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Emily Cookson
Emily works alongside the VPSA to organise and co-ordinate volunteering projects and development schemes with the Students Union. Within her role she aims to guide and advise both sports and societies to get involved in Volunteering and help set up their own projects. She also works with the College Volunteering sector, Community Action, to encourage students to get involved in Volunteering on and off campus. It is also Emily’s job to co-ordinate and promote development schemes which includes the Duke of Edinburgh Award.
For any information on how to get involved in any of these projects, please feel free to email Emily; sdv@su.rhul.ac.uk
Officer Blog
15th September, 2009.
Hello all! Well its my 2nd official day as an exec! Training has started and I’m well on my way to learning all i need to know about working in the union and with the SABBS. So far its been really crazy and intense but loads of fun (my fav bit being the mini scavenger hunt on Monday morning to find out the location of our actual committee training)
I'm looking forward to the next few days of training and what freshers week will bring. I’m hoping that I’ll be able to provide a warm and inviting reception to all the new faces coming next week.
Also, word of warning, if you see me around during freshers week and I seem slightly more rotund than usual – it’s because of all the pastries and muffins I’ve been eating this week!
Well David has more training for us so Ciao for now!
Em x
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10th October, 2009.
Hello!
Well things have calmed down since the crazy hectic week that was freshers week! (which was amazing! Thank you to everyone involved, freshers , 2nd & 3rd years for making it awesome!
However, freshers week may be over but I’ve still been very busy. Over the past couple of weeks I have attended many exciting meetings! i attended a very productive meeting with the Duke of Edinburgh co-ordinators from Strodes College to discuss setting up and running DofE at Holloway! We now have our very own trained DofE Leader here at RHUL, Daniel Bacon who will be running the scheme throughout the year and we’re having a huge DofE launch on the 20th October during ‘Get Involved Week’ so if you want to get involved in that, keep your eyes peeled!
Other things ive been up to include weekly Exec meetings, the 1st AUC and SFC of the term and the 1st monthly Ethics & Environmental meeting in which we discussed several exciting and important E&E campaigns that will be running this year so watch out for them!
So far things are going well and i’m looking forward to getting stuck in to the year ahead! If anyone has any questions, queries, thoughts or just want to send me and email, feel free - SDV@su.rhul.ac.uk
So far things are going well and i’m looking forward to getting stuck in to the year ahead! If anyone has any questions, queries, thoughts or just want to send me and email, feel free - SDV@su.rhul.ac.uk
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p.s. Exciting things not to miss:
Volunteering Fayre - Wednesday 14th October, 12-2.30pm SU Main Hall.
Get Involved Week – 19th-23rd October - All across campus & the community.
Make A Difference Day – Friday 23rd October -All across campus & the community.
GET ACTIVE AND GET INVOLVED!
1st November, 2009.
Hello All!
Well I’ve been ever so productive since I last blogged. As mentioned in my previous post, we have ‘Get Involved Week’ which ended with ‘MAD Day’. The whole week went so well, thank you to everyone who got involved.
Also in that week was the launch of Duke Of Edinburgh!! I spent many painfully hours editing an exciting and powerful video about the scheme to be played at the launch and everyone loved it! The launch went really well and we had lots of interest and anyone who missed the launch and wants to know more, do not hesitate to contact me.
As well as my weekly meetings, I have also currently been working on setting up Volunteering Forums for clubs & societies which will launch this coming week after AUC on Monday and SFC on Thursday. The forums aim to provide a platform for both clubs and societies to discuss any volunteering projects they have been working on as well as discussing future events and projects they want to run. If you are interesting in volunteering with your club or society or have any ideas for projects then let your club or soc committee know or contact me! it would be great to see loads of projects and events running this year.
Finally, as you may have seen, it is the week of the Poppy Appeal for which myself and the rest of the elected officers are volunteering to sell poppies across Englefield Green. So if you see us about and don’t have your poppy yet - come and get one!
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8th November, 2009.
This has been a very busy week FULL of meetings. As well as attending weekly exec meeting, I also attended the monthly Ethics & Environmental Sub-committee, which was very productive – as mentioned before watch out for the 10/10 campaign, coming soon!! I also went to the monthly AUC and SFC and for the first time ever held my own meeting – the Volunteering Forum!
I held two Volunteering Forums, one for sports and one for societies. Although not all clubs and societies were represented, the forums went really well. I received a lot of really productive feedback about how your clubs and societies want to get involved in volunteering and the types of projects they want to get running. This lead to the idea of a Christmas Cheer-up day on campus in December for the local community, watch this space for info on that. And if YOU want to get involved in Volunteering in YOUR club or society and want YOUR say, let YOUR club/soc know and make sure they’re represented at the forum!
This morning I also went to the Remembrance Sunday Service in Englefield Green with James, Charlotte, Emma and Rachel which was lovely.
For those who have had reading week – I hope you’ve all been hard at work!
Now off for an SAC social!
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This week has been less hectic than others. We had the 3rd General Meeting of the year in which 3 really imporatant motions were passed, includoing a review of regulation F (disiplinaries) and a policy about sponsorship for clubs and socities. If you weren't at this meeting and want to know more about this, feel free to contact any of the elected officers.
It was also Bears Day on Wednesday the 11th which was AWESOME! I went down to go watch some sports fixtures including Womens Badminton vs Reading and we were welcomed with the presence of the mighty COLOSSUS D BEAR!!
Also coming up we have the launch of the 10/10 Campaign on the 24th Novemeber. This event is going to be massive, with a screening of the film 'The Age Of Stupid' in the Windsor Building in the evening. FOr more information check out the facebook event; http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=212859467576.
Hope to see you all there!
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23rd November, 2009.
Many exciting things are happening at the moment. During the past week i have had the weekly exec meeting which was full of fun discussions and debates! I've also had a very productive 1-2-3 meeting with Clare, Rach and Emma to discuss and plan more activities for the coming term!
On Friday i had a very productive day with Charlotte (VPedwelfare) using lots of brightly coloured paper, pens, scissors and glue to starting getting ideas and plans for setting up a support group in conjunction with Macmillan Cancer Support.
In other news, is you dont know already, tomorrow is the launch of the 10/10 campaign!! this event is going to be awesome, with a screening of the film 'The Age Of Stupid' in the Windsor Buliding and even a Fair Trade Reception.! All are welcome so make sure you get down there and join in! http://www.facebook.com/#/event.php?eid=212859467576&index=1
And finallly, i'm sure you are all just as excited as I am that we are now approaching CHRISTMAS!! which means of course that Christmas Volunteering Fortnight is upon us. Please get involved in any way you can with these events, not even is fortunate enough to have a wonder christmas holiday so get out into the community and spread the Festive Cheer!! http://www.rhul.ac.uk/Services/Volunteering/Christmas.html
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30th Novemeber, 2009.
Well last weeks launch of the 10/10 Campaign was an absolute SUCCESS!! Hundreds of people, both students and academics, flocked to the green lit Windsor Building for the screening of The Age Of STupid and the fairtrade reception that followed. I pranced around all day in my green 10/10 t-shirt, covered in green face paint and hair dye and i had a great time!! the film was moving and powerful and by the end i think the whole auditorium felt enpowered to make a difference!
In oither news, Christmas is upon us and there is much Christmas Volunteering to be done!! for more information visit http://www.rhul.ac.uk/Services/Volunteering/Christmas.html or email myself of Phil Simcock.
Also don't forget General Meeting this Tuesday (1st December) in Founders Main Lecture Theatre at 8pm. Be there and have your say!
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7th December 2009.
Things are all busy on the union front as the autumn term draws to a close. In the past week I have attended the General Meeting where more exciting and important motions were passed and we had a chilling announcement from scrutiny and accountability to say ‘they are watching us!’ I also attended ethics & environmental subcommittee where we discussed Go Green Week (Feb 2010) and lots of exciting ideas have been floating around.
Last week was SHAG week, which was AWESOME!! I hope everyone got involved and got their SHAG t-shirts!!
This week is full of Christmas activity to round off the term. Don’t forget to come down to Santa’s Workshop on Wednesday in the main hall. The community action team have been working really hard on it and there will be lots of festive fun to be had.
Other things I have been working on include the Volunteering Forums which are this week (after AUC and SFC), if theres anything you want raised, let your club or society committee know.
Finally, I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a holly-jolly New Year!!
X x
24th January, 2010
Hello all!
I hope everyone had a good Christmas and new year and enjoying being back at uni! Many things are going on this term so we are all very busy,
So far in the past two weeks i have a attended SFC and AUC. I held two Volunteering Forums and went to the first General Meeting of the term where we elected a new events rep for the SAC – Well done Florence and a new Union Chair – Well done Aaron!
The beginning of this week was Societies Showcase which was a success and Friday was also Development day which went down a treat, thanks to all who came!
This term i am working on several projects. Next week is RAG week (look out on the whats on guide for all events!) and the charity for this years week is Beat Bullying who run an amazing online line mentoring scheme for young child who are bullied at school. Therefore during RAG week, Beat Bullying are coming down to RoHo to run a training session for anyone who wants to volunteer to be one of the online cybermentors. For more information check out the facebook group http://www.facebook.com/inbox/?ref=mb#/group.php?gid=265894735339.
I have also been spending a lot of time planning and Outreach Day which will happen on campus in the summer term. Myself and Emma (VPSA) have been having meetings to start to organise this event which will include workshops and session run by sports and societies for children from local schools. Watch out for more info coming soon.
But for now, don’t forget RAG week ; 25th – 29th January!
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23 February 2010
Hi all.
Many things have been going on these past few weeks. We had RAG week at the end of January in which we supported the charity Beat Bullying. I help Charlotte during the week bucketing for the charity and I also helped organise the training day on the Wednesday for cybermentoring. There was a great turn out for the cybermentor training and there is now a number of rhul students qualified to mentor children who are being bullied online.
The beginning of February also saw the SABB elections for 2010/11. There were a huge number of candidates who ran which was awesome and along with attending candidates question time, I also took part in the counting of the votes for this election – what a job that was! Well done to everyone involved!
There are still many more things to come before the easter break – this week is student volunteering week so I have been working with Emma and Phil Simock to get clubs and societies to take part in the Big Spring Clean this Wednesday and Friday.
At the last general meeting we also elected a new RAG Chair – Ben Parfitt – I have been working with ben on orgaising evetns for the next RAG day which is 19th March, in support of Right To Play. There are going to be many activities and events running on this day so get involved!!
Finally, I have been working on a project I am aiming to run in summer term which I am currently calling ‘Outreach Day.’ On this day I aim to get students from local schools and colleges on to campus to take part in a series of taster sessions and workshops with our clubs and societies in order for the local community to see what we can do and also to give these children a chance to explore and experience the extra-curricular activities we have here at RHUL.
Don’t forget, Exec, Rag & Media elections nominations opened this Monday, so if you fancy running for anything, pick up a pack from the SU reception and feel free to ask any of us about our positions!
9th March 2010
In the past few weeks I have been up to many fun activities. Back at the end of February I took charge of the union stall for a UCAS day and I chatted to lots of prospective students about the students union and all we do. I went to ‘Meet The Exec Drinks’ in order to promote the upcoming Exec elections.
Last week brought the beginning of March and CULTURE WEEK! The week was so amazing, although I couldn’t join in with all the fun due to classes, I helped set up for the celebration of Holi as well as helping the Inclusion and Representation Senate collect photographs for their identity campaign. I also spent a lot of time laminating – my favourite past time!
On Friday I had a meeting with Emma and a wonderful women from Vinvolved to discuss the development of SURHUL Volunteers. And this week the elections for Executive Committee, RAG and Media commence, its Candidates Question Time tonight, 7.30pm in the SU Main Hall. And don’t forget to vote from Wednesday 10th – Tuesday 16th.
As usual, any questions, queries, comments, feel free to email me – sdv@su.rhul.ac.uk
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