Active & Engaged

 

To remind Societies to be welcoming to everyone, especially to those new to the University & Union.

How to get:  A Society must have had a stall at the Freshers fair OR held a Welcome event that was open to all.

 

To encourage societies to recruit new members.

How to get:  Society has 10 members registered through the website (including committee).

 

To remind Societies to keep up-to-date, to help ensure their Society runs well & to hold Socs Exec to account.

How to get:  At least 1 committee member has attended 1 GM (can include the AGM).

 

To remind Societies to complete training, to help ensure their Society runs well.

How to get:  The treasurer has completed finance training AND 1 or more other committee members have completed committee training AND 1 or more other committe memmbers have completed unconscious bias training and consent training.

 

To encourage the Society to meet regularly, so that members can get to know eachother.

How to get:  The Society holds regular meetings/meet-ups (at least 2 per semester) that are advertised on the website.

 

To encourage committees to make their web page as appealing as possible to potential new members.

How to get:  Society webpage is up-to-date. For example: A logo is added, pictures, embedded videos, information made via apps like Canva.

 

To encourage a sense of community within your society.

How to get:  Society must have held 2 events outwith regular meetings, which were advertised on the website.

 

To remind the committee of their responsibilities to ensure their members are safe at Society events.

How to get:  Run an initiative to help get Society members home safe after an event. For example, having a nominated sober person responsible for this, car sharing and/or messaging to check in.

 

To encourage the committee to complete extra training to ensure their Society runs as well as possible.

How to get:  2 other training sessions (not general, finance or unconscious bias) have been completed by at least 1 committee member (can be the same committee member who completes both or 2+ different ones).

 

To encourage the recording of volunteer hours and to showcase the amount of time and effort that committees put into their Societies.

How to get:  Committee members have an average of 20 hours logged each.

 

To encourage Societies to keep up-to-date, to help ensure their Society runs well and to hold Socs Exec to account.

How to get:  At least 1 committee member attended another GM (2 GMs total - one of which can be the AGM).

 

To encourage Societies to help the wider community.

How to get:  A Society must have held 1 community event or initiative. For example, fundraising for charity or performing a service for the community.

 

To encourage the committee to complete extra training to ensure their Society runs as well as possible.

How to get:  All committee members have completed unconscious bias and consent training.

 

To encourage Societies to make sustainable choices and to encourage their members to do the same.

How to get:  Hold 1 sustainability event or initiative. For example a cycle ride, running an online awareness campaign, organising a food waste initiative, attending a sustainable event as a society, showing through grant request research that the Society has made effords to make more sustainable choices.

 

To encourage a sense of community within your Society.

How to get:  Hosted 3+ social events, 1 of which must be not centered around alcohol - e.g. a movie night rather than a pub crawl - and advertise these through the website.

 

To encourage collaboration and build community between Societies.

How to get:  Collaborate with another Society or Sports Club on an event or initiative (this could be the community/sustainability event).

 

To share the amazing things your Society does.

How to get:  Submit a story to our Marketing & Communications team - this could be written, video or audio.

 

To encourage Societies to keep up-to-date, to help ensure their Society runs well and to hold Socs Exec to account.

How to get:  A committee member attended the Societies AGM and voted for Socs Exec on behalf of their Society.

 

To remind Societies to embody the Union's values in everything they do.

How to get:  The Society has gone above and beyond to embody the Union's values, which are: seize the opportunity, speak up, join forces, back each other.