Becky Warburton Vice President Activities and Development A year in the life... Manifesto Have more personal interaction with volunteers – attend as many surgeries, catch ups and ambassador meetings as possible Completely review the societies forum structure to be able to receive feedback and deliver support and change more effectively – now have society reps to represent each type of society effectively Create a fairer funding allocation scheme for societies – Three round of grant allocation with pitching for money to all society reps Additional Wins We had our first ever Society Awards We have seen a 19% increase in society membership Have attended more society AGM’s than before and so making sure that they are correctly run Introduced £2 a member, which from September will be unlimited! Strived to create a fair framework for all joint societies SOCIETIES

Becky Warburton Vice President Activities and Development A year in the life... Manifesto Continue to work with the university to create a better and more well recognized volunteer accreditation programme – Global Citizenship Award has just completed its pilot year Ensure that all volunteer training is more interactive, purposeful and useful – new role based societies training and put in more time and resources into large group training ? Make sure that the volunteering work that you do actually goes towards earning you your degree – We have set the foundations for Global Citizenship to end up on your degree transcripts Additional Wins More volunteer recognition than ever before – socials, BBQ, awards and events VOLUNTEERING

Becky Warburton Vice President Activities and Development A year in the life... Manifesto Build upon the success of this years RAG week and raise over £20,000 next year - Over £27,000 raised in RAG Week Support the charity work that students already do at Northumbria and bring them under the RAG banner - RAG Associates were launched with them raising over £2000 for various charities Make sure that every new student in university accommodation is moved in by a bigger welcome team – All but one hall was moved in my a 200 strong Welcome Team Additional Wins Introduced a brand new RAG Committee and structure Recruited a 200 strong RAG Team RAG AND WELCOME TEAM

Becky Warburton Vice President Activities and Development A year in the life... Manifesto Raise awareness, opportunities and participation in activities at Coach Lane – two members of student staff and more activities and events run there Make volunteering opportunities and support more accessible to all students – use of the website, stalls, media and volunteers means getting the message out to more uninvolved students than in previous years X Strengthen the links I have already made with Team Northumbria - We have tried through trying to engage them in some of our events and with the sports rep position but it has been with little success Increase overall participation in activities by 10% - Achieved that and more, in every area! Additional Wins We ran Northumbria’s 1 st ever Volunteer Conference Worked alongside the Greener Halls to highlight environmental issues on campus Attended Board of Governors, Student Wellbeing meetings and Trustees meetings (in additional to countless others! Continued to work on Going for Gold ADDITIONAL