Louisa Moorhouse
A current member of the Volunteering Committee as a finance and sponsorship officer, Moorhouse has an understanding of how the Volunteering Committee works, an advantage she has over her competitors. Moorhouse also has a wealth of volunteering experience, taking part and helping organise many events and trips herself.
Her manifesto contains few concrete policies, simply outlining ideas she would like to ‘look at/into”, though she commits herself to spending “a day with each of the projects to ensure maximum understanding of their running.” She places an emphasis on appropriately allocated funding, not surprising considering her previous role on the volunteering Committee, as well as promising the expansion and development of volunteering “for the benefit of the projects and the students.”
Moorhouse’s most innovative policy is to try to develop a project which does not include a CRB check, so as to encourage and improve student involvement in projects.
Yu Gao and Guan Li
Despite having separate profile on the YUSU elections website, it seems that Guan Li and Yu Gao are running as joint candidates for Volunteering Officer.
Both have kept their manifestos very brief, simply stating their enthusiasm for the position and hardworking natures as a basis for your vote. They cite no prior experiences they may have had with YUSU Volunteering, though Yu Gao promises to offer “great opportunities of volunteering activities to all of students in our university.”
The only policy that seems to have been put forward by the duo is to “contact different committees and try to provide you [with] some volunteering experience relating to your course” – an original and interesting idea.
Amy Jepson
Jepson cites her involvement with volunteering projects since she was 13 such as shoebox appeals and concerts for local charities, as a primary reason to vote for her.
She currently runs VivaVoce, the campus audio magazine for blind and visually impaired people, as well as potential involvement with Kids Club and further involvement in Kids Camp.
Though her manifesto doesn’t outline any key policies, she claims she is committed to getting her hands dirty and aims to provide students with advice and direction as to how and where to get involved. She champions her organizational skills and her approachability as key features of how she aims to successfully steer the Volunteering Committee were she to be successfully elected.