Throughout my life I have refrained from leadership positions. They have always frightened me and so I have left them to those I believed to be more worthy or knowledgeable.
Through a passion in sport I have always dreamed of a higher participation within this area of society, it benefits all from those with severe need through injury or rehabilitation to those who require aesthetic or sporting benefits in performance or daily life. It serves to aid when used correctly.
Regarding the role of sport student officer, I would be tasked with the representation of the student bodies regarding the provided sport of the university. As a previous acting member in the Football societies I have had experience listening to students about their problems regarding sport and using my network of contacts in a vast majority of the sports I believe I can build this up to broaden my representation and voice of students currently studying at Solent University. Now a role such as this does not come without an initiative.. something that drives the campaign and sets the candidate apart from the rest. For me I hope to drive my manifesto with a two-pronged approach, focusing heavily on two key aims that hope to increase Solent Sports reputation and reach.
Firstly, I hope to improve Sport participation in all sports across all students at Solent University. Now even though this is a very broad aim I have addressed it with one idea as of yet that may not have been approached previously. Everyone know of the partnerships and links that the University has within sport (being the very reason for my application to the university), why not increase this partnership by adding local gyms and fitness centres to the roster of networks. There are benefits for both parties, for Solent students they could be applicable for a discounted gym membership, gaining members for the gyms and the proceeds being split between the university and the gym, secondly the gyms or fitness centres can use the university emails to market their centres, with a more direct marketing tool they can hope to see increased participation. Secondly, an increased number of cup competitions through an enrolment at AOC sport would increase fixtures for all featured sports, thus giving more value for their membership and a potential boost in participation.