General Info for Club, Society and Group Execs and Committee Members

If you're on a society exec, these pages should tell you everything you need to know to organise your activities. If your question isn't answered here, email us at help@lancastersu.co.uk

How can my society, team or group volunteer?
The Communities and Internationalisation team at the Students' Union runs multiple volunteering projects that Societies and Groups can get involved i...
Wed, 3 Feb, 2021 at 9:40 AM
How do we close or disaffiliate our society?
If you would no longer like your Society to operate, or you'd like to disaffiliate from Lancaster University Students' Union, then you need to em...
Thu, 13 Apr, 2023 at 1:43 PM
How do I make a complaint about a Society member or Exec?
If you've tried to resolve the issue, or something serious has happened that you think we should know about, then in the first instance you can chat wit...
Thu, 13 Apr, 2023 at 1:57 PM
Raising money for charity
The Students' Union is a registered charity that exists to support the education of current students at Lancaster University. This means that all Un...
Wed, 10 Feb, 2021 at 3:53 PM
How do we organise an Annual General Meeting (AGM) for our society?
An AGM should be held every year to elect the new Exec for the upcoming year and to discuss and vote on any changes to the running of the society or to m...
Tue, 16 Feb, 2021 at 4:14 PM
How do we replace and elect new Exec members?
Exec members are generally elected once a year at the Annual General Meeting (AGM).  If an Exec member has left part-way through the year, you will n...
Fri, 12 Feb, 2021 at 11:57 AM
Society Handovers
One of the first tasks to complete as new Society Exec members is a handover with the outgoing Exec members. This is crucial to ensure you have a good un...
Wed, 24 Mar, 2021 at 2:21 PM
A video guide to Promoting your Society and Events
A useful video with tips and trick on how you can best promote your society and any events you are planning. If you can't access the video, you will ...
Fri, 25 Jun, 2021 at 2:55 PM
A video guide to Society Finances
A useful video with tips and trick on how you can best manage your society finances. If you can't access the video, you will need to log into Microso...
Wed, 27 Apr, 2022 at 2:18 PM
A video guide to Society Sustainability
This video guide talks you through what you can do if you are struggling to run your society, re-affiliate or recruit new Exec members and how the Union can...
Fri, 25 Jun, 2021 at 2:55 PM