Keep Vinspired independent
We closed once, because we depended on a single funder. Supporters are how we make sure that cannot happen again. It buys you nothing, and that is the point.
The first Vinspired closed in 2018 when its funding ran out. This one is a company that pays for itself, so the free level does not depend on a grant being renewed. Why there is a price at all
Hear the day it opens
Supporting opens when the payment rails and the supporter terms are ready. Leave your email and you will hear the day it does, and nothing else.
The reason this page exists
What happened.
vInspired was a national charity that helped 1.4 million young people volunteer. In November 2018 its funding ran out and it closed. One funder had been holding the whole thing up.
What it cost.
People lost the record of what they had given. Organisations lost the place they recruited from. Nothing was wrong with the idea, and it went anyway, because the money behind it was somebody else's decision.
What we rebuilt.
We took it on in 2023 as a small company and built it again from scratch. A company can earn its own keep, so the free level does not wait each year to hear whether a grant was renewed.
What we will not repeat.
Depending on one source of money. Paid partnerships carry most of the weight, and supporters spread the rest across people who simply want Vinspired to exist.
What supporting pays for
- The register checks behind verification, so an organisation is a real one before it can contact anyone.
- Servers, backups and the security work that keeps a record safe for ten years.
- Safeguarding and data protection, which on a platform used by schools is never finished.
- A person who answers support, knows the product, and writes back the same week.
This is the level the platform was rebuilt for. Everything else exists so that this one can stay free.
The levels
One of these is you
A Friend likes that Vinspired exists. A Believer wants it to grow. A Champion keeps the free level free.
Friend
You like that Vinspired exists.
Believer
You want it to grow.
Champion
You keep the free level free.
A circle for a person, a rounded square for an organisation, the same shapes everything else on Vinspired uses. The mark carries the month you started, and keeps it.
What you get
- The mark beside your name, if you want it shown.
- Your name on this page, if you want it there.
- A letter each term saying what the money paid for, in numbers.
What it is not
- It is not a feature. Nothing on Vinspired unlocks because you support it.
- It is not verification. Verification is free on every level and cannot be bought.
- It is not recognition. The mark never sits beside a badge or a certificate.
A certificate is the highest thing anyone earns here, and it cannot be bought.
- Supporting is for organisations and for people 18 and over.
- The mark never sits beside a certificate or a badge. Those are earned.
The letter each term
Each term we write to supporters and say what the money paid for, in numbers, and then publish the letter here for everyone. The first one appears at the end of the first term of supporting.
Questions
Questions people ask us
Is this a donation?
No. Vinspired is a company, not a charity, so this is not a donation and Gift Aid does not apply. It is a small voluntary subscription that you can stop whenever you like.
Does supporting unlock anything?
No, and that is the point. No feature, no priority, no queue jump. Verification cannot be bought and certificates cannot be bought.
Who can support?
Organisations, and people aged 18 and over. If you are younger, the best support is the thing you already do: volunteer, log it, and show someone your record.
When does it open?
Supporting opens when the payment rails and the supporter terms are ready. Leave your email on this page and you will hear the day it does.
Why not just raise the paid prices?
Because the free level should not depend on how many organisations buy the paid ones. Supporters spread that weight across people who simply want Vinspired to exist.
Supporting opens when the payment rails and the supporter terms are ready. Leave your email and you will hear the day it does, and nothing else.
Vinspired is free, and it will stay free.
The free level is what the platform was rebuilt for. Read exactly what it includes, and what it always will.
VINSPIRED DIGITAL LTD, company number 14962671, registered in England and Wales. Registered office: address to be confirmed.