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A few voluntary organisations using Drupal web software
The VoluntaryNews website has recently moved to using the Drupal open source content management system as the engine delivering the web pages, and collecting the material too. It seems to be a trend in the voluntary sector, and as our list over on CharityBlog of those organisations using Drupal is a bit dated, time for a new one!
No great point to the list, although it does give an idea of the different results and purposes that such a CMS can deliver. Basically a focus on those based in the UK, with just one or two international ones which are known/referred to in British third sector.
Short link to this post: http://tinyurl.com/yavsen7
Sites for the sector
- Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action and its connected sites.
- Rugby CVS Local sector support site.
- VA Lewisham.
- Hants Council for Voluntary Youth Services.
- Aid Workers Network Enables sharing of practical advice and resources - Drupal/CiviCRM.
- Association of Volunteer Managers using Drupal with CiviCRM.
- Carnegie UK Trust Independent commissions of inquiry.
- Charity Trustee Networks.
- Fundraising UK.
- Added: bassac Drupal/CiviCRM.
- GMCVO.
- Institute for Voluntary Action Research.
- Merton Connected CiviCRM - uses Organic Groups to provide mini sites for local groups.
- NCVO, the English umbrella body, is based on Drupal following its 2009 redesign.
- Participation Works - a consortium of British charities helping organisations to involve children and young people in the development, delivery and evaluation of services that affect their lives.
- Third Sector Lancashire.
- Voscur - Bristol's voluntary sector support organisation.
- WM ICT Site of the West Midlands ICT 'Champion' for the sector.
Frontline sites
- ABCtales.com Community for writers and readers.
- Amnesty International Drupal with CiviCRM.
- Ashoka "a (global) community of social entrepreneuers" has various sub-sites, such as it News and Knowledge blog.
- Campaign against Climate Change, UK activists portal Taking action with Drupal.
- Campaign for Better Transport "for green transport that improves people's lives".
- College of Teachers
- Comic Relief.
- Concern Worldwide.
- forum4e online community for people with epilepsy. Plus the main Epilepsy Action site
- Greenpeace UK.
- National Theatre of Wales.
- Quakers in Britain.
- War Resisters International, developed by Netuxo on Drupal.
- WEA West Midlands New January 2010
More
And a new site of some importance, Jan 2010 - data.gov.uk, which has the job of unlocking government data for reuse - is on Drupal. Not a vol org but a good example anyway.
Do please add your additions via the comments box.
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bassac uses drupal
bassac (British Association of Settlements and Social Action Centres) uses Drupal 6 with CiviCRM.
And one from drupal.org
Just featured on drupal.org, which regularly highlights new Drupal-based sites of all types, is the National Theatre of Wales.
Drupal voluntary sector plus two
I haven't even included the two local 'campaign' sites I set up on Drupal before moving VoluntaryNews to the system:
Carno Station Action Group - campaigning for a railway station to be reinstated in the town
Transition Malvern Hills - the local transition initiative. The national network is also planning a move to Drupal to provide a resource for itself and other local groups.
Just spotted: GMCVO, Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation
forum4e
As well as forum4e, our main site at www.epilepsy.org.uk also uses Drupal.
Thanks,
Mark, Epilepsy Action
Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR)
...has recently moved to a Drupal-driven site too - http://www.ivar.org.uk/
Nick
PS: John, I wonder if there's any interest in a similar treatment of Joomla-driven sites?
The College of Teachers
We are also a fond user of Drupal at The College of Teachers: http://www.collegeofteachers.ac.uk.
We use Drupal and CiviCRM
We have been using Drupal since September 2006 and have gone through two upgrades!
Editor's note: that is www.voscur.org I think
Community Service Volunteers
We recently launched www.csv.org.uk on Drupal 6
A few more voluntary sector sites
Last time I looked, there were also:
One more..
www.onespace.org.uk now uses Drupal too.
LGBT Consortium
www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk
Anyone interested in a drupal support group?
Done all the work ourselves so far. We're looking for Drupal mentors to help us add functionality.
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