We’re starting to think about what Give it a Go will look like for student groups next term.

On this page you will find all the information you need to host a cracking taster event and get your group off to the best possible start for 22/23

What is Give it a Go?

If you haven’t heard of it before, Give it a Go provides a fun and friendly way for new students to get involved with Clubs, Societies, Volunteering Projects and Networks, allowing them to ‘road test’ groups before committing to membership. 

From a Student Group perspective it’s a huge chance to sell your group to potential new members and get your events promoted to a wider audience.

When is it?

Give it a Go will next take place over the first few weeks of  the new academic year and again post winter break. Dates are TBC by July 2022

 

How do groups take part?

Once you have a clear idea of when your session (or sessions) will take place and have arranged any space bookings needed or sorted any tech for virtual sessions you should complete this Website Upload Form

This will get your event listed on the Bristol SU What’s On Pages and provide a place for attendees to sign up.

Events uploaded early may also be listed on our Refreshers Portal. This is absolutely worth doing, with thousands of new students accessing the portal daily!
 
We will need to know: 

• Name of Session 
• Date 
• Time 
• Location (physical or URL) 
• Cost 

We’ll confirm with you once your session is live and provide details on how to access attendees. 

What will Bristol SU do?

To give you the best chance of attracting and recruiting new members to your group we will do the following:

• Promote Give it a Go widely to new and returning students in the run-up to and throughout Welcome Week 
• Upload your sessions to our What’s On pages/ Welcome Portal, providing a place for attendees to sign up and a place for you to manage them
• Cover the programme of events on our social media output
• Provide you with branding assets you can personalise to help promote your event
   

Specific Information for Sports Clubs

Give it a Go Sport Sessions

• Sports clubs seeking to use Sport Exercise and Health facilities (the sports centre, the swimming pool, Coombe Dingle) for GIAG sessions will utilise their existing facility allocation, agreed with SEH already.  
• Existing SEH facility allocation should be used though additional space is bookable if required via seh- bookings@bristol.ac.uk 
• You will be able to inform SEH of the specific dates and times for your GIAG session through the Website Upload Form with all other GIAG details
• SEH will approve your proposed sessions based on this information.  Please see the additional pointers from SEH you may wish to add to your Risk Assessments. Anything not confirmed through this process will not be able to go ahead.
• Bristol SU will share details of your session registrations with SEH to enable accurate attendance tracking.

Pre-Season, Friendlies, Trials and Player Assessment

• SEH have circulated information separately for these elements of sports club activity.  For further information please contact seh-enquiries@bristol.ac.uk

 

Space Bookings

For updates and full details on space bookings please visit our Bookings Page

• In the Richmond Building
  • Where possible use your regular room booking allocated timeslot to host your GIAG session
  • Ad-hoc room bookings can be made up to 14 days in advance
• In halls of residence
  • Some spaces do exist in halls, and groups have used these to good effect in the past
  • Unfortunately there is no one system for booking these spaces so our best advice would be to contact individual accommodation teams
• In the Bristol SU Spaces (The Living Room, Loft, Beckford)
  • Further details and booking via our webpage here or email bristolsu-spaces@bristol.ac.uk
• In the Balloon Bar  
  • Apply to host an event in the Balloon Bar here
• At SEH venues
  • Sports clubs will use their existing facility allocation, agreed with Sport, Exercise and Health for the year.  
  • Should additional space be required, you are able to book these as you would at any point in the year by emailing seh-bookings@bristol.ac.uk
  • Additional risk assessment information will be required and you will be able to submit this as part of the Website Upload Form
  • You are able to use the Bristol SU Risk Assessments you uploaded for reaffiliation but do bear in mind these additional pointers from SEH
  • If you have any queries please contact: seh-enquiries@bristol.ac.uk

 

Branding

Following feedback from last year, we’re offering groups a chance to individualise their listing logos and banners. These will need to be sent along with your other information on the Website Upload Form (You don’t have to do this, we can use a generic image should you prefer, it just looks 100% nicer if you do)
 
You will need to sign up for a free Canva account if you do not have one already, then follow the links below. You’ll then need to download a JPEG or PNG file to upload to the form. 

• Event Logo for Bristol SU What's On Pages
• Banner for Welcome Portal 
• Facebook Event Cover (this one is just for you to use on your socials) 
• Instagram Story Template

Deadlines

Listing your sessions early will mean more promotion and a higher number of attendees.
 

We’ll be keeping the form open into October, so if you suddenly plan a last-minute session we should still be able to list it on the Bristol SU What’s On Pages.  
 

FAQs