Black History Month Event Manager 1stoct - Volunteer

Are you interested in October 2026 Black History Month? Do you love mental health events? Can you organise an event for for 100+ delegates. Think Tenacity Events provides free therapy by tackling health inequalities. What difference will you make? This role supports Think Tenacity Events and Free Therapy Team to continue providing FREE counselling and mental health support for our members from the Black community. This volunteering role will help our nonprofit organisation develop free entry events for 2026 to drive future success for the organisation to educate and raise awareness of Black mental health issues in the community. What are we looking for? Skills / Experience

• Minimum 3 years event management experience mandatory
• Ability to use WhatsApp for event team communications
• Highly deadline orientated person (mandatory)
• a calm approach flexible under pressure when managing event schedules without being easily flustered (mandatory)
• High attention to detail with organisational skills (mandatory)
• Ability to be solution focussed to meet event deadlines
• Experience supporting private or public sector events conferences, seminars, charity events or community events
• Must have proactive approach to share new event management ideas with high written and verbal communication
• self-motivated to work Independently remotely but can adapt to be a team player
• Effective ability to work with senior stakeholders and diverse communities with strong interpersonal skills Remote What will you be doing? Click this link to view our previous Anniversary Event https //caringmindblog.com/2026/05/23/making-time-for-black-mental-heal… DO YOU HAVE EVENT MANAGEMENT SKILLS & CAN WORK REMOTELY TO MANAGE AN EVENT FOR 100 DELEGATES? HOW?
• Min 3 years event management experience
• Highly deadline orientated person
• End-to-End Event Management
• Event Logistics & Operations
• On-site Delegate Registration
• Manage Panel Q&A Discussion
• End of Event Evaluation and weekly event status reports
• Create Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) providing step-by-step event management instructions for completing event tasks, helping to maintain consistency and efficiency within the team. What You will help our very small team to organise Think Tenacity Event for October 2026 Black History Month bringing together mental health professionals, community leaders, and local authorities to tackle health inequalities and access to mental health support by providing free therapy. 100% remote + Zoom weekly event team meetings This role is 100% remote during the event planning stage, with weekly Tuesday Zoom team meetings. The volunteer will be required to attend the event in person on 1st October 2026 in London, to support smooth delivery on the day. WHY ARE THINK TENACITY EVENTS VERY POPULAR? Black History Month is an important time to celebrate Black communities, but it is also a time to talk about the challenges that still need to change. Some Black people may face barriers when trying to access mental health support. These barriers may include lack of trust, stigma, poor experiences with services, cultural misunderstanding or unequal outcomes.