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.