People who make this place happen volunteer their time and effort because of the effect it has. We believe that even small efforts, applied consistently can bring about a big change in the world and help make a difference on a global scale. All effort, no matter how small, can influence that change and we all contribute to that - what we can, whenever we can – so we can all see a better tomorrow.
As much as we try, though, there are still things we can’t do or simply can’t find any spare resources or manpower to cover and that’s why we ask for your help. You are not limited to just those options, the list below is designed to give you a few ideas on areas where we could really use your help.
How you can help
Spread the word. Although you can find our posters in every corner of the web very few people know where they come from, what DAREBEE is and what it stands for. We don’t actively promote ourselves and we don’t insist on link-backs so we are still fairly unknown. Mentioning DAREBEE anywhere online or offline can help this resource develop and grow, even if it’s just a tweet, a blog post or a printout left somewhere it can be noticed. The more people know about us the more likely we are to stay up and continue our work.
Report bugs and inconsistencies. We do try very hard to keep the quality of everything DAREBEE does high but bugs and typos do happen, especially if someone is pulling a 48 hour shift. So if you see a wrong exercise name to a picture or a broken link or anything of the sort please report it to us here - we usually fix it within 24 hours if not right away.
Help others in the Hive, the DAREBEE community. Since we have very limited manpower when it comes to running and maintaining the resource all of the help and support is handled through our forum (The Hive). It is a global fitness community as well as our official help desk – DAREBEE team members, experienced DAREBEES and even newBEES who know their way around our workouts and programs help those who are unfamiliar with our set-up or just need to a bit of guidance there. It doesn’t matter how experienced you are, how long you have been with DAREBEE or how many programs you have completed – you might be able to help someone by just being there and cheering them on. We support each other in every way we can in the Hive.
Multilingual Support. Not everyone who comes here speaks English and although we would love to have a multilingual resource it is impossible at this time. Since the resource is updated daily (sometimes hourly) it would have to be done for all languages in real time and that’s a full time job that requires a lot of commitment. Eventually we are hoping to get to a point when it’ll be possible for us to have people on-board who are able to handle this responsibility but for now we have sections in the Hive for that. We currently have French and Spanish language support there for anyone who needs help. If you feel it’s something you can do for your native language – please reach out to us through the Hive.
Share your expertise. We are always looking for different ways to train, find new and exciting ways to stay active but we don’t always have the experience required to cover a particular subject. If you are an expert in a particular training field e.g., weapon’s and sword training, yoga, injury rehabilitation, dance or a specific sport we would love to have you on-board and add your knowledge to DAREBEE available resources whether it’s articles or posters. It is all volunteer work and there is no money or glory in it but you will be contributing to something that will become part of the web and part of history, and it will help a lot of people all over the world.
Help us with programming. Functionality-wise we are extremely limited and we can rarely modify any code to make the overall experience better so if it’s something you can help us with it’ll be greatly appreciated not just by us but by everyone using this resource on a regular basis. We won’t take up too much of your time, mostly we just need small things like improving the timers and adding small usability improvements compatible with our two systems: Joomla & vBulletin 5 Board. If it is something you can lend us a hand with, please, contact us here.
Note: we are not currently looking to develop a mobile app because it will require regular support and maintenance as well as regular updates and we can’t spare any resources for that at the moment. When we will be able to develop a mobile application for DAREBEE it will be free and ad-free just like this website. For now, we tried to make this place as mobile friendly as possible.
Consider donating. And of course, donations is what keeps the lights on. Nothing exists in a vacuum and we are no exception. Since we don’t have ads or products here and we don’t accept sponsorships from companies, donations is DAREBEE’s only source of income. Although it is a very popular place not everyone can or will donate - very few people do, so if you can spare anything it will be greatly appreciated.
Places like DAREBEE shouldn’t be able to exist, shouldn’t be able to survive in the world driven and guided by profit but we are still here and still kicking... quite literally sometimes. You can help us build this place, make it better and watch it grow. Whatever you choose to do it will make a difference.
DAREBEE Team
