NTSU Wins Award
Nottingham Trent Students’ Union (NTSU) and the University of Nottingham Students’ Union (UoNSU) were joint winners in the Community Relations category of the annual NUS Awards 2013.
The judges particularly commended our joint campaign to engage students with the Police & Crime Commissioner elections held in November 2012.
With a combined population of more than sixty thousand students in the city, both Students’ Unions felt it was extremely important that the voice of the students was heard with regard to the change to the city’s policing. Through an awareness raising campaign, we were able to mobilise 1,000 people to attend the PCC Accountability Assembly and raise student-specific issues directly with the candidates, resulting in hundreds of student votes in the PCC elections.
Louise Robinson, NTSU Volunteer Coordinator said: “This campaign produced many benefits for students and the local community alike — including getting all PCC candidates to commit to a number of key ‘asks’ such as the installation of 400 CCTV cameras in taxis across the city. Their activity has resulted in a stronger relationship with the newly elected Police Crime Commissioner and the community in general. The action was entirely student led, showcasing students’ leadership and organisational skills and their enthusiasm for improving community links.”
Nottingham Trent Students’ Union runs many community engagement and volunteering projects throughout the year. Our One Day Challenges have benefitted 24 different local community organisations and many schools in the last year. If you would like to get involved in a project, please get in touch with Louise Robinson, Volunteer Coordinator by emailing jennine.fox@su.ntu.ac.uk. More information on NTSU Volunteering can be found here.
The NUS Awards are held annually to recognise the hard work of students and students’ unions in campaigning and voluntary work. Further information about the awards can be found here.
Pictured are Louise Robinson (former NTSU Volunteer Coordinator), Jo Southwell-Sander (NTSU President), Sian Green (UoNSU Communities Officer) and Amos Teshuva (UoNSU President) receiving the NTSU Community Relations Award 2013.
