My name is Georgia-Rose and I am re-running to be your Societies and Services Officer. I am determined to better your student experience by taking your voices forward to the highest levels at the Union and University, whilst representing our diverse student community.
With a year of experience as a Trustee of the Union, I worked hard within the SU Team to begin to recover from the pandemic whilst ensuring that student experience and wellbeing were prioritised. I have experienced the financial responsibilities within the role and understand how to best operate our 187 Societies and commercial services, both during and post COVID-19. Despite the difficulties faced this academic year, I am on track to complete my previous manifesto points and ensured that over 2000 students still registered to be a member of a society, resulting in our society community growing stronger.
#Re-ElectG and I will continue my work this year, plus:
Societies:
- Establish a Society Reward Scheme across both campuses AND in conjunction with local businesses to thank Societies for their consistent hard volunteering work.
- Provide Mental Health Training to Society Committees to help ease the pressures on them.
- Provide follow up “Know How” Refresher Sessions throughout the year to help Society Committees when students confide in them with mental health concerns.
- After the success of this year’s Virtual Refreshers Fayre, ensure Societies get an annual Refreshers Fayre in January.
- Continue to hold a fortnightly Drop in for Society Committees on Zoom or in person when regulations ease.
- Work with Estates to establish a Society Hub on both campuses.
Services:
- Lobby the University to reinstate Refreshers Week
- Work with the key stakeholders within the university to provide graduates of 2020 and 2021 with a physical Graduation Ceremony when regulations permit.
After creating a permanent ‘Guide to Consent’ resource and I worked closely with the Welfare Officer to carry out Consent Training to all student leads within their September induction and continue to offer monthly sessions to any students, I am determined to:
- Ensure most students have undergone Sexual Consent and Domestic Abuse Training by the end of the academic year
- Ensure the recovery of our Commercial Services are prioritised for on campus experience post the Covid-19 Pandemic.
One of my proudest achievements was reviewing, rewriting, and implementing the Union’s new Sustainability Policy to ensure that Sustainability and Environmental impact are at the forefront of the SU. Within this, I will ensure that I work to:
Improve the Food Waste and Recycling Scheme within the Union’s Catering Facilities.
- Following the success of ‘Go Green for GWA’ Campaign, implement a volunteer recycling scheme for students at all Students’ Union events e.g Varsity and Summer Ball to ensure plastic waste is disposed of correctly.
- Continue to lobby the local community to get involved with bi-weekly beach cleans across the Gower.
- Provide options for work experience within the Students’ Union for students who need work-based placements for Media, Business Marketing, PR or Communications based work.
You can vote online for Officers and Referendums at www.swansea-union.co.uk/elections/ anytime between 11am on Monday 8th March – 1pm on Thursday 11th March 2021.
Fy enw i yw Georgia-Rose ac rydw i'n ail-redeg i fod yn Swyddog Cymdeithasau a Gwasanaethau eleni. Rwy'n benderfynol o wella profiadau myfyrwyr trwy fynd â'u at lefelau uchaf yr Undeb a'r Brifysgol, wrth gynrychioli ein cymuned amrywiol o fyfyrwyr.
Gyda blwyddyn o brofiad fel Ymddiriedolwr yr Undeb, gweithiais yn galed o fewn Tîm UM i ddechrau gwella o'r pandemig wrth sicrhau bod profiad a lles myfyrwyr yn cael eu blaenoriaethu. Rydw i wedi cael profiad o gyfrifoldebau ariannol y rôl ac yn deall sut i weithredu ein 187 o gymdeithasau a gwasanaethau masnachol orau, yn ystod ac ar ôl COVID-19. Er gwaethaf yr anawsterau a wynebwyd y flwyddyn academaidd hon, rydw i ar y trywydd iawn i gwblhau fy mhwyntiau maniffesto blaenorol a sicrhau bod dros 2,000 o fyfyrwyr yn dal i gofrestru i fod yn aelod o gymdeithas, gan arwain at gymunedau ein cymdeithasau yn tyfu'n gryfach.
#Re-ElectG a byddaf yn parhau gyda fy ngwaith eleni, a:
Cymdeithasau
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Sefydlu Cynllun Gwobrwyo Cymdeithasau ar y ddau gampws A gyda busnesau lleol i ddiolch i gymdeithasau am eu gwaith caled yn gwirfoddoli
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Darparu hyfforddiant iechyd meddwl i bwyllgorau cymdeithasau i leddfu’r straen arnynt
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Darparu sesiynau “sut-i" yn yr ail semester i helpu pwyllgorau cymdeithasau pan fod myfyrwyr yn ymddiried ynddynt gyda phryderon iechyd meddwl
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Yn dilyn llwyddiant Ffair Refreshers eleni, sicrhau bod Ffair Refreshers flynyddol i gymdeithasol ym mis Ionawr
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Parhau i gynnal sesiwn galw-heibio bob pythefnos ar gyfer pwyllgorau cymdeithasau ar Zoom neu wyneb yn wyneb wrth i'r rheolau newid
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Gweithio gyda’r Adran Ystadau i sefydlu canolfan ar gyfer cymdeithasau ar y ddau gampws
Gwasanaethau
Ar ôl creu adnodd ‘Canllaw Cydsyniad’ a chydweithio’n agos â’r Swyddog Lles i ddarparu Hyfforddiant Cydsyniad i arweinwyr myfyrwyr yn ystod eu cwrs cyflwyno ym mis Medi a pharhau i gynnig sesiynau misol i fyfyrwyr, rwy’n benderfynol o:
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Sicrhau bod y rhan fwyaf o fyfyrwyr wedi derbyn Hyfforddiant Cydsyniad a Cham-drin Domestig erbyn diwedd y flwyddyn academaidd
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Sicrhau bod adferiad ein gwasanaethau masnachol yn cael ei flaenoriaethu ar ôl pandemig Covid-19
Un o fy hoff lwyddiannau oedd arolygu, ail-ysgrifennu a gweithredu Polisi Cynaliadwyedd yr Undeb er mwyn sicrhau bod cynaliadwyedd ac effaith amgylcheddol yn flaenoriaeth i UM.
Yn dilyn hwn, byddaf yn sicrhau fy mod i'n gweithio i:
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Wella Cynllyn Gwastraff Bwyd ac Ailgylchu o fewn gwasanaethau arlwyo UM
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Yn dilyn ar lwyddiant yr ymgyrch ‘ Go Green for GWA,’ byddaf yn cyflwyno cynllun ailgylchu gwirfoddol ar gyfer myfyrwyr yn ystod digwyddiadau’r Undeb e.e. Varsity a Dawns yr Haf i sicrhau bod gwastraff plastig yn cael ei waredu’n gywir.
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Parhau i lobïo’r gymuned leol i gymryd rhan mewn sesiynau glanhau’r traeth ar y Gwyr bob yn ail wythnos
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Darparu opsiynau profiad gwaith o fewn Undeb y Myfyrwyr ar gyfer myfyrwyr sydd angen lleoliadau gwaith ar gyfer gwaith y Cyfryngau, Marchnata Busnes, Cysylltiadau Cyhoeddus a Chyfathrebu
Gallwch bleidleisio dros Swyddogion a Refferenda ar www.swansea-union.co.uk/elections/ unrhyw bryd rhwng 11am ar Ddydd Llun 8fed Mawrth - 1pm ar Ddydd Iau 11eg Mawrth 2021.