If U Care Share
In 2005 Daniel O’Hare aged just 19 took his life.
His cousin Sarah aged 13 and brothers Matthew aged 10 and Ben aged 5 formed If U Care Share in his memory. They aimed to prevent other families from suffering a similar devastating experience by encouraging young people to share their problems.
With initial support from a family friend, they went on to raise over £48,000 raising awareness of If U Care Share. The money raised helped fund young people’s projects within the Samaritan’s North East region. Today, If U Care Share Foundation is a registered charity supporting young people across the region.
The Challenge
If U Care Share was operating using paper and spreadsheet-based processes. Running fact finds through these processes was time-consuming, and it suffered all the usual problems associated with inefficient processes including false data, human error and lack of quality information.
For funding purposes, it needed to provide facts and figures regarding the people they were helping, including the quantitative and qualitative benefits provided. Not being able to provide this data can compromise funding.
As with all businesses, If U Care Share sought to become leaner and more efficient to maximise its capabilities as a charity. It also wanted to deliver the best possible service to the maximum number of people requiring support.
The Outcomes
There are two pillars to the charity:
- Supporting friends and family following someone taking their own life
- Prevention of the worst possible outcome by education, support and mentoring activities
Both sides of the operation require a core of relationship management, liaising with friends and family to coordinating organisations facilitating services and funding streams. Excelpoint’s no-code software manages all these relationships digitally so that only the appropriate staff can access very sensitive information.
The no-code software system provides insight from the outcomes of workshops and questionnaires and monitors the progress of people being supported. It will automatically generate all the important figures or data required.
It translates soft or hard tendencies into quantifiable information to direct resources to achieve the best outcomes. This is at the heart of the charity, and it contributes to attracting further funding.
Overall, the no-code software aids the growth of the charity and provides efficient and controlled access to information to help protect the well-being of vulnerable clients.
In Summary
- Provides crucial insight into the organisation to secure funding
- Enables secure and easy access to information
- Replaced paper and spreadsheet-based processes
- Streamlined operational processes
Excelpoint has supported If U Care Share since the early days. It has grown significantly and now has 22 people working across various roles. Excelpoint is pleased to be supporting the charity further as it embarks on its next phase of growth.
