Campaigns

I Want to Start a Campaign

Brilliant! Students have a long-standing history of campaigning and activism – whether it's on campus, locally or nationally, everyone can make a difference to an issue they care about.

If you would like to start a campaign or get involved in an existing one, the union is here to support you. Doing the following can help you out:

1. Get in touch with the campaigns forum co-ordinator, welfare officer or education officer. They all run campaigns on a regular basis and can signpost you to resources you might need. But remember: they are busy folks, so expect them to empower and inform you, don't expect them to babysit you! If there's a cause you want them to fight for but you don’t want to do it yourself, you can mandate them through union council.
2. Come along to a campaigns forum meeting. These take place every fortnight and are a good opportunity to plan and brainstorm.
3. Sign up to the campaigns mailing lists using the form to the right. Each campaigns officer has one and doing so will keep you updated with what they're doing (eg. If you're specifically interested in women's campaigns sign up to the women's officer list!)

Think about what kind of campaign you'd like to run. Will it be a short-term project or long-term goal? Will it use direct action or simply be a poster campaign? Will it involve fundraising, an event, or consciousness raising? Will it tie into existing campaigns? Thinking about all of these factors and more means that you'll have a clear idea in your head of both the cause you're fighting for and how you'll achieve your aims.

And remember,

"If you stand for nothing, you'll fall for anything"