About The Neighborhood
De Buurt is committed to neighborhoods where people know, greet and help each other. With cheerful and accessible initiatives, such as De Buurtcamping, BuurtBankjes and de Zwaaisteen, De Buurt brings people together. The idea is simple: if you know each other a little, the neighborhood immediately feels a lot nicer and safer.
Whether you are camping together in the park, chatting on a bench or just waving to a neighbour – every moment of contact counts. De Buurt helps to make these kinds of encounters easier and more fun. In this way, they build neighbourhoods where you feel at home and where there is room for new friendships.
The question: a Laravel portal in Filament for hundreds of volunteers
A Buurtcamping is a temporary camping site in the park, set up by and for local residents. For three days, a city park is transformed into a meeting place full of activities, food and fun. The goal: people from the neighbourhood get to know each other better.
Setting up a Neighbourhood Campsite sounds nice, but there is a lot involved. Volunteer organisers arrange everything themselves: from permits to programme, from finances to safety. The information about how everything had to be arranged was there, but was scattered across documents, emails and loose checklists. It was often unclear who should do what and when.
The Neighborhood was looking for a solution that offers overview, structure and support in organizing a Neighborhood Campsite. A platform where organizers can log in, find their fellow volunteers and see exactly what needs to be done and when. Clear, accessible and tailored to volunteers. This became the starting point for a user-friendly custom Laravel portal.
One place where organizers and volunteers can find everything they need to organize their Neighborhood Campsite smoothly.
All tasks in a clear Laravel Portal
We developed a portal where volunteers easy to log in, by email or via their Google account. After logging in, they end up on a personal dashboard that provides an immediate overview. There they can see at a glance how far they are in the organizational process. Each month has its own progress bar, with the percentage of completed tasks.
On the left side of the screen is a menu with all the months of the year. If you click on a month, a submenu will appear with all the tasks that need to be done in that period. This way you always know what is going on and what still needs to be done. The tasks are clearly displayed and each point can be clicked for more explanation and context.
Take February for example: then everything revolves around applying for the permit. One of the tasks is to create a scaled map, which you send with the application. Once that map is finished, you simply check off the task. In this way, the portal helps the organizers step by step through the entire process.
Generating video and flyers in the Laravel portal of De Buurtgids
In addition to the monthly overview with tasks, the portal also contains a team overview. There you can see at a glance who you are working with on your Buurtcamping. Each team member is listed on the page with their name and email address, including a handy button to send an email directly. This keeps communication within the team accessible and clear.
For various tasks, organizers can also watch embedded videos. Think of short instructional videos on YouTube that explain, for example, applying for permits or creating a script. The videos are directly visible on the task page, so no hassle with links or searching. In this way, we make the portal not only informative, but also visual and accessible.
Finally, we have built in a flyer generator that allows organizers to quickly create promotional material. You fill in a few fields, upload three images and enter the date of your Buurtcamping. The system then automatically generates a flyer or poster that you can download immediately. Ideal for promoting in the neighborhood, without having to design it yourself.
A Laravel portal built in Filament
For this project we deliberately chose LaravelFilament as a basis for the portal. Filament is a modern framework on top of Laravel that fits perfectly with custom projects like this. It combines the power of Laravel Development with a user-friendly and fast-to-develop interface.
A big advantage of Filament is that ease with which an architecture for users, roles and rights can be created. We were able to set exactly who has access to which components per type of user – from volunteer to coordinator. This makes the platform safe and clear for all involved. Also future expansions remain manageable thanks to this structure.
In addition, Filament offers us a lot of freedom in designing an interface that fits exactly with the working method of De Buurt. Admins can easily add tasks yourself, format texts and embed videos. The management is intuitive and does not require any technical knowledge. This way the platform remains flexible and can be used independently - also in the long term.
The highlights of this Laravel portal
- Built in Laravel Filament, fully tailored for volunteers and coordinators.
- Monthly overview with tasks, progress and detail pages per action point.
- Smart rights and role system for different types of users.
- Embedded videos, downloads and rich content for clear instruction per task.
- Flyer generator for fast and accessible promotion of the Buurtcamping.
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