Under 18 year olds – Sam had looked into this and found that there were 103 students at Southampton and Winchester campuses under the age of 18 as of October 1st 2015.
Wessex Scene and LGBT History Month – Bridie Pearson-Jones (Wessex Scene Editor) had approached Caitlin and she has passed it on to Luke Gosling, but was unsure whether they had met yet. The Wessex Scene are definitely keen to do a special issue for LGBT History Month and progress needs to made soon to ensure it is all done on time.
LGBT History Month and Academic staff – Bruno has spoken to some staff in the Philosophy department and Natalie is planning to speak to staff in the History department soon.
Gender neutral toilets – there has been no progress but Sam spoke about a feasibility plan happening soon to tie in with a refurbishment of the Union building happening in the next 5 years and Sam was looking to feed in the issue of gender neutral toilets into that.
Chaplaincy events – entire timetable of events happening has been published. All events have been organised by the faith student groups and chaplaincy together along with the Parkes Institute. In particular there is an interfaith event at the Hindu temple in Southampton on Wednesday that E&D have been invited to and on Thursday there is a candlelit walk around campus, followed by Our Cup of Tea, with E&D providing the tea.
Inspiring Women Event – no working group set up yet because the event has been moved to February to link in with elections.
Costs for a bouncy castle – there are no costs yet, and the Committee discussed alternatives to a bouncy castle.
Name for the event – ‘Have a Jolly-Day’ has been chosen as the name for the event.
Caitlin to approach relevant societies – this has happened and they are currently deciding which charities to go with, but it was likely that Southampton’s Women Aid and one other local charity would be chosen.
Logistics – Sam and Caitlin have met and most of the details are now confirmed.