Yes you could!!!!

Could You Be The Next Community Action Officer?

The Guild of Students’ Community Action Officer works to promote a positive student image in the community by supporting the volunteering efforts of students. The work with Vice President Housing and Community and other Guild Officers to ensure that local residents understand the positive impact that students have in Birmingham and appreciate the issues that students face when living in the community.

The position of Community Action Officer is a unique role that gives the students the opportunity to provide leadership and direction to the wider volunteering efforts of Birmingham students. Becoming Community Action Officer will give you the chance to support our volunteers and counter the negative stereotypes that often attach themselves to students.

If you decide to stand in the election, you must complete and return your nomination forms to the Guild by 2pm on Thursday 25th February. To download a nomination form or to find out more information about the Community Action Officer and the other positions you can stand for, please visit www.guildofstudents.com/elections. If you have any questions please email elections@guild.bham.ac.uk.

I heart Community

Hi everyone!!

So the holidays were lovely, I suppose we all got the break we needed! This fisrt week has been very hectic with dissertation deadlines etc but hopefully come next week i'll be able to devote more time to the guild.

I'm hoping to get involved in the 'know your guild' campaign. It all looks very exciting! Also with elections coming up i will be busy on the elections comittee this term (keep it a clean election guys!) If anyone is interested in running for my position please don't hesistate to contact me about it on j.grainger@bham.ac.uk

Also i'm helping promote the timeswitch campaign - timeswitches give the illusion that people are at home when they are not and therefore detract burgulars. You can get your free timeswitches from the ARC reception.

This week has been another hectic one at the guild. The good news is that my knee is a lot better and i'm now able to do a lot more work.

The motion I helped with passed this Guild council which was very exciting - I hope to see a water fountain near you soon!!!

I have now produced a petition for womens only swimming sessions at the Munrow Sports Centre - please join the facebook gorup to sign it if you're interested: http://www.facebook.com/search/?init=quick&q=Daniel%20Raanan#/group.php?gid=181767514957

I've been helping out with the timeswitch campaign to help reduce burglaries in Selly Oak which is being run by the Community Wardens. Also as a newly elected member of the Elections committe i've also monitered my first election which was very exciting.

Dissertation work is really piling up so I hope that come next term i'll have a bit more time to achieve more things.

If theres anything peopel want done please don't hesitate to ask me, j.grainger@guild.bham.ac.uk

My knee continued....

I was told that adding photos to blogs makes them more interesting!!!!!

My knee and the guild

Since my last blog a terrible thing has occured..... I've dislocated my knee :-( So if you see me hobbiling around campus please be nice! Due to this i'm unfortunatley quite behind on my work (academic and guild) but i'm trying hard now to catch up.

I very much enjoyed the fisrt guild council of term - how i've missed it! Also it was very nice to sit with the Officer team - but it was always an ambition to sit at the other side of the chambers - just not the same on the left hand side!

Currently i'm looking into Women's only swimming sessions at the Munrow Sports centre and am speaking to the university faith groups about how much demand there will be for it. I'm also putting my name on my first ever guild motion!!! (lets hope it passes!) Its about lobbying the university to put water fountains into all the buildings on campus ('Water, water everywhere...but not a drop to drink!)

Also as a now temporarily disabled student I have found it interesting the amount of places I am finding it hard to access on campus - I am compilling a list of difficulties at the moment to have a look into. On a positive note however to university are extremely efficient in distributing car disabled passes which is good.

Progress since my last blog....Ed can now officially see my calendar!!!!!!!!! No excusses not to meet me now.....

First blog

Hi,

This is my first blog so i'm very excited!

So far my time at the Guild has been spent trying to get my head around what I want to do, what people want me to do and how to do any of it! I've had a meeting with my mentor Ed Sparks which was very productive and gave me a great introduction to the Guild. Also I have completed my non-sabaticle training and so hopefully from now on it will be easier to put into practice some of my ideas.

This evening I will be sitting in on a Community wardens meeting and intend to go on some of they're patrols this week to get a clearer idea of their role.

So far it's all a bit daunting but i'm looking forward to getting stuck in a bit more over the next couple of weeks.