Customer story · 2 min read
More time for community connections at the Barendrechtse Uitdaging
The Barendrechtse Uitdaging connects the needs of community organisations with what local businesses can offer. Nohou is contributing its expertise free of charge to simplify the work behind those connections. Less administration gives volunteers more time to match people and organisations who can help each other.
Finding a simpler way together
The Barendrechtse Uitdaging connects businesses, charities and associations in Barendrecht. Its volunteers match requests for support with what local businesses can offer, such as knowledge, materials or practical help. The Beursvloer brings those needs and offers together in person.
Today, Xander Heijnen and Jan Kees Hage of Nohou met with Linda Sanders and Gaby Kooijman of the Barendrechtse Uitdaging. Together, they explored how to make organising the Beursvloer and the MVO award more straightforward.
Behind these initiatives is a lot of manual work. Processing registrations, maintaining lists and following up on matches takes time. Time its volunteers could spend finding the right match between a request and an offer.
One environment, less manual work
We are going to build one digital environment bringing together Beursvloer registrations, support for the MVO award and requests for community support. The aim is to reduce duplicate tasks and make information available in one place.
We will shape this together with the people involved. They stay in control; the technology supports their work.
By reducing administrative work, we want to give volunteers more time for what they do best: matching requests with offers and bringing the right people together.
A contribution rooted in local involvement
Nohou is contributing its knowledge and time free of charge. As a Barendrecht-based business, we want to support the community connections in our own area.
That involvement goes back some time. Xander Heijnen spent years in the matching group, and Jan Kees previously built the jury app for the MVO award. The request to support the Beursvloer was itself a match made at the event.
Barendrecht first, with room to grow
We are starting with what the Barendrechtse Uitdaging needs. This approach may eventually help other local Uitdaging organisations too. We will keep that possibility in mind while first working together on a solution that works here in practice.