As part of your group’s activities, you may want to organise an event. You will need to decide from the beginning what the purpose of any particular event you organise is:
- awareness raising
- networking or social
- fundraising
This will determine who you invite, what your budget is, what your goals are etc. Some events will combine different purposes eg. an Eritrean evening at a church could raise awareness as well as raising funds through selling tickets.
Bear in mind that any sanctuary seekers you invite may have limited personal funds so you may want to offer free tickets and arrange transport to help them to attend.
Consent for photos
When it comes to taking photos and videos at events, it is important to get permission to use people’s images for anything that will be made public. In the case of asylum seekers in particular it can be important for their case to not appear publicly, and of course care needs to be taken when taking pictures of children.
We recommend at any events where you will be taking photos or making videos to make this very clear to attendees, and you can make posters asking people to come and find you if they wish not to be pictured.
You can find some templates in our
Tools and Templates section.
Links
‘How to run a stress-free event’ and ‘
How to Plan a Charity Event’ from NCVO.