Skip to main content

Understanding Team Member Types on Social Sync

When using Team Fundraising on Social Sync, there are two distinct member types within a team:

  • Team Captains

  • Team Members

Each role comes with different permissions and responsibilities. Understanding these differences will help you confidently support your fundraisers and troubleshoot queries quickly.


Team Captains

A Team Captain is automatically created when a supporter chooses to create a new team during registration.

Once registered, the Team Captain is taken directly to their fundraising page, where they can access their team page. Here they have enhanced control and management permissions.

What Team Captains Can Do

Team Captains can:

  • Invite new members to join their team

  • Edit the team story (page bio)

  • Edit the team page title

  • Update the team fundraising target

  • Upload a custom banner image

  • Make an existing team member a Co-Captain

  • Remove members who no longer wish to participate

They also have control over important team settings. Captains can:

  • Make the team invite-only

  • Hide the team from leaderboards

  • Close the team to prevent new members from joining

This level of control gives Team Captains ownership over their fundraising experience and allows them to actively lead and manage their group.

💡 Best practice tip: Encouraging captains to personalise their team story and banner image can significantly improve engagement and team recruitment.


Team Members

A Team Member is someone who joins an existing team during registration (or is added later).

What Team Members Can Do

Team Members can:

  • Invite new supporters to join the team

However, they cannot:

  • Edit the team page

  • Change the fundraising target

  • Update the team story or banner image

  • Remove members

  • Assign co-captains

  • Adjust team privacy or visibility settings

This ensures that overall control remains with the Team Captain (and any assigned Co-Captains), keeping team management organised and consistent.

A Quick Summary

Feature

Team Captain

Team Member

Invite new members

✓

✓

Edit team story

✓

✗

Edit fundraising target

✓

✗

Upload banner image

✓

✗

Assign co-captains

✓

✗

Remove members

✓

✗

Adjust privacy & leaderboard settings

✓

✗


Need Support?

If you’d like any support or have any questions, contact our support team at [email protected]

Did this answer your question?