Open Executive Committee Report - 16th January

To ensure the provision of financial support for those sports teams which do not currently receive support from the Sports Centre and to lobby on their behalf throughout the year.

I have recently been in contact with the Director of Sport about gaining funding for individual students who are high achievers in their field and are likely to train and compete at a National level. However, it was insisted that funding would only go to students competing in Oxford Brookes’ Sports of Excellence. I was advised to speak to the University about the Scholarship and Bursary scheme to see if any funding could be provided for those students not falling within the Sports of Excellence. I am waiting on a reply.

To arrange a RAG week either in Semester 1 or Semester 2 involving not less than 100 students as active participants and to increase the amount of money raised for charities compared to previous years.

The Administration and Personnel Manager has very kindly offered a £40 voucher for The Living Room as a raffle prize for RAG. The voucher is valid until 31^st January so the raffle will of course not coincide with RAG week. I will be selling raffle tickets this week to staff of the Students’ Union and the University. I will be selling tickets for £1 a strip so hopefully there will be enough interest to raise money for RAG!

A student has contacted me about holding a “Brookes Jailbreak” where students try to get as far away from the Union as possible in 24 hours whilst raising money along the way! We are arranging a meeting to talk about making this a RAG event with the Union supporting and publicising the event.

I will soon be publicising RAG week itself with the plan to start on Monday 10^th March if there are no objections.

Within the year arrange a showcase trip in another European country for performance societies.

Due to lack of interest in this trip and other demands on time I am currently reviewing this objective.

To provide monthly publicity of the aims and objectives of STAX

I recently met with the Student Advice and Activities Manager about the Investing in Volunteers project. He will be the project manager and I will be the political manager. This project is still in its early stages but the plan is to assess the inner workings of STAX by following the 10 indicators supplied by the project. If these 10 indicators are met then our volunteer service has achieved the Investing in Volunteers Standard and the report will go to the UK Quality Assurance Panel for verification. The ultimate goal is to achieve the Investing in Volunteers Award and then we will be able to use the Investing in Volunteers logo with our volunteering service. There will be a reassessment after three years.

This gives you a general overview of the plan but it is looking far in to the future!