Provider Name
The name of the provider, usually a company, organisation or charity.
Yes
Age UK
Make sure you are using the correct organisation name, sometimes services within an organisation can appear to be an organisation in their own rights but they are not so further investigation may be needed.
The name used should be a trading name - as that is the name that will mean something to users of the system (if the registered organisation name is different, this should not create a problem, but there will need to be check carried out that these trading names are registered).
OpenProvider Type
A Categorisation of provider, based on a pre-defined list
Yes
Voluntary and Charity Sector
The options are very broad so there will more than likely be a field that your provider fits in to easily. Usually you can see on an organisations website what type of organisation they are. Sometimes it might be more difficult and to find that out you may need to email them and ask them directly. Another option is to look at https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/
OpenDescription
A description of what the provider does and an outline of the types of services provided
Yes
The UK's leading charity for older people. We provide support across many services for the older generation including a every day advice phone line between 8am - 7pm.
As with the service description this field can be formatted to add bold, italicised text and gaps between lines etc to make it easier / less dense text to read and understand.
Remember that this is a description of the provider, not the services themselves
Open Website URL
The website of the provider
No
Make sure this is a website link for a provider, and not a specific service they provide
OpenContact Name
This is the name or role of the person who should be contacted to enquire to this organisation
No
Carol Smith
Contact Position
The Job Role of the designated contact
No
Receptionist
Contact Email
Either the Email address of the dedicated contact, or a general email address.
No
Contact Number 1&2
Either the telephone number of the dedicated contact, or a general number for the organisation
No
080012345678
Provider logo
The logo of the company to be displayed next to the providers name
No
A URL to an image associated with the organization
OpenProvider default place
Address of the organisation headquarters
No