Event Management volunteer

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ABOUT NGA

Newington Green Alliance (NGA) is a small charity working to build strong, deeply connected community that reduces suspicion and mistrust, crime and loneliness and improve mental health, happiness, educational success, community financial strength, and mutual support.

PROJECT

Among the ways NGA can bring people together and help them to connect with and understand each other better is by running local events. The local events we plan to run over the coming months include:

1. Conferences on relevant local topics such as gentrification, classism, and loneliness.
2. Community work days where diverse local people work side by side to improve the area for everyone
3. Intercultural food events where everyone brings a dish their grandmother might have made and cross-cultural connections are made

Role

As an NGA Event Management volunteer, you will work as part of the Event Management team to design, create, and lead local events. The team overall will carry out a variety of functions including:

• Planning and designing the structure of events
• Seeking community event ideas
• Working with the Digital Marketing and Website teams to create effective event promotion
• Work with the Fundraising Team to secure greater funding for local community-building events
• Seek out and develop partnerships with local organisations and other groups
• Select and organise event venues
• Manage and facilitate events
• Setup and take-down of events

Volunteers must be prepared to commit to at least six months of working with NGA. Time required will vary depending on the specific responsibilities of each volunteer and the time relative to a conference. On average, we estimate that each volunteer will need to devote 2-3 hours per week to the work of the Conference Team.

Skills

Skills required for all Conference Team members:

• Organisational skills
• Good planner
• Flexible about changes in plan and setbacks
• Able to work work well with a variety of people of different skills and perspectives

Within the team, the following skills are needed, although not all team members are expected to have each skill:

• Experience with planning and managing events.
• Familiarity with social, financial, and similar issues in the Hackney and Islington areas
• Comfortable with contacting and building relationships with groups and organisations
• Persuasive writing skills
• Understanding of community sociology
• Videography and editing
• Report writing