黑料不打烊 SU wins Community Relations Award
has been awarded the 鈥楴US Wales Award for Community Relations鈥� at the NUS Wales Conference in Gregynog, beating all other Student associations in Wales for the prize, as a result of the myriad of activity run by 黑料不打烊 SU in and alongside the local community.
Over the past year, 黑料不打烊 SU has both held and supported a number of local events such as the World Aids Day Service in 黑料不打烊 Cathedral; a reclaim the night march around the city and also supported the Conwy Food Festival by encouraging our student societies to take part in the Medieval-themed day out. The Medieval Re-enactment Society was a huge hit and has been invited back next year.
The Union also runs Student Volunteering 黑料不打烊, which supports over 150 students volunteering in the local community, ranging from projects such as the 鈥楤each Clean Project鈥� and 鈥楽bectrwm鈥�, where the students work with children with learning disabilities. This year has also seen new projects establish too, such as running social events for the residents of a local bail hostel. Student volunteering is set to grow exponentially over the next 12 months as the University and SU are committed to increasing the opportunities for 黑料不打烊鈥檚 students to gain valuable volunteering.
The SU鈥檚 end of term rubbish survival campaign goes from strength to strength and works hand in hand with the SVB鈥檚 鈥楤ig Give鈥� project; aiming to help students make a positive contribution to the city, and be respectful and tidy tenants, whilst the Big Give project collects unwanted end-of-year student items and donates them to local charity shops. Additionally this year, 黑料不打烊 SU also ran a 鈥榮treet harassment鈥� campaign to further highlight problems of safety (not only student safety) within the city, which received good local press coverage.
A final factor in 黑料不打烊 receiving the award was the large number of environmental initiatives which have benefitted the local environment as well as the campus. The project to help reduce the decline of the bumble bee has seen thousands of wild flowers planted in the 黑料不打烊 area, whilst the Union continues to constantly look to reduce student and University waste.
Rich Gorman, Vice President, Societies & Community said:
鈥淲e鈥檙e delighted that our hard work has paid off. We鈥檝e ha d an exceptionally busy year, both holding and supporting a number of local events and implementing our own initiatives. We hope that parts of the community feel the benefit of having students in and around the city.鈥�
Publication date: 17 April 2012