IZZY ‘IZZY MAE’ ANDREWS | THEY/THEM/THEIRS | FEELING GREY? VOTE FOR IZZY MAE!

Cost of living continues to impact students, especially with rent prices and bills going up across the city. How are you going to better support off-campus students to afford rent, food and heating? Working alongside relevant groups to ensure off-campus students are supported in every way possible to live their lives without being bogged down by the cost-of-living crisis. This will include working with FirstBus to keep student travel prices low and working with registered landlords to lower rent for students across the city, as well as keeping up with cost of living developments as they come.

What else should YUSU bars sell for 40p?

More substantial meals throughout the day - soup, sandwiches, jacket potatoes. Beans on toast was a great start, but making these meals accessible throughout the day (past 11am) and throughout the week (weekends included) will just take the impact that bit further, and encourage people to use the scheme more!

Three Key Manifesto Points

1: Prioritise mental health and well-being.

2: Destigmatising sexual health conversations

3: Make physical health and sporting communities accessible to all.

Previous Community and Wellbeing Successes

Protecting students’ mental health and fighting for them during the cost of living crisis, our Com/Wel sabbs are the frontline for fighting for students’ wellbeing. Previous successes included: Kelly Balmer, the previous Community and Wellbeing Officer, created a QR code based signposting guide depicting different support systems accessible for students, updated termly. Kelly also launched a spiking awareness campaign in 2021 amidst growing spiking concerns across the country, developed an Accessible and Inclusive events guide, and supported wellbeing training for the University’s sports clubs.