Welcome to Warwick STAR First General Meeting of the year

Meet your Execs Name and Position you hold: Dolly- President Nationality: Ghanaian/Nigerian Degree subject and year: Law LLB, 3 rd year What you enjoy the most STAR? I love the interaction one gets to have with the main cause of the society.- meeting refugees. It acts as a motivation to keep working for the society. An interesting fact about yourself? I would rather watch the movie than read the book yet, I study law. Don’t ask me how that works!

Meet your Execs Name and Position you hold: Barbora, Volunteering Coordinator Nationality: Czech Degree subject and year: Sociology, 2 nd Year What you enjoy the most STAR? It’s so diverse! Conferences, trips, volunteering, campaigning and EATING! An interesting fact about yourself: I am a recycling freak

Meet your Execs Name and Position you hold: Salimah, Volunteering Coordinator Nationality: Singaporean Degree subject and year: PAIS, 2 nd Year What you enjoy the most STAR? I really excited to kick start the year with some crazy ideas like Fight or Flee and volunteering again in Peace House etc. so don't hesitate to share weird ideas and thoughts with me. An interesting fact about yourself: I like getting lost in new places

Meet your Execs Name and Position you hold: Emily, Campaigning Coordinator Degree subject and year: EPAIS (Economics, politics and international studies), 2 nd year What you enjoy the most STAR? I got involved with STAR from teaching English at the refugee centre and loved it! I'm really looking forward to this year and all the great things we have planned. An interesting fact about yourself: I love travelling and baking!

Meet your Execs Name and Position you hold: Mame Esaama, Campaigning Coordinator Nationality: Ghanaian Degree subject and year: Law LLB, 3 rd year What you enjoy the most STAR? Feeling like you have made some difference in your own little way An interesting fact about yourself: I enjoy baking, I have family of 8 stuffed animals and I’m currently trying to teach myself Korean so any advice/help is welcome!

Overview We are under a national STAR and part of a network of STAR societies around the country. In promoting refugees, we use three main means CampaigningFundraisingVolunteering

Past Year…… Fundraising Dining with STAR: Which was a huge success as we were able to raise close to £500 for Hope Fund £5 a day campaign Campaigning One World Week: STAR peace, Balloon Campaign Film screenings National STAR Conference Volunteering Peace House Coventry Refugee and Migrant Centre City of Sanctuary

Moving ahead…goals for this year! Increasing campaigning. The aim is to make at least 80% of Warwick students have some idea however vague of who refugees are and break the myths about refugees. Improve upon Fundraising. Our target for target £1,500. This is a very attainable target once we are able to work together and make all our events a success. By also collaborating with other societies, we hope to be able to reach this target or even go beyond! So if you are also a part of other campaigning societies its great! Even if you are just interested in volunteering with us, I will really urge you to get involved however minimal your contribution is in our fundraising and Campaigning events even if you just turn up to enjoy it.

Membership Because we are under Warwick Volunteers….. You do not need to pay for membership if you are only interested in volunteering However, we really urge you to join the society and pay for membership so that you can enjoy all the benefits. >Discounted tickets for events (e.g charity Dinner) >Campaigning and Fundraising is another way of supporting refugees

Sign up for a Hoodie!- Only £20 if we are able to get over 30 sign ups

The Promise I know it sounds patronizing but this year promises to be such an awesome year. As at now, all our plans are mere plans. We need your input to turn them into reality. Trust me, we can make it BIG!

Bottom line is……. We just want to put ourselves out there and make our causes known. Warwick STAR was awarderd Best New Society and our goal is to make it the Best Society ! Lets make it happen!