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This page explains the Active & Engaged initiative, outlining the tiers and badges you can achieve and a tracker showing the current progress of each society.
The Active & Engaged initiative rewards societies who go above and beyond to positively engage with students, Strath Union and the wider community.
Once a society has achieved either a Bronze, Silver or Gold tier, it'll be displayed under the society's name on their webpage. The reasoning behind each tier and the corresponding badges, as well as the criteria to meet and the prizes you can achieve are all set out on this page.
The tiers and badges are designed for societies to earn as you go over the academic year. Once you get a tier or a badge, you keep it for the rest of that year and until the end of Semester 1 the following year.
To apply, click the link at the bottom of this page and submit your evidence.
Submitted applications will be reviewed by the societies team, and may take 2-3 weeks to approve. All societies wishing to be eligible for the £500 Gold Tier Prize Draw must submit your application no later than Friday 2nd May 2025.
The table below shows the current progress for each society in achieving Active & Engaged badges. It also has tabs which show progress made by affiliated societies in previous academic years.
Bronze badge on Strath Union website.
Shout out in Societies Newsletter.
To achieve the bronze tier, societies must collect all of the following badges.
How to get: A Society must have had a stall at the Freshers fair OR held a Welcome event that was open to all.
How to get: Society has 10 members registered through the website (including committee).
How to get: At least 1 committee member has attended 1 of the societies GM (can include the AGM). This is the society wide GM meetings (or AGM) which take place 4 times per year, this is not your own society meetings/AGM.
How to get: The treasurer has completed finance training AND 2 or more committee members have completed committee training AND 1 or more committee members have completed an additional training module or workshop.
How to get: The Society holds regular meetings or meet-ups that meet your society's aims and are communicated to your members.
How to get: Society Strath Union webpage is up-to-date. For example: A logo is added, pictures, embedded videos, constitution uploaded, events added, membership are available to purchase, information made via apps like Canva.
Silver badge on Strath Union website.
Shout out on Strath Union social media.
Immediate £15 added to savings account.
To achieve silver tier, societies must collect all the Bronze Badges plus all of the following badges.
How to get: Society must have held 2 events outwith regular meetings or meet-ups, for example a social or fundraiser, which were advertised on the website through Native.
How to get: Run a safety or wellbeing initiative within your society. For example, take action to help get your members home safe after an event by nominating a sober person, ride-sharing and/or messaging to check in.
How to get: 2 or more committee members must have completed finance training AND committee training AND an additional training or workshop.
How to get: Committee members have an average of 20 hours logged each.
How to get: At least 1 committee member attended more than 1 GM (2 GMs total - one of which can be the AGM).
Gold badge on Strath Union website.
Shout out in all-student Opportunities email.
Society spotlight story shared on Strath Union website.
Immediate £30 added to savings account.
Immediate entry into £500 prize draw.
To achieve gold tier, societies must collect the Bronze and Silver Badges plus the following badges.
How to get: A Society must have taken part in 1 Union community volunteering project OR held 1 community event or initiative. For example, work with Hear to Listen, fundraise for charity or perform a service for the community.
How to get: All committee members have completed committee training AND another training (either finance or an additional training).
How to get: Demonstrate a sustainable change in the day-to-day running of your society OR hold 1 sustainability event or initiative (for example a bike ride, running an online awareness campaign, organising a food waste initiative) OR take part in a Union, University or community initiative around sustainability.
How to get: Hosted 3+ social events outwith regular meetings or meet-ups, 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.
How to get: Collaborate with another Society or Sports Club on an event or initiative (this could be the community/sustainability event).
How to get: Submit a piece of content to our Marketing & Communications team via email - this could be written, video or audio about an event coming up, an initative you ran or something else you are doing.
How to get: A committee member attended 2+ GMs, one of which was the Societies AGM, and voted for Socs Exec candidates on behalf of their Society.
How to get: Demonstrate the Society has gone above and beyond to embody the Union's values, which are: seize the opportunity (e.g. take part in volunteering projects), speak up (e.g. submit a policy to Student Parliament), join forces (e.g. collaborate with another Society on a project), back each other (e.g. take part in a campaign).
The following badges are not related to the Bronze/Silver/Gold tiers mentioned above, but are seen as milestones that deserve to be celebrated and given a badge as recognition.
Newbie Affiliated within current academic year.
Democratic 50% of members voted in the Strathclyde Student Elections.
Charitable Raised £500 or more for charity or held 4 collection events (e.g. foodbank).
Competitive Competed in a competition this year.
Comeback Brought back an inactive Society (i.e. one that was not affiliated in the previous academic year).
Collosal Society has 250 or more members.
Future Generations Took part in an open day.
The following badges are not related to the Bronze/Silver/Gold tiers mentioned above, but are seen as milestones that deserve to be celebrated and given a badge as recognition, as well as a STAR Award.
Society of the Year Society won Society of the Year in their respective category.
Society Volunteer of the Year Committee has the Society Volunteer of the Year.
Community Event Society hosted the Community Event of the Year.
Astrid Yeates Society hosted the Astrid Yeates Charity Fundraiser of the Year.
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