COMMUNITY ORGANISER
Be Lavender Common's presence in your corner of Europe.
Community Organisers are how Lavender Common puts down roots across the continent — recruiting supporters, building local networks, and representing the organisation in their city or region.
A few hours a month to start. The role grows with you: some organisers take on more as their local network builds momentum.
Your own city or region, ideally in one of our 16 priority countries. Local ties matter more than anything else: knowing the place is the asset.
Activists and community builders; people with existing local LGBTQ+ networks; anyone motivated by grassroots organising over institutional work.
What you'll do
Community Organisers are Lavender Common's presence on the ground. The work is relational — building trust with people in your city, connecting them with the organisation's mission, and turning that connection into support and engagement.
- Recruit new supporters through local outreach, events, and personal networks
- Connect LGBTQ+ organisations and allies in your area with Lavender Common's work
- Organise community gatherings, talks, and local fundraising
- Act as a point of contact for people in your region who want to get involved
- Share local intelligence — what's happening on the ground, what issues are live, what the community needs
How organising works
In each of our priority countries, we're organising supporters through a network of regional hubs, each centred on a city. Community Organisers anchor those hubs. You're the local face of Lavender Common and the first person new supporters in your area connect with.
Hubs don't work alone. As the network grows, organisers in the same country and across Europe share what's working, swap ideas for events, and build the supporter base that funds our legal work. Every person you bring in becomes part of how cases get to court.
What you'll get from us
- A named contact at Lavender Common who you can go to with questions, ideas, or problems
- A briefing on our work, our cases, and how to talk about them, so you're never guessing
- Ready-to-use materials: sign-up links, talking points, and support for planning events
- A connection to other organisers in your country and beyond
- Real influence: what you tell us about your area shapes where we focus
What we're looking for
No specific background is required. What matters is that you're embedded in your community, that people trust you, and that you care about what Lavender Common is trying to do. Experience in activism, event organising, or supporter recruitment is an advantage — but someone with strong local relationships and genuine motivation will go further than a professional organiser who's new to the area.
Right now we're focusing on building our supporter community in 16 countries: the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland. If you're based in one of them, we'd especially love to hear from you — but wherever you are in Europe, please get in touch.
Your safety comes first
Organisers represent Lavender Common in public, so we'll agree a short set of ground rules with you before you start: how to talk about our work, what to do if something goes wrong, and when to check in with us.
You decide how visible you are. We'll never ask you to do anything that puts you at risk, and we won't name you publicly without your permission. If LGBTQ+ organising carries real risk where you live, tell us and we'll find lower-profile ways for you to help.
INTERESTED?
Tell us about yourself.
Fill in the expression of interest form and select "Community Organiser" — we'll follow up with full details and next steps.
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