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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 improves mental health, happiness, educational success, community financial strength, and mutual support.

PROJECT

One of the means NGA will be using more to bring people together is to convene and facilitate local conferences on issues relevant to the community and its members. Conference topics we are considering for the future include:

Loneliness
Integration
Classism
Public space use/design
Housing
Displacement
White working class
African-Caribbean focus
Gentrification
Our common goals
Values
Role

As an NGA conference team member, you will play a large role in creating local conferences. The team overall will carry out a variety of functions including:

Planning and designing the structure of conferences
Seeking community ideas for conferences
Selecting conference topics
Working the the Digital Marketing and Website teams to create effective event promotion
Work with the Fundraising Team to secure greater funding for local conferences
Seek out and develop partnerships with local organisations and other groups
Select and organise conference venues
Manage and facilitate conference agendas and dynamics
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 conferences or similar 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
Good research skills
Interviewing skills
Videography and editing
Report writing