Sports Club Standards and Awards 2024-2025 Application Form

STANDARDS APPLICATION FORM 2024-2025

The Club Standards award recognises the quality of which a Sports Club has been run over the past academic year. Sports Clubs will be awarded these standards awards at the annual awards ceremony. These are a great way to show the hard work the committees have put into their club's and stand out on graduate s CVs. Sports Clubs can achieve either a bronze, silver, or gold standards award. Depending on which standard the club achieves, the relevant badge will be displayed on your webpage. STANDARDS APPLICATION FORM 2024-2025

The Standards Award is broken down into 8 sections, you can achieve a bronze, silver, or gold in each section, granting the following points: Each Bronze Section is worth 100 points Each Silver Section is worth 200 points Each Gold Section is worth 300 points You can only earn one level per criteria, e.g., if you have earned silver for the volunteering criteria, you will earn 200 points. You would not then also earn the 100 points for bronze. To achieve a bronze in any section you must fulfil ALL the corresponding bronze criteria for that section. To achieve silver in any section you must fulfil all of the corresponding bronze and silver criteria. To achieve gold in section you must fulfil all of the corresponding bronze, silver, and gold criteria. You can only earn one level of points per section, either 0, 100, 200, or 300 points. STANDARDS APPLICATION FORM 2024-2025

The clubs overall standard will be determined by the accumulated amount of points that have been obtained throughout the 8 different sections. The overall standard criteria can be seen below. 800-1099 1100-1799 1800+ BRONZE SILVER GOLD STANDARDS APPLICATION FORM 2024-2025

Section 1 Committee Members Required Positions STANDARD Name of the individual who hold this position Email of individual Bronze President Vice-President Treasurer Welfare Officer + Any two additional committee roles, please include these roles next to the individual's name. 1 2 3 4 5 Silver 6 STANDARDS APPLICATION FORM 2024-2025 Gold + Any two additional committee roles, please include these roles next to the individual's name. 7 8 For use of Blades staff only. POINTS AWARDED FOR THIS SECTION: STANDARD ACHIEVED FOR THIS SECTION:

Section 2 Event Volunteering Required Events STANDARD Name of Event Club volunteers at event Bronze 2 Silver 4 5 6 STANDARDS APPLICATION FORM 2024-2025 Gold 5 7 8 For use of Blades staff only. POINTS AWARDED FOR THIS SECTION: STANDARD ACHIEVED FOR THIS SECTION:

SECTION 3 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERING LOG (TO LOG ON GRADINTEL) Standard Criteria Submission/proof Bronze 25% of Clubs executive committee to have each created a volunteering profile and logged 5 hours of any work done as execs (E.g. Attending meetings, attending GMs, event planning, fundraising etc.) Attach folder/screenshots on the following slides containing all execs downloaded hours from GradIntel of Volunteer record (available from logging into your Volunteering profile and following the My Skills Record button). Silver 50% of Clubs executive committee to have each created a volunteering profile and logged 10 hours of any work done as execs (E.g. Attending meetings, attending GMs, event planning, fundraising etc.) STANDARDS APPLICATION FORM 2024-2025 Gold 75% of Clubs executive committee to have each created a volunteering profile and logged 10 hours of any work done as execs (E.g. Attending meetings, attending GMs, event planning, fundraising etc.) For use of Blades staff only. POINTS AWARDED FOR THIS SECTION: STANDARD ACHIEVED FOR THIS SECTION:

Please use this space to attach screenshots of logged hours. STANDARDS APPLICATION FORM 2024-2025

Please use this space to attach screenshots of logged hours. STANDARDS APPLICATION FORM 2024-2025

Please use this space to attach screenshots of logged hours. STANDARDS APPLICATION FORM 2024-2025

Section 4 Funds Raised This can include funds raised for you own club as well as for an external charity, it can include membership funds (but only 50% of these can be included*) - Please state this quantity in the boxes below. STANDARD Required Numbers Fundraising Events and Date Approximate Number of Attendees Bronze 200 Silver 500 STANDARDS APPLICATION FORM 2024-2025 Gold 800 *For examples if you generated 600 in playing membership costs over the year, you could include 300 of this. For use of Blades staff only. POINTS AWARDED FOR THIS SECTION: STANDARD ACHIEVED FOR THIS SECTION:

SECTION 5 COMMITTEE MEETINGS (Please state below all of the committee meetings your club has conducted) Required number of meetings Date of meetings Committee members present Standard Bronze 4 1 2 3 4 Silver 8 5 6 7 STANDARDS APPLICATION 8 FORM 2024-2025 Gold 10 9 10 For use of Blades staff only. POINTS AWARDED FOR THIS SECTION: STANDARD ACHIEVED FOR THIS SECTION:

Section 6 Social Events Social events are considered events/gatherings which are designed to bring your club members together in a social setting. STANDARD Required Numbers Events and Date Approximate Number of Attendees Bronze 3 1 2 3 Silver 7 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 STANDARDS APPLICATION FORM 2024-2025 Gold 12 For use of Blades staff only. POINTS AWARDED FOR THIS SECTION: STANDARD ACHIEVED FOR THIS SECTION:

Section 7 BUCS BUCS UK Top 25 is a University strategic priority and therefore we require each BUCS Sport to work towards achieving targets for each year. STANDARD Required Numbers Events and Date Approximate Number of Attendees Bronze 50% of teams achieved target 1 2 3 Silver All teams achieved target. 4 5 6 7 8 STANDARDS APPLICATION FORM 2024-2025 Gold Exceeded BUCS points target by 10% 9 10 For use of Blades staff only. POINTS AWARDED FOR THIS SECTION: STANDARD ACHIEVED FOR THIS SECTION:

ORGANISATION CRITERIA (Bronze Section) Action required Completed (YES/NO) Standard Bronze All compulsory documents signed on Moodle. Social Media Charter Clubs & Socs Alcohol Policy Clubs & Socs Code of Conduct Clubs & Socs Constitution Clubs & Socs Inventory Clubs Risk Assessment - Clubs Declaration of Financial Responsibility Clubs & Socs www.essexstudent.com club page up to date (blurb, training/meeting times, contact information). STANDARDS APPLICATION FORM 2024-2025 President, Welfare Officer and Social Secretary (where roles exist) must have all attended Active Bystander Intervention training that has been offered, or watched a recording of the training if you weren t able to attend. Compliance with the Essex Blades Federation Code of Conduct and Terms of Reference. Attendance at all compulsory SU Student Activities training sessions, or to watch back/read the training videos/presentations if you were unable to attend the session(s). (All committee to have completed necessary training)

ORGANISATION CRITERIA (Silver Section) Action required Completed (YES/NO) Standard Silver Plan of terms events, come and try s/trial events etc uploaded to Student Activities what s on page - https://www.essexstudent.com/activities/whatson/ One club representative at all Essex Blades General Meetings STANDARDS APPLICATION FORM 2024-2025 Club funds maintained at a healthy balance, budget not exceeded Club not found guilty of any disciplinary offences

ORGANISATION CRITERIA (Gold Section) Action required Completed (YES/NO) Standard Gold At least two club representatives at all Essex Blades General Meetings. Before club elections, the current committee must hold a session to brief all club members on the roles available and responsibilities for each role, once the elections have occurred handovers have been written and planned. Must host or participant in two events across the year. STANDARDS APPLICATION FORM 2024-2025 (BUCS Clubs Only) - No walkovers have been conceded. For use of Blades staff only. POINTS AWARDED FOR THIS SECTION: STANDARD ACHIEVED FOR THIS SECTION:

ENGAGEMENT CRITERIA (Bronze Section) Action required Completed (YES/NO), please provide information Standard Bronze Have an active social media account (posted at least once every three weeks) Hosted a welcome event STANDARDS APPLICATION FORM 2024-2025 Hosted at least 1 activity/social per month

ENGAGEMENT CRITERIA (Silver Section) Action required Completed (YES/NO), please provide information Standard Silver Attend Fresher's Fair and hosted a stall Work on a project/event collaborating with another club OR society STANDARDS APPLICATION FORM 2024-2025 Hove an active social media account at least one post every two weeks (on average)

ENGAGEMENT CRITERIA (Gold Section) Action required Completed (YES/NO), please provide information Standard Gold Actively engage with students in one of the communities (Asian Network, Black Network, International Students Association, LGBTQ+ Networks, Mature Students, PGR & PGT Students, Student Parents & Carers, Students with Disabilities, Female Students) Have an active social media account at least one post a week and to have collaborated with @essexbladesu on a post at least once in the year Collaborate once with Rebel (Student's Union Media team not the basketball/volleyball teams): This can be writing an article; hosting a radio show or creating video content you must submit the link to your piece of content under Additional Information at the end of this application. STANDARDS APPLICATION FORM 2024-2025 For use of Blades staff only. POINTS AWARDED FOR THIS SECTION: STANDARD ACHIEVED FOR THIS SECTION:

STANDARDS APPLICATION FORM 2024-2025