Suggestion received to add Sports Participation Officer on E&D Committee so that both can work on joint projects.
Suggestion received for E&D’s LGBT officer to be referred to as “LGBT* Coordinator” in line with Sports By-Laws. There is also no description of roles in the E&D By-L:aws.
The budget for Equality & Diversity should be split over two central budgets, Sustainability and Student Communities.
Beckie and Sam will work out how to spend the budget and to attend forthcoming budget meetings.
Suggestion received for a gender neutral fashion show as an idea for an event for the next academic year.
Equality Impact Assessment – The process for implementing the EIA’s will be defined over the coming months. An EIA expert will be coming to talk to SUSU over the summer. The Committee asked to be invited to this meeting.
Beckie and Sam to arrange for all toilets to have clear and consistent signs on all gender neutral toilets in SUSU and to chase sanitary bins in male toilets.
Sam asked for all E&D Committee members to look at the E&D Facebook page for updates and get involved in any requests for assistance.
As there was no other business the meeting closed at 3pm.