Celebrating the student groups that go above and beyond to make your experience the best it can be, Bristol SU Group of the Month recognises the amazing things our affiliated student groups have been up to and helps to celebrate those achievements across the wider student community.
Successful groups will have done something new, innovative, or inspirational whilst representing Bristol SU and the wider student community.
Amazing achievements and you should all be really proud of your efforts and the impact this will have had on the experience of your members - well done
Bristol SU's Group of the Month winners for March were University of Bristol Lifesaving Club!
They had a great competition in Bristol recently that highlighted the amazing team spirit this group has. They also:
Malaysian Cultural Society won Group of the Month in February.
They hosted their amazing Lunar New Year event, as well as:
Our January winners were A Cappella Society, for hosting their hugely successful Best of the South West contest, as well as:
- being professional, networking across the UK and collaborating with other student groups
- organising successful seasonal concerts and socialising opportunities
- engaging with and building their alumni connections
Our December winners were Engineers Without Borders, due to their amazing Designathon: Solve the Rainforest event was a huge success. They:
- Collaborated with other SU Groups
- Planned for and run the large-scale and well attended event series
- Engaged with the important topic of the climate emergency
Our November winner was the wonderful Archery Club for planning and running an outstanding welcome program. Over the month they:
- Hosted two sold-out Give it a Go! taster sessions
- Ran re-introduction sessions for intermediate archers
- Registered the highest number of novice members to date
- Ran a three-week preseason program
- Offered resources and advice to transgender and nonbinary archers
March 2022 - Galenicals (Medics)
For Campaigning. They wrote a campaign in support of LGBT+ rights and had nearly 600 members sign a letter to the Medical School. In this campaign, they raised awareness of the harms of ‘conversion therapy’, showed their support for the LGBT+ community and began conversations with the Medical School on formally signing GLADD’s charter committing to supporting the banning of ‘conversion therapy’.
February 2022 - University of Bristol Church Choir
For fundraising and community outreach work. Including community carol singing with Oakfield Residents’ Association, collaborating with Bedminster BID and St Pauls Church, training to lead ‘Singing for the Brain’ sessions by the Alzheimer’s’ Society, raising money for the Human Dignity Trust and Aid Box Community
January 2022 - Bristol Islamic Society
For fundraising. They raised £8,600 during their recent Charity Week that included bake sales on campus, sports events, games nights, sponsored runs and cycles and documentary screenings. On top of this they ran multiple islamophobia Awareness Month events, took part in an interfaith dinner, and held a large auction dinner for 120 people, partnering with local businesses and peers from UWEIsoc
November 2021 - Bristol CivSoc
For membership experience. The group had an incredible start to the year and provided an exceptional membership experience to new and returning students. They ran a successful graduate and undergraduate recruitment evening with 110 people in attendance; Expanded their CivSoc Buddies scheme to include all year groups; Held a busy families ‘World Food Day’ event; Started running coffee mornings as an informal, alcohol-free option for members; Ran tours of the Engineering Department for freshers; Reinstated Engineering Netball teams into Intramural, Added International and Postgrad networks to their offer, Changed their family names to better represent their members and be more diverse and Ran ‘Red Bull Basement’
Nominations can be made by anyone who is proud of the achievements the group has made in the past month. This could be a committee member, group member, a supporter or even a partner the group collaborates with.
Nominations must be for an event or activity that:
Winners are announced on the 2nd of the month (or first Monday of the month if the 2nd falls on a weekend)
All submissions should be made before the last day of the month.