RippleCore for clubs and groups

A club already has the thing every Circle is trying to build: everybody knows everybody, and there is something to turn up to. What it does not have is a record of the part that matters most — the lift home, the new member someone looked after, the hour spent putting the nets away.

What lands in it

• Moments — the moment somebody paused to help, posted with a photo and tags for who was there.
• Events — fixtures, socials and the end-of-season do, with an RSVP.
• Volunteering — the rota nobody wants to fill, with a date, a place and a register of who did.
• Challenges — one goal for the whole club for a month: everyone walks, everyone swims.
• Badges — read off what members have actually done, never handed out.

Getting in

Clubs tend to run open Circles: the Circle is listed, a member shares the code in the team chat, and joining is a tap. A Circle can be set to approve instead, which puts an application in front of an officer — the usual choice for a club with juniors in it.

A Circle can also be unlisted, so it does not appear in Search and the code is the only way in. And whatever a club picks, the events and the member list inside the Circle are readable by its members and by nobody else. So are its posts, with one exception: a member who is 18 or over can choose to share a moment of their own with all RippleCore members. A club’s admin can switch that off for the whole Circle in Settings, and nothing is ever readable without an account.