Candidate for the position of Vice President Sports and Health
BIGGER, BETTER, BOLDER
Hi, I am Dom Aarvold, I am in my final year of a degree in Digital Media. I have been a member of UWE Sailing Team for four years and for the last two years have been elected as the Equipment and Safety Officer.
I would love for you to vote for me for Vice President of Sports & Health because I am confident that I can deliver improvements to the work already done by the Students Union in this area.
If elected I would endeavour to:
Fight for more money for clubs and campaigns – With University fees increasing it is only fair that this is represented in the amount of money that is allocated to the SU and available to invest in sports & health. The block grant that is provided to the SU by UWE was £926k for 2015/16; that works out as £32 per enrolled student or just 0.35% of your fees! I would push to see this increased. An average of 85 other Unions was £75.
Create Fitness Fridays – Fun competitions that can be entered by friends, teams, flatmates, encouraging more people to be active and giving more ways for people to try out sports throughout the year. Presenting clubs with the opportunity to increase membership.
Better facilities for Central, Glenside and Gloucester campuses – Campaign to get better amenities for people who don’t live or study at Frenchay. People from satellite campuses pay the same fees but lack many of the benefits that are on offer.
Better Website Organisation – I would love to see improvement of features on the SU website, making it easier to buy memberships and book trips from mobile platforms, something that the current site is desperately missing.
Reduce the Sports Fee - For people wanting to try out a sport for a few hours, £20 is a lot, and is an additional cost on top of memberships, putting people off trying and joining clubs. If elected I would seek to reduce this.
Run a Mental Health and Sport Campaign – Run a campaign highlighting the benefits that being active have on mental health and studying. I think more could be done to raise awareness of this with UWE students.
Thanks for reading. Remember - vote for Dom Aarvold for Vice President of Sports and Health.