The past year has seen your Union take a real focus on five key areas:

• Developing equality and unity across the campuses

• Members valuing what the Students’ Union can do for them

• Students being able to change their University experience effectively and promptly

• Students feeling proud of their Students’ Union and University

• Students having the opportunity to enrich their student experience.

We believe we delivered on these aims by continuing to provide

that experience. We can then keep you engaged and help you get the most out of your time at Staffs.

Enjoy the following read; hopefully you’ll be proud of what we’ve achieved together and learn a little more about what the Union does. Everything we do is for Students, by Students. So remember, whether you’re impressed or whether think you could do better, there is always an opportunity to get involved and to change what we do and how we work.

This time next year, it could be you writing this introduction.

Jamie RobertsonPresident 2011-2012

www.staffsunion.com

*

Activities

Over 1, 000 students took part in or watched Varsity

Activity Membership £26,631

Other Income£21,137

Funding£195,004

VAT £95,103

Sales £570,500

Staffing £119,497

Operating Costs

£14,139

Surplus £90,880

RETAIL

*

Retail 72%£90,880

NUS Extra2% £2,486

Advertising 17%£20,937

Venues 9%£10,827

Involved6% 53,487

Money Doctors4% 41,693

Stars5% 43,054

SAPS

Admin & IT8% 79,902

Training &Development8% 75,198

Marketing10% 95,013

Finance8% 78,649

Representation18% 170,326

Student AdviceCentre 12%117,833

Student Activities12% 114,868

Project Grant Funded15%

Information Services5% 46,211

Welcome Programme3% 30,536

OMG (Student Media)1% 7,715

Expenditure Areas (Non Trading)*VAT 227,251

COST OF SALES683, 431

STAFFING 560, 910

OPERATING COSTS293, 696

SURPLUS10,827