Welfare and Equality Blog:
Hello everybody! Hope the college semester is going well for everyone. Can you believe its coming to the end of Week 10! Here is what we have been up to for the last two weeks.
We have continued with our Thought of the Week campaign and we hope that everyone who has seen them has taken some comfort in what they have read. We intend on doing a mini collage of all the thoughts at the end of the semester so do keep an eye out for that!
Last week, Week 9 was Mental Health Week and we had a variety of events throughout the week. On Monday 2nd November we had the Feels Board so that people could write down how they felt. We got to see all types of feelings some of which were fun to read! Balloon volleyball also took place in the student’s lounge and it was great to see students getting involved. We also had a Random Acts of Kindness Day, where we handed out free lollipops, pens and hugs to any student who wanted them. On Tuesday 3rd November ADAPT came in on campus and gave a talk in the student lounge from 14:00 to 15:00. They also had an information stand from 11:00 to 14:00 in the TARA Forum.
On Wednesday 4th November GROW were on campus providing information from 11:00 to 14:00 about the services they provide. We also had the balloon pop and Pie a Prez outside the TARA Building. The money raised on the day from throwing water balloons and sponges at James will go to ADAPT. On Thursday 5th November we held the day in the life where students were in a wheelchair for the day around the campus. They went to their lectures and spent the whole day in the chairs experiencing what a day in the life feels like. We also had Pieta House and CSPP on campus providing information. A gladiator inflatable game was also available for students to use in the students lounge on the day. At the end of the week we also gave away a Feel Good Hamper to one lucky winner.
Next week is Drug and Alcohol Awareness Week so please keep an eye out for the events running on campus and please get involved. There is also a quiz running in Dolans on the Wednesday and we would urge everyone to go and have a good time.
Hoping the college semester is going well for everyone. If you need anything or have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Peace & Love,
Tina & Mark.
Societies Blogs:
Hey everyone,
We hope that everyone is doing well and that you’re not getting too stressed coming up to exam and assignment times.
It’s been a busy few weeks for us since we last posted! We held our second Clubs & Socs Council where we spoke about buying clothes for societies and planning trips. We had a vote to move Clubs & Socs Week to Week 8.
Clubs & Socs Week was very successful as we had so many exciting events around campus. Every society brought their A game and raised a lot of money for various charities in the process. We would like to thank each and every person who committed to such an exhilarating week of events.
SVP Society did a coin drive races, One World gave out free Fair Trade smootheis, Harry Potter Soc had their character hunt to find their team for UCC’s Triwizard Tournament. The Writers’ Soc held their annual That Literary Thing as well as their 12 Hour Theatre.
Gaisce did a skipathon and raffle for a School Placement hamper, LGBTA held a Table Quiz, Cumann Gaelach held a movie night, Trad Soc & Trad Dance held a Ceili in Fennessys, Live Music Society advertised for Halloween and held a dress up night during their live performance in O’Dwyers.
The Art Soc held their colour run with over 90 people turning up for the event. We have helped set up the Equestrian Society. We also held our first ever Society Drive, similar to clubs & Socs day. MIDAS had a bake sale. The equestrian society had a guess how many jellies in the jar also.
We also got Lockers appointed for Societies where societies can now leave their packs and use to store items in between meetings. Both of us went up t Dublin for a BICS meeting on Friday during Week 8. We got some information about the BICS and the upcoming awards.
Thanks for reading!!
We will talk to you soon,
Mark & Brónagh
Post Grad Blog:
Following a quiet few weeks, I hope to organise a coffee morning and a fab Christmas get together very soon!
Tanya
Sports Blog:
Hard to believe it’s week ten already, the semester is absolutely flying by!
Last week an excellent Mental Health awareness week was organised by Tina and Mark. The week included an abundance of brilliant, enjoyable events as well as some thought-provoking workshops.
The colour run for the Art Soc was also held last Wednesday evening around tailteann and Summerville, and although we couldn’t participate, the event looked like great fun so a huge well done to all involved.
Finally, Clubs and Socs council was held during the week, chaired by Bronagh and Mark. Hopefully attendance can be improved by the sports teams, which we will work hard to improve.
As always, if anyone has any questions feel free to approach either of us and we will be more than happy to help!
Aaron & Morgan
Events Blog:
Hey guys!
We hope you are keeping well J The last two weeks have been so busy but enjoyable for us, and we hope for you too!! Week 9 was full of events and different activities run by our wonderful welfare and equality officers :D We surely enjoyed ourselves getting to go and talk to the different organisations around college such as ADAPT, Pieta House, CSPP and the like J MIDAS, the writers society and the art society contributed greatly to the week, with workshops on expressing yourself and the colour run which went down a treat :D There was free hugs, a feelings board and Random Acts of Kindness taking place all week. If you saw a banana going around on Thursday giving hugs, that was me :D (Rachel) For the rest of the week, with the opportunity to pop balloons, play as a gladiator and pie the president, there was no reason for any boredom around college. Thursday we saw 6 students volunteer to spend the day in wheelchairs to get an insight in ‘the day in the life.’ This was a great eye opener to everyone and rose a substantial amount of money for Enable Ireland. This week was a little quieter. However, the writer’s society had their event Hit and Miss which we can say was a definite Hit this semester. Don’t forget to keep participating in events to ensure an incredible RAG week for you guys and we really hope to see you at the big quiz Wednesday 18th at 8 o clock which promises to be an incredible night :D
Peace out.
Your Huns,
Rachel and Tara xoxo