Why I would be good for the role of Vice-President of climbing
• I come from a neuro-diverse background where I use alternative methods to help me learn.
• I can bring a different perspective upon the climbing committee that will aid the enjoyment and maintenance of the club to anyone that joins.
• I joined in September 2021 as a complete beginner, I believe that I can bring my experiences to encourage new members to succeed in their endeavours.
• I’m 23 years of age with a clear career goal, life experience and passion to make a change!
What changes I would make to the club if elected
• If we get a lot more members signing up to the climbing society, academic year 2022-23, instead of having two sessions, one for beginners one for the more experienced members, I would like mixed-ability sessions (with room for a third). This is so the experienced members can pass on their knowledge to the beginners and the beginners can show the experienced members new ways of completing basic skills.
• More varsity-type matches here and away.
• More frequent changing of the top ropes and bouldering walls.
• I would make forms more dyslexic and dyspraxic friendly, with coloured backgrounds and bigger text boxes.
• If interest and memberships soar in the academic year 2022-23, I’d push for a sixth and even seventh committee member to keep workloads manageable and engagement high.
• Instead of asking people to react to messages on Messenger, I would potentially use calender invites or texts to increase engagement to training sessions and climbing events.
• More inter-society pairings and events, especially social events.
• More ‘nights-in’ socials.
How I would leave my mark
• At climbing, we have a huge neuro-diverse community which I adore! I would love for us to continue learning about what makes us as individuals and bring new skills, unique to each of us to climbing in the hope of continuing this legacy.
• I would purchase a whiteboard easel and replicate an ‘all on the board’ underground service information message of key neurodiverse awareness dates to educate all that view it as well as general news at climbing.
• Additionally, when learning to tie the knots into the rope, I would come up with alternative methods of teaching to make it easier for those that need it.
• I would like to make safeguarding more of an issue within the society to uphold the club constitution and university values of conduct.
• More charity events to mark key neuro-diverse and awareness days such as cancer, with plenty of opportunities for non-members, and the wider university community to climb and initiate passion for the sport.
What you I would get out of it personally
• My career endgame is to become a special educational needs coordinator.
• Being a committee member allows me to develop my organisational skills.
• Encountering lots of different people allows me to be exposed to different backgrounds, increasing my knowledge of diversity.
• Of course, I would advance my teamworking and leadership skills.
• The enjoyment of knowing that I am continuing to do something that I love and can create that atmosphere for others that join the sport!