Volunteer work on-the-go, with the 'Do 040' app

Lumens Foundation

The challenge

Eindhoven Doet is an organization dedicated to advising, facilitating, and supporting initiatives that work with volunteers. By connecting supply and demand, they strengthen volunteer engagement in the Eindhoven region. Their goal? To better engage the younger audience. For this generation, volunteering needs to fit their lifestyle, it must be flexible, align with their interests or strengths, and be easy to match with relevant opportunities.

The solution

To lower the barrier to volunteering, the Harborn team developed the ‘Jij doet 040’ mobile app: an accessible and user-friendly tool that enables residents of Eindhoven to easily discover suitable volunteer opportunities. Through a focused design sprint, the concept was brought to life with an emphasis on a simple, intuitive user flow. Only the most essential features, buttons, and questions were included. The result: a lean, clean & flexible mobile app with a dynamic interface that makes discovering and engaging in volunteer work easier than ever.

870

vacancies

6500

clicks to detail page in the first year

1000+

app downloads

About Eindhoven Doet

Eindhoven Doet is a service provided by Stichting Lumens, a social welfare organization committed to supporting people with social and psychological challenges in Eindhoven and the surrounding area. Eindhoven Doet is the expert in the field of volunteer work. They support organizations that work with volunteers by offering advice, training, and practical tools. In doing so, they help volunteers and organizations connect more effectively and strengthen volunteer engagement in the city, because Eindhoven thrives thanks to the people who dedicate themselves to helping others.

A visual match for quick connections

To onboard users as smoothly as possible, the registration process was stripped down to the basics: How often and when do you want to volunteer? What type of work suits you? What kind of target group would you like to help? Answers are short, visually supported, and help users quickly move on to browsing volunteer opportunities. Even the matching process is fast and intuitive, users see attractive visuals with short headings and a “more info” option. Like what you see? Just swipe right to save the opportunity to your collection!

Swipe, explore, and get started!

Thanks to the simple matching system, anyone interested in volunteering can get started in no time. After swiping right, the vacancy is saved to the user’s account, where they can revisit the details and contact the organization directly. This seamless experience aligns perfectly with the expectations of the target audience, who value flexibility. The app makes volunteering fun, easy, and commitment-friendly.

Smart connections for the future of volunteering

For Eindhoven Doet, the app is a valuable tool that empowers volunteer organizations to better match with potential volunteers. It provides insights and control, enabling them to tailor their approach to users’ preferences. This significantly increases the likelihood of successful connections, bringing organizations closer to their audience and accelerating the fulfillment of open positions.

Connection was not only central to the app itself, but also to its rollout. ‘Jij doet 040’ launched on International Volunteer Day, with DJ La Fuente as its first user and ambassador. This gave the app, available for both iOS and Android, instant exposure to the right audience. The ease of use and flexibility of volunteering anytime, anywhere, quickly generated positive feedback.

Future updates will enhance the app even further, tapping deeper into the power of mobile. Planned features include location-based notifications (alerting users when they're near a volunteer opportunity), and a calendar function to indicate future availability. The app is built to scale, making it suitable for deployment in other cities as well. Like the collaboration between Eindhoven Doet and Harborn, this solution is future-proof.

Technologies

Android app (Kotlin)
iOS app (Swift)
Bitrise CI/CD
Firebase Authentication
PHP / Symfony back-end

Visit Eindhoven Doet

Harm-Jan

Technical Lead

Would you like a beautiful mobile app?

Looking for the right people to build your app? You’ve found them! And if you have any questions about this particular case, please feel free to contact Harm-Jan, the project lead.

+31 10 436 50 50 harmjan.roskam@harborn.com