Minutes

Name of Committee Student Life Zone
Date and time 2nd March 2015, 11:30
Place Students' Union (SUSU)
Present Members
(voting)		 Vice President Welfare Isabella Camilleri
Student Group Representative Charlotte Pollins
Vice President Student Communities Anjit Aulakh
Charles Green
Absent with Apologies Union President David Mendoza-Wolfson
Sonia Cottrell
David Allwright
Absent without Apologies Wellbeing Officer Holley Barclay
Eleanor Kilby

Actions and Decisions

TypeDescriptionWho
Action VPW to provide an update on funding guidelines Isabella Camilleri
Action VPW to look into “the invisibles” video Isabella Camilleri
Action Point 15 from previous meeting Isabella Camilleri
Action VPW comms banner from SUSSED for Mental Health campaign Isabella Camilleri
Action CP to record experience of workshop Charlotte Pollins
Action VPW to chase counselling dropinVPW to chase counselling dropin Isabella Camilleri
Action VPW to get University public buy-in for Time To Change Isabella Camilleri
Action CG to send VPC information on all student email for focus group Charles Green
Decision Minutes approved
Action CG to find police stats for bike locks Charles Green
Action CG to find out performance for Peer Support Charles Green
Action CG to find out performance for Nightline Charles Green
Action All committee to review University Mental Health Policy Isabella Camilleri, David Mendoza-Wolfson, Charlotte Pollins, Sonia Cottrell, Anjit Aulakh, Holley Barclay, Emily Shepherd, David Allwright, Eleanor Kilby, Charles Green
Action CG to bring University Mental Health Policy to next meeting Charles Green
Action remove Finance Officer Election from the agenda for the future Charles Green
Action CG to communicate with Finance to see what options we for CCLI Licenses Charles Green
Action CP to send document of recorded fees and group engagement to CG Charlotte Pollins
Action CP to email individually each of the groups for max numbers and more detail Charlotte Pollins
1. Minutes from previous meeting

VPW – staff and sabb team meeting. Awaiting feedback

  • Money manuals are with the university
  • Could push the money manuals before the start of university. So integrate with Freshers
  • Zone agrees to this
  • Action VPW to provide an update on funding guidelines
  • Elephant has arrived
  • Launch of the mental health campaign will occur on the 20th April
  • VPW to communicate with the University for placement of the elephant
  • VPW will work with CG on the details of the plan
  • Action VPW to look into “the invisibles” video
  • Met with wellbeing committee mental health, could be a debate which she leads with
  • Action point 15
  • Action VPW comms banner from SUSSED
  • Kelly Holmes video, call to action portal. Will link with the website.
  • Action CP to record experience of workshop
  • Action VPW to chase counselling dropin
  • Action VPW to get University public buy-in
  • Faith Groups Focus Group on the 6th March
  • Action CG to send VPC information on all student email for focus group

Decision Minutes approved

Action VPW to provide an update on funding guidelines (Isabella Camilleri)
Action VPW to look into “the invisibles” video (Isabella Camilleri)
Action Point 15 from previous meeting (Isabella Camilleri)
Action VPW comms banner from SUSSED for Mental Health campaign (Isabella Camilleri)
Action CP to record experience of workshop (Charlotte Pollins)
Action VPW to chase counselling dropinVPW to chase counselling dropin (Isabella Camilleri)
Action VPW to get University public buy-in for Time To Change (Isabella Camilleri)
Action CG to send VPC information on all student email for focus group (Charles Green)
Decision Minutes approved
2. Wellbeing Officer Zone Report

None presented

3. Nightline Officer Zone Report

None presented

4. VP Welfare update
  • Mental health campaign is all linked together
  • Convince for library self-help section
  • Housing work over the next 4 months
  • University housing guarantors ongoing
  • Reduction of to-let signs is ongoing with increased council engagement
  • CP feels like the housing campaign is having an effect
  • We are looking into the creation of the Housing Guide which would be all inclusive and comprehensive
5. Zone Strategy
  • CG in design stage for VAYR so will consider objective 1 as a priority
  • VPW safety bus has had issues for recording
  • We will sell cost price bike locks in the shop
  • Action CG to find police stats for bike locks
  • Action CG to find out performance for Peer Support
  • Action CG to find out performance for Nightline
Action CG to find police stats for bike locks (Charles Green)
Action CG to find out performance for Peer Support (Charles Green)
Action CG to find out performance for Nightline (Charles Green)
6. University Mental Health Policy
  • Action All committee to review University Mental Health Policy
  • Action CG to bring University Mental Health Policy to next meeting
Action All committee to review University Mental Health Policy (Isabella Camilleri, David Mendoza-Wolfson, Charlotte Pollins, Sonia Cottrell, Anjit Aulakh, Holley Barclay, Emily Shepherd, David Allwright, Eleanor Kilby, Charles Green)
Action CG to bring University Mental Health Policy to next meeting (Charles Green)
7. Finance Officer Elections

None presented   

 

Action remove from agenda for the future

Action remove Finance Officer Election from the agenda for the future (Charles Green)
8. A.O.B
  • CCLI Licences for all groups of Christianity
  • Fees can be reduced for the collective purchase
  • Action CG to communicate with Finance to see what options we have here
  • Action CP to send document of recorded fees and group engagement to CG
  • Action CP to email individually each of the groups for max numbers and more detail
Action CG to communicate with Finance to see what options we for CCLI Licenses (Charles Green)
Action CP to send document of recorded fees and group engagement to CG (Charlotte Pollins)
Action CP to email individually each of the groups for max numbers and more detail (Charlotte Pollins)

Key: P (Papers Provided), PF (Papers to Follow)