Vice President (Welfare & Community)

What the VP Welfare & Community does for you....

Responsible for representing student membership on all matters relating to student support, health, safety, wellbeing and representing students in the community. To act as a Trustee and Director of the Students’ Union.

Rich's main aims for you this year....

I want to make sure that the Student Union works with and for you- whoever you may be- staff or student. The Union is funded to look after your interests. It is important that you should be able to hold it to account.
I will endeavour to ensure that the SU is a stable place in which it can work with the university for the benefit of everyone, in a time of rapid and uncertain change across university life.
I want to work with the NHS, No Limits, relevant services and most importantly the university to increase Mental Health provision and ensure that students know exactly what help they are entitled to and where to get it. The mental wellbeing of students has to be at the forefront of what Solent is. To this end, I will also push for the training of all staff in welfare and wellbeing.
Safety should be an integral part of the University experience. To that end I will look to improve the safety of the parks, make sure that university has a welfare presence throughout Fresher’s and any university/SU advertised event where appropriate.
There is currently NO formal procedure to report sexual harassment at the university. This is something I want to change.
Ensure that the university implements a zero tolerance stance to any form of discrimination.
I will also seek to make the SU increasingly more visible within Solent. Most people don't know where it is, who to talk to when they need help. This needs to change.

About Rich....

Hi, I’m Rich and I’m an MA student, having graduated from my degree in 2016. Having experienced various problems over my time at Solent, welfare is something I care loads about. I also feel community is a massive part of the uni experience and should be supported at all stages and want to make sure that these areas are looked after and pushed to the forefront.

Contact Rich....

Email: su.welfare@solent.ac.uk

Phone: 023 8201 6424

Social Media

Thank you Solent. VP Welfare & Community Thu 07 Jul 2016 23:27 I’ve never particularly thought I was good at anything. I spent my first years of university wondering how I...
Do they know it's Christmas? VP Welfare & Community Mon 21 Dec 2015 10:25 So, you’re leaving for Christmas and it’s hopefully going to be a ‘silent night’ in your accommodation while...
One flu over the cuckoos nest VP Welfare & Community Thu 17 Sep 2015 14:27 So, with thousands of students moving in, various nationalities coming together and going to new environments this creates a big...
Jaffa Cakes and Oprah Winfrey VP Welfare & Community Mon 03 Aug 2015 16:11 Leaders causing change, change creating leaders, leading change? I don’t know where I’m going with this but last...
Hello, is it me you're looking for? VP Welfare & Community Wed 15 Jul 2015 11:37 Welcome, welcome, welcome... to my second year in office at Solent! I like to think over the past year I...