Everyone is photo-checked
Before anyone posts or asks to join, they add a profile photo and a quick selfie check.
For clubs and groups
A community platform for clubs and groups
A private space where the members of your club, group or organisation plan things together and message each other. Run by you, invite-only, with your logo.
If you run a club, a community group or a membership organisation, you probably already have a mailing list and a group chat. What is often missing is a simple way for members to get together with each other, not only hear from the committee.
A community platform is a private online space for exactly that. The Bunchups Community Portal is one: your members sign in to a space only your organisation can access, see plans put up by other members and by you, ask to join, and chat inside the app.
See it before you ask
Here is what your group and your members get. The phone screens are the real app. The admin screens are drawings with example numbers, laid out like the live portal.
What your members see in the app
Members use the same Bunchups app everyone else does. Inside your portal they only see people and plans from your club.
These screens show a sample plan from the public app. Inside your portal, members see your club’s plans.
Your club’s name and logo
Members know they are in the right place. When they are in your club’s space, your logo sits at the top of the app, and your club appears as its own card.
- Your logo at the top of the app
- Your club shown as its own private community
- Plans from your club and your members together in one place
- Everyone inside has been invited by you
We set the portal up with you, including your club’s name and logo.
Your admin dashboard
A simple view of how much your members are doing together, without a spreadsheet.
- How many members you have, and how many have joined from your links
- Activities planned, join requests and approvals this month, compared with last month
- A six-month trend for plans, join requests and new members
- Your most requested activities
- Open reports from members, so you can act on them
Add members and decide who gets in
You control the door. Nobody can join unless you let them.
Keep in touch with your members
Send a push notification or an email to your active members, or to a group you pick with filters. The portal tells you how many people it will reach before you send.
- Push notification or email
- Choose everyone, or filter to a group
- See how many people it reaches first
- Members who have unsubscribed from email are left out
Safe, private and in your control
You decide who is in
Invite only. Add members by CSV, email address or email domain, and remove or suspend anyone from the admin.
Members can report
Members can report other members in the app. Reports appear on your dashboard for your admins to review.
Share the running
Add sub-admins so a committee can share the work without sharing one login.
Messages without numbers
Members chat inside the app, so nobody has to hand out a phone number.
Adults only
Bunchups is for adults aged 18 and over.
How it starts
No long project. Here is the path from enquiry to your first plan.
- 1
Tell us about your club
Send the short form below. We reply by email within one business day.
- 2
Short demo
We show you the portal and talk through how your club would use it.
- 3
We set up your portal
We create your private portal, with your club’s name and logo, and agree the access rules with you.
- 4
Upload your members
Add your member list by CSV. Each person gets an email invitation.
- 5
Members start planning
Members browse plans, post their own and ask to join. You watch it on the dashboard.
What to look for in a community platform
Six questions worth asking of any option, including ours.
Is it private?
Can people outside your group get in or see anything?
Is it easy for members?
Will people who are not very technical actually use it?
Does it help people meet?
Or is it only one-way announcements?
Who controls it?
Can more than one admin run it, and can you remove someone quickly?
Does it protect personal details?
Can members talk without sharing phone numbers?
Is it honest about its limits?
A platform for connection should say what it does not do, such as payments or rostering.
Who it is for
- Clubs and member groups
- Community groups and not-for-profits
- Aged care and senior living
- Workplaces and membership organisations
Honest limits
It is built for adults aged 18 and over. It is not a payments, membership or rostering system, so keep your existing software for those.
Running a sports club? See Bunchups for sports clubs.
FAQs
Community platform questions
What is a community platform for a club or group?
It is a place online where the members of one group connect, plan things and talk, separate from public social media. The aim is to make it easy for members to meet up, not just to read announcements.
Why not just use WhatsApp or a Facebook group?
Those are fine for quick messages. They are harder for planning, because plans get buried, phone numbers are visible in a big WhatsApp group, and public Facebook groups can be open to more people than you want. A purpose-built space keeps plans, members and messages together.
Is the Community Portal private?
Yes. Access is controlled by your organisation. You choose who joins, and people outside your community cannot get in.
What do admins get?
A dashboard, member management with CSV upload and filters, activities, requests to join, chats, reports, push and email messages to members, sub-admins and settings.
Does our logo appear in the app?
Yes. When members are in your space, your logo shows at the top of the app, and your community appears as its own card.
What kinds of groups use it?
It is built for workplaces, aged care and senior living, community groups and not-for-profits, membership organisations, and clubs and education groups.
Can members make their own plans?
Yes. Members can plan activities for the community, and other members ask to join. The planner approves each request.
Is it for under 18s?
No. Bunchups is for adults aged 18 and over.
What does it cost?
Pricing depends on the size of your member base and your needs, so we agree it with you after a demo. Members do not pay.
Ask about a private space for your members
Tell us about your group and we will reply by email.
Prefer to talk it through? Book a demo.