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Welcome to the Activities and Sports Zone! The Activities and Sports Zone is the place to go if you want to make the most of your free time. You might like to run a radio show; play ice hockey; plant trees; do a charity bungee jump; learn to bellydance; try your hand at stand-up comedy; chair a committee… WHATEVER... There’s bound to be something for you! Choose from:
Societies, Club Sport, Sheffield Volunteering, Give it a Go!, Charitable Fundraising, Media Hub l Get yourself skilled-up for the future! l Over 280 societies and working/representative committees l 47 sports clubs The Activities and Sports Zone is a great meeting place. There’s also a wet area for painting, a stage, leaflets about Sheffield and the Peak District and equipment like cameras to hire for FREE! To find out more, come to the Activities Information Point, open in semester-time, Mon to Fri, 10am - 6pm. email: activities@sheffield.ac.uk web: www.sheffieldstudentsunion.com/get-involved
Societies Coming to study at Sheffield University isn’t just about getting a degree!
Make friends from across the world! With over 250 student-run societies (see overleaf), there’s something to suit everyone. Being part of a society is a great way for you to grow in confidence and lead fantastic projects, whilst having fun and making friends from across the world. To find out more, check out the Activities Fair in Intro week and the Ultimate Fair in February, visit the Activities Info Point or take a look at the Union website. It’s also a good idea to join the ‘Sheffield Union Societies’ Facebook group to keep up to date. Joining a society is a brilliant way to continue a passion or discover a new love. However, if we haven’t got what you’re looking for, then ask the Activities Officer how set up your own society. email: Activities.Officer@sheffield.ac.uk z.r.speakman@sheffield.ac.uk web: www.sheffieldstudentsunion.com/getinvolved/societies
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Volunteering
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Volunteering is a wonderful way to spend your free time. You’ll meet amazing new friends, do cool stuff for free (like taking kids quad biking or learning how to dry stone wall) and get to explore Sheffield. We have over 200 options – with lots in student neighbourhoods and the city centre. Oh, and did we mention, you’ll get plenty of that ‘warm and fuzzy’ feeling too?
“So little time can make so much difference to someone’s life.” Student Volunteer You can do something just for a day or give a couple of hours each fortnight. It’s flexible and you won’t be asked to help during exams or vacations. Plus volunteering helps you stand out from the crowd! You can access free training and get brilliant CV experience and references – all of which can open doors to future jobs. So if you want to get more out of your degree or you’re just looking for something totally fresh to do with your time, SheffieldVolunteering is waiting to hear from you. Find us in the Activities Zone, Mon to Fri, 10am - 5pm. Facebook: ‘SheffieldVolunteering 10/11’ email: volunteering@sheffield.ac.uk web: www.sheffieldvolunteering.info
Give it a Go Give it a Go really is the most fabulous of all activity programmes – giving you the chance to try new things, meet new people, learn new skills and visit different places around the UK. Put simply, it’s an activities extravaganza!
Fancy a day trip? With Give it a Go, you can try out bellydancing or jewellery making, learn how to snowboard or do Shiatsu massage, plus countless other experiences… all on a no-commitment, pay-as-you go basis.
Pay as you go and have fun! Thousands of students take part every year, and so should you! There are three main Give it a Go programmes throughout the year, plus tons of fun things going on in Intro week. Getting involved is easy: simply choose which activities you want to do, then buy a ticket in advance from the Students’ Union Box Office. Find out more:
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email: giveitago@sheffield.ac.uk web: www.sheffieldstudentsunion.com/ get-involved/give-it-a-go
Club Sport 47 sports clubs, over 3,500 members! Club Sport offers you the opportunity to play sport at a level to suit you – from recreational to elite. It’s an awesome way to widen your social circle and make friendships for life. It also improves your health and fitness. During the course of the academic year, you can look forward to events such as Sports Fair and the Sports Awards Dinner, as well as the weekly Wednesday programme of BUCS fixtures and weekend club excursions. The annual Varsity and Winter Varsity events are a showcase of our sporting talents, in a massive tournament against our arch rivals Hallam.
From beginners to elite Make the most of your short time at University and join the Club Sport community (see overleaf). For more information on individual sports clubs and to find out how to join, visit the U Sport website: web: www.shef.ac.uk/usport/what/clubsport
Media Media Hub The Media Hub is a fantastic resource for all groups and individuals interested in producing media content; from flyers, brochures and posters, to videos, websites and podcasts. The Media Hub’s open plan space includes two radio studios and 16 workstations, equipped with print and web design software, as well as audio and video editing facilities. Full training and support is available.
Forge Media Forge Media includes the Union’s newspaper, radio station, TV station and converged media website. Look out for your copy of Forge Press, distributed in the Union and around campus every fortnight, and be sure to listen to Forge Radio, watch Forge TV and check out the oodles of other content available at www.forgetoday.com. Anyone is welcome to get involved, for a bit of fun or to build their media CV! If you want to use the Media Hub or get involved in Forge Media, just contact the Union’s Media Development Coordinator or drop in to the Media Hub. email: mediahub@sheffield.ac.uk info@forgetoday.com web: www.sheffieldunion.com/student-media www.forgetoday.com
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Charitable Fundraising If you’re interested in raising money for charity, putting on a crazy event for a good cause, or doing your bit for worthwhile local causes... then get involved with the RAG (Raising and Giving) team. RAG put on events throughout the year, from bungee jumps and bar crawls, to sponsored hitch-hikes and a cross-Europe treasure hunt! Some events, like Spiderwalk, allow you to raise money for your club or society. With RAG, you can either help organise and plan these events, or simply take part in them to raise sponsorship money. Oh, and they’re quite a lot of fun as well!!
“RAG gets me out of bed in the morning” To talk through your fundraising ideas or to find out more about RAG events, come and see Emma, the Community Fundraiser, in the SheffieldVolunteering office, Activities and Sports Zone. Facebook: ‘Sheffield Rag 2010/2011’. email: emma.damian-grint@sheffield.ac.uk web: www.sheffieldRAG.com The logo
Communities Activities in Your Student Community If you belong to one of the following student communities: Endcliffe Village; Ranmoor Village; or City, you’ve paid a ‘Community Contribution’ in your rent. This is used to make your Student Community a great place to be – by putting on all sorts of activities and events for you. The Student Communities is a project with the University and the Students’ Union working together to put on a massive programme of stuff for you from beach parties, band nights and karaoke, to sports tournaments, film nights, dance classes and ice-skating trips. Help YOU put on your very own events and activities and be a student leader.
So make sure you get involved! Find out more: email: communities@sheffield.ac.uk web: www.sheffield.ac.uk/union/communities P.S. Look out for the Give it a (little) Go classes if you live in the Endcliffe or Ranmoor communities. See your Digs magazine for details.
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Your Activities & Sports Zone list of Clubs and Societies starts here: Go Art/Music/Dance/Craft Arts Bellydance Bluegrass and Folk Bollywood Burlesque *New Capoeira Ceilidh Cheerleaders Comedy Improvisation (Shrimps) Comedy Revue (Fuddlepuck) *New Craft *New Dance Music Dance Society Dancesport DJ *New Fashion *New Flute Choir *New Flying Teapot Circus Gospel Choir Hip Hop Dance Knit Soc Life Drawing Medic's Choir Medic's Orchestra Medics Original Jazz Orchestra Music Creation *New Music Players Open Space (Open Mic) Performing Arts (SUPAS) Photographic Platform Drama Festival *New Rock Salsa Samba Singers Small Ideas: The Alternative Music Soul Music
Stitch Soc Student Writers Swing Uni of Sheffield Light Entertainment (USLES) Wind Orchestra
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I knew I only had one year in Sheffield and wanted to do something exciting. No Limits was perfect, I made friends really quickly and it was really meaningful. It was an experience I will never forget. Ed, No Limits Film Festival
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Aerospace Archaeology Architecture (SUAS) Architeer Automatic Control and Systems Engineering (ACSE) *New Biblical Studies *New Biology Biomedical Engineering Biomedical Science (BMS) Cercle Francais Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering Computer Science Criminology Dental (SUDSS) Deutscher Verein Economics Edward Bramley Law Society Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE)
Electrical Engineering Students European Society (EESTEC) *New English and Drama English Society Environmental Science (Enviros) Geography Hispanic History Human Communication Information Journalism Landmark (Landscape Architecture) Library and Information Postgraduate Social Society (LIPSS) Linguistics Management Materials Maths Soc (SUMS) Mechanical Engineering Medical Ethics and Law *New Medical Society Medical Student International Network (MedSIN) Medics Peer Teaching Molecular Biology (MBB) Music Department Nederlandse Vereniging (Dutch) NHS Soc *New Orthoptics Philosophy Physics Politics Postgraduate Research Students (ProgRess) Psychology (Psychos) Sociology Sports Engineering Surgical Society
Town and Regional Planning (TRP) Vodsoc (Russian) Zoology
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When I came to Sheffield I was so excited to meet other Christians in the Synergy society and grateful that the Union was open to students expressing their faith. Izzy, Synergy Society
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Baha'i Buddhism and Meditation Catholic Chaplaincy Fellowship Christian Medical Fellowship Christian Orthodox *New Christian Union Hindu Students’ Forum Islamic Circle Jewish Sikh Society Speak Student Christian Movement Synergy
National African Caribbean African Post-Graduate Society Arab Azerbaijan *New Bangladesh Brunei Bulgarian Chinese Soc Chinese Students and Scholars (CSSA) East African Egyptian European Society Hellenic and Cypriot Hong Kong Indian Society Indonesian Iranian Irish Italian Japan Soc Kazakh *New Korean Society *New Libyan *New Lithuanian Malaysian and Singaporean Students (MASSOC)
Mexican and Latin American Omani Pakistani Persian Polish Romanian (RoSoc) Saudi (Mens) Saudi (Womens) Scandinavian Sheffield Malaysian Students Association (SMSA) Singapore Slovak and Czech Sri Lankan Taiwan Thai Turkish Turkish/Cypriot Vietnamese West Indian *New
Political/Campaigning/ Charity AFRIKIT *New Amnesty International Article 25 Asha Canvas *New Cinema Syndicate Conservative Future Current Affairs Discussion *New Engineers without Borders Ethnic Women *New Free Tibet *New Friends of Venezuela Labour Students Liberal Democrats Libertarian *New Marrow Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) Mental Health Matters Oxfam Palestine Society People and Planet Red Cross *New Respect Sheffield Esteli Student Partnership (SESP) Smile Society Socialist Students Socialist Worker Student Society (SWSS) Stop Islamophobia Society Stop the Traffik Student Action For Refugees (STAR) Student Assembly Against Racism
Student Stop AIDS Tentelini Transplant Awareness *New UKIP *New UNICEF Unifem Unite Against Fascism *New United Malay National Organisation (UMNO) United Nations Youth and Student Association (UNYSA) *New Vegetarian and Vegan Village Aid *New Workers Liberty Zambiaids
Special Interest Asian Culture Club *New Astronomy and Extraterrestrial *New Atheism Code Jammers *New Documentary *New Eat *New Erasmus Student Network Investment Society (ISIS) Med Sex Natural History *New Sign Language Society for Photographic Instrument Engineers (SPIE) *New St Johns Ambulance (LINKS) Swap *New
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Being a member of the Chinese Society has been the highlight of the year! Through ChiSoc, I’ve met students from other countries and my Cantonese has improved! Chloe, Chinese Society
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(Not Only) Dungeons & Dragons (NODDSOC) Anime Sheffield Assassins Guild Board Games *New Cheese and Wine *New Chess Chinese Students Football (SUCFA) Chocolate Cocktail Society Cooking
Media/Technology/Film Computer Gaming (SLUGS) Film Festival Society *New Film Making Film Society *New Free Culture Free Software Protocol Magazine Stiletto Magazine
Working Committees Bummit Commercial Services Committee Conservation Volunteers Debating Education Committee Entertainments (ENTS) Ethical and Environmental Exchange Film Unit Forge Press Forge Radio Forge Today Forge TV Nightline
Sheffield RAG Societies Committee Technical Services Committee Theatre Company (SUTCO) Volunteering Committee Welfare Committee
Representative Committees Black Students’ Committee Disabled and Dyslexic Students’ Committee International Students' Committee Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Mature Students’ Committee Postgraduate Research Committee Postgraduate Taught Committee Union Council Women's Committee
Club Sport Aikido American Football Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball (Men’s) Basketball (Women’s) Boxing Canoe Caving Cricket (Men’s) Cricket (Women’s) Cycling Equestrian Fencing Football (Men’s) Football (Women’s) Golf High Peaks
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Being involved in Club Sport throughout my three years at Sheffield has been a major highlight of my time spent at university. Kate,Women’s Cricket
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Hockey (Men’s) Hockey (Women’s) Ice Hockey Jiu Jitsu Judo Korfball Lacrosse Muai Thai/Thai Boxing Netball Orienteering Rowing Rugby (Women’s) Rugby League Rugby Union (Men’s) Sailing Skiing Snowboarding Squash Sub Aqua Club Swimming and Water Polo Table Tennis Taekwondo Ten Pin Bowling Tennis Trampoline Ultimate Frisbee Volleyball Walking
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Darts Duke of Edinburgh Award Gentlemens *New Guild of Change Ringers (SUGCR) Kiting Lancashie Appreciation *New Lawn Bowls Club *New Lemon Fresh Medieval Re-enactment Motorsport Enthusiasts *New Pedal Car Poker Society Pool and Snooker Quasar Real Ale Sheffield Lions Simurq Aeronautics *New Skateboarding Stings (Scouts and Guides) Sunday Papers Tea War Games
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