Candidate for the position of Vice President Sports and Health
Vote Carter!
My name is Marcus Carter, I am a firm believer that you will learn more about yourself and others through sport. Sport allows you to develop leadership skills, be part of a team and brings you closer to the people around you.
I value transparency, and believe honesty is vital. My personal reason for surrounding myself in sport is that it helps me deal with my diabetes. Everyone has different reasons for being involved in sport, but that’s mine.
My current role at UWE is to coordinate the social football. I come into contact with 300+ students per week. The effort and persistence I have put into the social football, has made it more competitive, engaging and fun for all participants.
There are four main sports aspects I would work on
1. Facilities, UWE lacks sufficient sporting facilities. We outsource our training facilities and venues, yet we clearly need more than the Centre for sport for 27,000 students. I will compose a project with the sports community in order to pursue additional facilities that could be of use.
2. UWE are currently 33rd in the BUCS table. Our current win rate is 48%, I would like to work with clubs, in order to thrive and be more competitive in their respective leagues; this will allow UWE to can climb the BUCS table. Having successful BUCS teams is important as it impacts funding and future opportunities to compete in competitive BUCS leagues.
3. I created the TEAM_UWE Instagram to try and engage students in the sports at UWE. I want to push our use of social media a lot further. I will ensure all fixtures, results and locations are updated on Facebook and LinkedIn through Team_UWE sport pages, ensuring photographers are at matches to increase student engagement online.
4. Students miss out on the opportunity to get involved in sport because of their experiences at school. I would encourage as many students as possible to participate in physical activity at UWE.
If elected, I work for you and I am confident that I could represent the sports at UWE in a positive manner. I have a plan on how to accomplish what I have proposed so if you vote for me you will see these positive changes in sport at UWE.
I hope that you will vote me in as your next VP Sports
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