Friday, November 04, 2011
New STARs are Born!
As students up and down the country settle into uni, new STARs spring into life!
It’s been a fantastic freshers for STAR as students up and down the country have raised their voices for refugee rights and inspired new students to take action. Staff at the Nottingham drop-in where STAR students volunteer captured the mood upon meeting the new volunteers, “I’m so glad our students are back!”
Fab first meetings!
Over the last month, STAR groups have hosted first meetings at a whopping 30 universities across the UK and inspired over 600 new recruits to take action to support refugees – well done all of you! Each group sparked off new interest in national campaigns and encouraged students to get active in their communities. Here are just some of the great things you got up to:
- Getting clued up on Simple Acts with Cambridge STAR
- Warwick STAR’s energetic ice breaker and screening of this fab Scottish Refugee Council video
- Inspiring students to take action against detention and destitution with speakers from the Campaign to Close Campsfield and Asylum Welcome at the Oxford meeting
- Brainstorming brilliant ideas around campaigns and events with the Manchester group
- Bradford’s new committee teaming up with Bradford Action for Refugees for a great welcome event at their volunteering project
- Celebrating the achievements of the Equal Access campaign with Bristol STAR and gearing up for another busy year
- Essex STARs getting quizzed up and ready to volunteer at the Suffolk Refugee Forum.
- Chatting with the Zimbabwe Association at De Monfort STAR’s first meeting
- Screening Cardiff STAR’S brilliant sleepout video and skill-sharing with new recruits
New groups for 2011-12!
This year STAR is bigger than ever as new groups emerge and old groups burst back to life. Here’s a special welcome to our brand spanking new groups at York and Queen Mary’s! And good luck to those students at University of East London, University College London, Imperial and the Institute of Education who hope to start up something new in the coming months too – watch this space STARs!
Remember. If you’re university doesn’t have a STAR group there is no time like the present to set one up! Why not contact the national team or come to the National STAR Conference on November 18-19th to find out more?
Posted by STAR team on 04/11/2011 at 04:47 PM
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