Laura Laverty

• Community Engagement, actively engaging with members of Church community, newcomers, and those within wider community. Creating welcoming and inclusive environments where individuals feel supported and valued. Encouraging active participation in church activities, boosting engagement levels within congregation.
• Event Planning, successfully planning large and small-scale events, both free and paid, for adults, young adults, children, and family events (50+ events).
• Managed implementation of GDPR compliance, including rewriting policies and procedures which ensured adherence to data protection regulations.
• Researched, implemented, and managed new database system, ensuring seamless integration and compliance across the organisation. Provided training for all staff and oversaw adherence to system protocols and data management standards.
• Crisis Care, offering compassionate care during times of crisis, providing emotional and spiritual support to individuals and families during difficult circumstances.
• Strategically planning events for community engagement. Ensuring events ran smoothly by delegating tasks, managing teams, leaders, and speakers. Delivering events in fast-paced and flexible environment while maintaining strong relationships (e.g., funerals, community engagement events, conferences, year-long teaching programs).
• Public Speaking, delivering inspiring, relevant, and theologically accurate messages that resonated with congregation, helping individuals navigate their own spiritual journeys and addressing real-life challenges.
• Leading and developing volunteer teams and church staff. Fostering environment of collaboration, idea-sharing, and encouraging individuals to work together, 100+ volunteers to serve at weekly events.
• Collaborating with leaders to nurture, plan, motivate, and connect with community through meaningful environments and relationships. Transforming goals and dreams into tangible outcomes within thriving community.
• Successfully helped 500+ individuals connect meaningfully to community life.

• Overseeing booking process to ensure seamless experience for clients booking wedding photography and videography.
• Booking Systems Management: Supervising systems to efficiently handle client inquiries, reservations, payments, and event schedules.
• Managed 200+ client bookings.
• Streamlined booking systems and enhanced user experience.
• Developed foundational knowledge and practical skills in digital marketing. Collaborated with content creator to manage social media, driving business growth and bookings through strong online presence.
• Coordinated with wedding planners to book hotels, travel, flights, and create detailed itineraries for teams working across Italy, Spain, England, and Scotland for destination weddings.

Responsible for overseeing (annual) festival planning process from concept to execution

• Developing comprehensive plan, ensuring all elements—schedule, logistics, content, and resources—were carefully organised to create seamless and engaging event.
• Developed and implemented strategies that contributed to expanding delegates from 800 - 1500 over 2 years.
• Leading and assembling teams: Recruiting 250+ talented individuals and from volunteers to work collaboratively together.
• Communicating with Leaders, Speakers, and Volunteers: Acting as central point of communication for everyone, maintaining strong relationships with festival leaders, speakers, and volunteers.
• Communications and website updates: Ensuring that delegates are well informed for upcoming events.
• Booking systems and data management: optimising booking system and data management processes.
• Collaborated with leaders to provide accurate and timely information for efficient event management.
• Improved accessibility for all attendees: by collaborating with church leaders, families, and individuals to address specific accessibility needs. Worked to make festival inclusive and welcoming, ensuring that everyone could participate fully and comfortably.
• Managed vendor relationships to ensure timely delivery of services.
• Managed event operations on-site, overseeing setup, execution, and teardown. Ensured all plans, leaders, teams, and speakers were aligned and running smoothly.