Yes, you can register on behalf of one or more persons providing that (1) to the best of your knowledge, the person you have registered has not expressed any reluctance to participate in StepUp for Ageing Research and (2) it is your opinion that registration is in their best interest.
If the person you wish to register is able to provide consent, we recommend that you help them to register for themselves. If you instead register a person as their representative (Proxy), you must discuss participation with this person, if possible, and you will be required to provide information about yourself and your relationship with this person (the volunteer). Proxies are also required to provide documentation supporting their legal status to represent the volunteer and proof of identification. If the Proxy is not able to provide this documentation then the volunteer cannot be registered by the Proxy until they are able to do so.
If you register on behalf of another person, the registration steps are similar to registering yourself but also include a series of questions regarding your relationship to the volunteer and their capacity. Please note that we do this in order to ensure we operate ethically. As well as indicating your relationship to this volunteer, you will state you have the volunteer’s consent to act on their behalf, and specify who (you or the other person, directly) should be contacted about new studies. When you login, your home page will allow you to distinguish between the studies matched for each of the different volunteers (e.g., you, your parent and your friend) associated with your account.
If the volunteer you register matches to a study and is approached by a research team, full consent would be sought by the researchers before the volunteer takes part in their study. That means that it would never be possible for someone to become involved in a particular research study without that person (or another person with authority to act on their behalf) having properly consented.