managers ask before they sign up.

How do the leaderboards work?

Employees are ranked by impact points (£), hours, or events attended, over a chosen time period — this month, the last 90 days, this year, or all time. The top three get medals and each person’s own position is highlighted, adding friendly competition without pressure.

What are milestone celebrations?

The platform automatically detects programme milestones — the first verified hour, cumulative hour and impact thresholds, and participation levels across the organisation — and triggers a celebration moment so achievements are recognised as they happen.

How does the skill-matching work?

Employees add their skills and interests, and a “Suggested for you” feed recommends events that match — so people are always shown relevant opportunities rather than having to hunt through a full calendar.

Can we run team challenges too?

Yes. You can run metric-based challenges — steps, kilometres, trees planted, items donated — each with its own leaderboard and progress toward a target, to rally teams around a shared goal.

Does recognition really increase participation?

Consistently, yes. Removing friction gets the first sign-up; recognition, visible progress, and relevant recommendations are what turn one-time volunteers into repeat participants.

Turn first-timers into regulars.

Recognition, momentum, and smart matching that keep people volunteering.

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