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Run an initiative

adiuto gives a local aid organisation one place to organise everyday goods distribution and volunteer work: publish concrete needs, coordinate shifts, manage commitments, and keep its team informed.

The operating loop​

  1. Create the initiative profile and add at least one location.
  2. Publish tasks for goods, activities, or scheduled shifts.
  3. Receive commitments as missions and shift bookings.
  4. Confirm handovers and check-ins so completed help is recorded.
  5. Keep demand current by editing, repeating, pausing, or archiving tasks.

Reach beyond your existing supporters​

Publishing current needs on adiuto lets people find your initiative even if they have never seen one of your appeals. Clear quantities, locations and a direct way to commit make it easier for that interest to become useful donations and booked shifts.

As more initiatives participate, there are more reasons for donors and volunteers to use the platform. Their participation makes it more valuable to further initiatives in turn. This network effect can expand your reach and substantially increase donation volume. Keeping your tasks current helps people find a contribution they can actually make. How the shared network grows.

Build on your everyday work​

Use adiuto for your current work, such as collecting food, distributing clothing, or staffing a regular service. Keep the needs, locations, opening hours, and team responsibilities up to date as part of that work.

That growing network and ongoing work also provide a foundation for more urgent situations. If a crisis changes what your community needs, you already have an initiative, responsible people, known locations, and a process for reaching supporters and tracking help. You can update needs, priorities, and shifts within that structure at a time when introducing new methods would be difficult. Why everyday use also matters for crisis preparedness.

Your management workspace​

Administrators and coordinators open Manage from the initiative page. The workspace contains:

  • Tasks: create and maintain needs, kits, quantities, priorities, deadlines, recurrence, and visibility;
  • Shifts: view open, full, and closed shifts in day, week, or month calendars;
  • Missions: see incoming, completed, cancelled, and expired commitments;
  • Direct delivery: reserve a needed item for a particular recipient and track pickup;
  • Scan access: give a trusted ground volunteer temporary handover-scanning access without an account;
  • Members: approve requests and assign roles;
  • Announcements: email initiative members and retain a sent record;
  • Locations: manage addresses, opening hours, instructions, and map pins;
  • Settings: maintain the public profile and, with administrator authority, pause or archive the initiative.

A practical launch checklist​

  • Agree internally who will create the initiative; do not create duplicates.
  • Use a monitored contact email and a clear public description.
  • Add accurate locations and opening hours before publishing goods needs.
  • Start with a small, current list of needs rather than a permanent wish list.
  • Set realistic quantities and shift capacity.
  • Add at least one additional responsible team member.
  • Brief the people who receive goods or check volunteers in.

Continue with Register an initiative, then Locations and settings.