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BackedHelp Centre

Getting started

  • Getting help

    Where to look when you are stuck, and how to send feedback to the Backed team.

  • Getting started as an administrator

    A tour of the Administrator portal, from the Dashboard to the sidebar's Settings section.

  • Migrating to Backed

    Plan what to bring across from your old system, load your applicants quietly, and check and sign off each load of your records.

  • Onboarding sessions

    How Backed onboards your organisation in three recorded sessions, how to prepare for each, and where to find your plan and recordings.

  • Requesting the security pack

    What Backed's security pack holds, how a reviewer requests it from the trust page, and what happens after they do.

  • Security and privacy review

    What Backed gives your security and privacy reviewers during onboarding, and the settings and records they will want to see.

  • Set up your organisation

    Run the six-step setup wizard to choose your role, describe your organisation, set its look, invite your team and draft a first round.

  • The public trust page

    What Backed's public trust page at backed.giving/trust tells your funders, auditors and security reviewers, and how it is kept current.

  • Understanding the typical grant workflow

    How a grant moves through Backed, from set-up to reporting, and which guide covers each step.

  • Welcome to Backed

    What Backed is, who uses it, and where to start reading as an administrator.