19 lessons learned building a non-profit community from scratch

Discover the secrets to successful community building with Rahul Seth, founder of Perth’s largest mental well-being support group, Activate Mental Health, and the 2023 WA Volunteer of the Year.

In this talk, Rahul will share the critical lessons he learned in establishing a non-profit from the ground up, such as the nuances of volunteer management, the challenges of fundraising, effective branding, strategic collaborations and personal well-being.

He’ll also delve briefly into the future of mental health service provision, making this talk a must for any startup in the mental health space.

Rahul’s practical experience in creating a successful, vibrant community and leading a team of dedicated volunteers, will leave you with a richer understanding of what it takes to build and sustain a successful startup or organisation. Do not miss this one!

**About Rahul**
Rahul Seth is the founder of Perth’s biggest mental well-being support group, [Activate Mental Health](https://www.activatemh.com.au/). A Chartered Accountant by qualification, Rahul has turned a simple idea that he had to make more friendships and have some fun, into a dynamic entity where over 20 volunteers run more than 300 fun social activity events annually to help their 6,000+ members improve their mental well-being. In May 2023, Rahul was named WA Volunteer of the Year.

Rahul is currently collaborating with a leadership circle team that is working towards getting Activate Mental Health registered as an official charity by July 2024. In his spare time, Rahul follows Formula 1, reads non-fiction books and loves photography and graphic design.

**Live stream**
This event will also be live streamed for the regions courtesy of the [New Industries Fund](https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/department-of-jobs-tourism-science-and-innovation/new-industries-fund) from the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation!

Access the live stream here and post-event recording here:
[https://perthvideo.com.au/morning-startup-perth/](https://perthvideo.com.au/morning-startup-perth/)

**Regional watch parties**
Watch the Morning Startup live stream with your local community. Here’s a list of regional watch parties:

***Yanchep***
*[Y.hub Coworking](https://yhubcoworking.com.au/) – Office 1/128 Yanchep Beach Rd, Yanchep WA 6035. Note: Y.hub are hosting the watch party the following week on Tuesday as a ‘Lunch and Learn’ from 12pm.*

If you’re interested in hosting a ‘watch party’ for your community, let us know ([email protected]) and we’ll add your event to the list above.

**Grab a coffee courtesy of Tekkon!**
In addition to offering talented, cost-effective developers, [Tekkon](https://tekkon.com.au/) is offering free coffee for the first 30 Morning Startup attendees! Just tell the awesome folks at Joey Zaza’s that you’re heading to Morning Startup to kick start your morning!

**Breakfast treats courtesy of KeepSpace**
Not only does [KeepSpace](https://www.keepspace.com.au/) care deeply about your 3PL ecommerce fulfilment needs, they also care deeply about your 7:30 am stomach fulfilment needs! Thanks KeepSpace for providing breakfast!

**Sponsors**
Thanks also [Ammo Marketing](https://ammo.marketing/), [Beacham Group](https://beachamgroup.com/), [KeepSpace](https://www.keepspace.com.au/) and [Tekkon](https://tekkon.com.au/) for supporting Morning Startup and the Perth startup community! If you need help with marketing, hiring, ecommerce fulfilment, or developers, check them out and tell them Morning Startup sent you!

Thanks also to the New Industries Fund from the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation for live streaming Morning Startup for the regions, with the amazing folks at [perthvideo.com.au](https://perthvideo.com.au/).