Naven
Communities
A volunteer rota that survives the week
Volunteer coordination fails on the same thing every time: nobody can tell what has already been done, or by whom. A tick with a name on it answers that.
Who this is for
Small charities, mutual aid groups and event volunteers coordinating people who are not colleagues and have no shared systems.
How it is usually set up
A checklist that carries who ticked what, a poll for the shift nobody has claimed, and channels that people can join by link.
What Naven does not claim
Naven promises no security and no moderation. Messages are screened before they send against ten published categories, by software written by one person — it misses things, and it is weaker in languages other than English. Calls are not screened at all. Naven is not end-to-end encrypted, which is what makes screening possible; anyone whose first requirement is end-to-end encryption should use Signal.
What it costs
Nothing. Naven is free, with no advertising, no paid tier and no data sale.