Description

The Care Experience Students' Group exists to represent the interests of all students who have experienced being from a care-based background either prior to or during their studies at GCU. Joining the group is free and open to all students who self-define as having a period of care-experience in their background (e.g. foster care, formal or informal kinship care etc)

 

The Care Experienced Officer for 2020/21 is: TBC - Could it be you? 

 

The role of the Care Experienced Officer is to help lead the group. The Officer is free to shape this role but could include:

• Promoting the group to students 
• Facilitating community-building meet-ups and events
• Developing informative or change-based campaigns 

 

Further, the officer secures a seat in Student Voice representing Care Experienced Students' interests and is a member of the Equality and Diversity Officers Network. The Officer is supported by the Student Voice Team Leader as well as the Full Time Officer team.

 

Register your interest in leading the Group below before Friday 9th October at 12noon.

Note: you must be a member of the group to be considered for Officer. Joining the group is easy (and free!). Click the orange button at the top of this page to join. 

To find out more about representation groups and their purpose, check out

https://www.gcustudents.co.uk/representation/representation-groups

You can contact the Care Experienced Officer at CESOfficer@gcustudents.co.uk