I downvoted. This post would be better if it was a clearer explanation of what the organisation does, its theory of change, impact and cost-effectiveness, and only a brief description of the job opening
Plus it seems like there are a bunch of employees on the website already
GiveWell publish a lot of information from their board meetings, including previously full audio recordings
There's some of that in these posts:
https://lynettebye.com/blog/2024/5/2/how-to-make-hard-decisions-and-have-impact
https://lynettebye.com/blog/2024/7/29/my-career-exploration-tools-for-building-confidence
Though it's more focussed on generating ideas and testing them
I also don't feel comfortable claiming this as a Gift Aid eligible 'donation'
A charity can charge what it likes for a ticket to attend its event. However, it should not put the charity’s funds at risk and, therefore, should set the ticket price at a level to at least recover its costs.
And I'm pretty sure the wording on the registration page was something like "£400 lets us recoup the cost from running the event" or similar.
So I don't think HMRC would see these payments as 'monies received as fundraising during an event that the charity put on' rather than 'ticket price for an event' (which is not an eligible donation)
Is there much administrative overhead to claim Gift Aid?
If 500(?) people are paying £400 (for a total of £200,000), you can claim £50,000 from the government which seems like it should be worthwhile
And it's not too late to collect people's Gift Aid declarations (section 3.6.3 here)
I'm disturbed by a couple of things in this thread:
Swapcard tips:
You can use Firefox/Safari/Chrome etc. on your phone, go to swapcard.com and use that instead of downloading the Swapcard app from your app store. As far as I know, the only thing the app has that the mobile site does not, is the QR code that you need when signing in when you first get to the venue and pick up your badge
The other fields, like 'How can I help others' and 'How can others help me' appear when you view someone's profile, but will not be used when searching using Swapcard search. This is another reason to use the Swapcard Attendee Google sheet that is linked-to in Swapcard to search
People might not want their data uploaded to a commercial large language model, but if you can run an open-source LLM locally, you can upload the Attendee Google sheet and use it to help you find useful contacts
Matthew Yglesias wrote a Giving Tuesday piece about GiveDirectly that makes a compelling case for effective giving to a general audience. The article addresses why one should consider directing charity to the Global South, what makes cash transfers an appealing intervention, and how this approach can be reconciled with the desire to volunteer locally.
https://www.slowboring.com/p/you-can-help-the-poorest-people-in