Chapter 1 · Lesson 1.1
What a SocioStory Centre is
How a Centre works, who is in it, and why its work belongs to the Centre and not to any one person.
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Create a free accountA SocioStory Centre is your college's way of answering NGOs who need volunteers. NGOs nearby create drives on SocioStory: a lake clean-up, a plantation, a blood donation camp, a day sorting donations. SocioStory offers the seats on those drives to nearby Centres, and the Centre's leaders decide which ones their members can fill.
That turns the usual pattern around. NGOs don't search for students or browse their profiles. They ask, and the Centre answers. Your members choose the drives they want, and the NGO sees only the people on its own drive.
How a Centre comes to be
- The college sets up the Centre in its SocioStory workspace and names a faculty anchor.
- The college signs a free three-year MoU with SocioStory and uploads it. It stays private.
- A student is proposed as the first Lead Social Leader, and every student leader passes Safeguarding for Centre leaders.
- SocioStory approves the Centre and gives it a campus network manager. Only approved Centres receive requests.
Who's who
| Role | Who | What they do |
|---|---|---|
| Faculty anchor | A member of staff, ideally the NSS Programme Officer. Named by the college | Keeps the Centre going across batches; approves hour statements, signs college reports and signs each leader's handover |
| Lead Social Leader | A student, 18 or over, with at least a year left at college. Appointed by SocioStory | Replies to NGOs' requests, runs the members, appoints the coordinators, names a successor |
| Deputy Social Leader | A student, 18 or over, with at least a year left. Appointed by SocioStory | Shares the requests inbox and the members with the Lead, and is the Lead's named successor |
| Coordinators (4–6) | Students, 18 or over. Appointed by the Lead | One area each: drives and safety, outreach, attendance and evidence, or campus reporting |
| Members | Students who join the Centre | Sign up for the drives the Centre accepts |
| Campus network manager | SocioStory staff | Looks after about 25 Centres: training, escalations and a quarterly health review |
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