Create Your Own.
Create Your Own Group - Ratification Process
So you want to run a group?
It's great that you want to start your own group, this page will help you through the whole process. First, we'd recommend looking at our current societies and sports clubs to see if there would be any overlap, as this is one of the things that could stop your group from existing. After that, it's always good to reach out to Vice President Societies and Sport Alastair Copland so he can give you some advice about your group and help you start the ratification process.
Process
Basically, to get ratified we ask you to do a little work around the area your group will cover, explain to us the reason behind your group and ask you to look at financial forecasts to make sure it can be successful. We have put together two documents to help you do this:
New Student Group Pack Student Group Forecasting
Completing these documents and submitting them to Alastair will get you on the way to ratification, once they are submitted, the documents will be presented to the next available Sports, Societies and Opportunities Executive. Their role is to oversee the creation of new groups, checking that there is no overlap, that they are in the best interests of students and that the group can be sustainable. Once they are confident in these aspects the group is passed on to the Student Opportunities team and your accounts will be created. Just to manage expectations, once ratified the accounts will generally take a week to be active.
At any point during the process or after you can find help and support on our student groups portal, Freshdesk.