“Constructing scalable, funding-neutral EA communities (in the UK)” by Kestrel🔸

(This is the rough transcript/summary of a session I am delivering this weekend at EA in the Lakes, and I will be referring people to this post from it.) As a long-time (non-EA) community events organiser, I have a lot of skills and connections in the provision of budget-friendly community events around and near my town. Some young adult approached me at one of them and said they were an "Effective Altruist" and would I please help them learn to organise events for their young adult philosophy group? They would like to do one weekend a year with the uni students and one weekend a year with people from other cities. Well, I can fairly easy bump my 4 weekend residentials a year at the local scout camp, converted church, or YHA up to 6, particularly if it's for a good cause (they say they do lots of learning [...] --- First published: August 20th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/zcDCAkcziWeKKZGE7/constructing-scalable-funding-neutral-ea-communities-in-the --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.