ra & jcr monthly newsletter: november 2014...
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Welcome to the first RA/JCR Monthly newsletter!
You’ve been in post for just over a month now & many of you have been
up to wonderful things so we thought it would be a great time to update you!
RA & JCR Monthly Newsletter: November 2014 Edition
Events & leader board!
There has been an overwhelming amount of involvement in the last month, many halls took advantage of the
annual holidays like Halloween & Bonfire night: here are just some of the events that took place in October &
November (with our favourite pictures included!)
Training day!
A massive thank you to everyone who came along to the
training day & subsequent mop up session. We delivered
training to over 100 members of RAs & JCRs. We hope the
day & workshops you attended gave you an insight into
what being on a committee involves and you gained the
opportunity to network with students’ from other halls!
& Congratulations to Woolton who won the Spaghetti/
Marshmallow tower icebreaker!
Dalton Ellis held a Halloween party with
apple bobbing & best dressed prizes !
Wright Robinson had a pumpkin carving
competition (winner is pictured !)
George Kenyon took a group of stu-
dents’ to see the new Interstellar film @
Odeon!
Ashburne & Sheavyn held a “Get to
know your JCR” event!
Weston Hall dined out at all you can eat
Red Hot Buffet!
Whitworth Park held a bake sale for
Children In Need!
Congratulations to Wright Robinson who are currently first in the leader board with 147
points, followed by George Kenyon who currently have 43 points & in third place are Weston
with 24 points!
Well done to all & keep up the hard work!
Welcome Week 2015!
It seems as though Wel-
come Week 2014 was only
a couple of months ago
(oh, it was!) but now is the
perfect time to start thinking about Welcome
Week 2015! You & your committees need to start
discussing in meetings what events you would
like to make happen in your halls. Welcome Week
has been the key theme in Senior Student Coun-
cil meetings. If you would like more information
about how Welcome Week is going to be held in
2015, please make sure a representative of your
halls is present at SSC Meetings. Contact Megan
Taylor or Jack Lofthouse to find out about
meetings.
Sports Corner!
Sporticipate is a National
Lottery funded project which aims to provide free
sports to students. There are a number of Christ-
mas themed events happening such as 5-a-side
football, ultimate frisbee, netball, basketball &
touch rugby. All of these events are FREE! Click
here for the latest information & events!
Students’ Union Website!
We openly admit that the
Students’ Union Residents’
Association Page isn’t that
fancy so we need your help
to jazz it up! We want you
to send in a picture of your
committee (either a group photo or individual photos!)
so that students’ know who their RA/JCR is! 20 bonus
points will be given to the RAs & JCRs who send in
pictures! Send them to Chloe Barker or Stef Hartley
Charity Corner!
Many halls have already
started collecting money for charity with some
halls already hurtling towards their target! The
fundraising leader board is now live online, take
a look here.
Think about adding a charity element to any
Christmas events coming up! Add an extra £1 to
your ball ticket, hold a raffle on the night or cel-
ebrate National Christmas Jumper Day with
Save The Children.
RAG Beer Fest is happening 10-12th
Dec. With a Bavarian theme, the
event boasts range of ales, craft
beers, flavoured vodkas and ciders!
Buy tickets for ultimate student beer
festival here!
Opportunities!
Don’t Let
yet!
Don’t Let Yet! Is a campaign ran by Commu-
nity Officer Ellen to stop students’ from
rushing into signing for houses in 2nd year.
She has produced a booklet of information
which can be found online or contact Ellen
for physical copies to distribute in your hall.
You can also volunteer to hand out leaflets
in the SU foyer by contacting Ellen.
Student
Action
Student Action are collecting donations for
their Shoebox Appeal from 1st –5th Dec in
the foyer of the SU. Encourage your stu-
dents’ to donate items of clothing, food &
toiletries for those in need at Christmas!
Upcycling
Project!
The Upcycling Project is a pop-up clothes
recycling store in the RBS building next to
the SU. Pop along to the environmentally
friendly store in it’s last week!
Environment! The Think Sustainability! Online tool is now
available for you to log your environmental
activity online. Visit the website here!
Amsterdam! Outgoing have contacted proposing a halls
lead Amsterdam trip. Please contact Joel
Smith for more information.
Staying in
Manchester
for Christ-
mas?
Diversity Officer Tessy is holding an event
for students who are staying in Manchester
over Christmas. Contact Tessy for more
information.
Disabled Stu-
dents
There is a new disabled student society &
campaign set up by Wellbeing Officer Rosie.
Students’ who may be interested can find
out more on their facebook page.