VP Activities - What I'm working on
Wed 18 Dec 2024
VP Activities - What I'm working on
- Launching and expanding the women’s* gym space to two sessions per week, advocating for a permanent space.
- Partnering with Lancashire Violence Reduction Network to educate students about fraud and supporting campus safety initiatives.
- Delivering Committee Training sessions on Creating Change and Marketing and Promotion.
- Revising the Trustee Recruitment pack, reducing it from 23 to 13 pages by removing outdated content.
- Collaborating with the staff team and SLT to develop the new four-year Union Strategy.
- Working with university sports staff to improve offers and spaces for students.
- Supporting the Engagement Team in delivering Committee Training with a new approach, gathering feedback for further improvement.
- Relaunching Pulse Media by recruiting a new student member and supporting their development.
- Organising the Hope Walk in partnership with Papyrus and the Mary O’Gara Foundation to raise awareness of suicide prevention.
- Lobbying MPs in London for increased maintenance loan support and networking with other university officers.
- Collaborating with university staff to apply for the BUCS Active Wellbeing Fund to deliver an 18-month activity timetable targeting women and neurodiverse students.