About Us

As an association within the Students' Union our membership automatically includes all students who identity themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans. We receive a grant which means that we don't need to charge a membership fee or even keep a list of members. This means that any involvement you have with LGBT can be confidential if you want.

Committee 2010-2011

The Committee are elected annually in April to take joint responsibility for the association for the next academic year. There is another election in October to allow new members to join the committee and to fill any empty positions.

LGBT Officer: Elizabeth 'egg' Goddard

The Officer is responsible for leading the Committee and supporting and encouraging other officers in their roles. They are a strong representative for LGBT students and attends meeting with all kind of groups representing your needs. This role needs a big time commitment and someone with exceptional people skills.

Elizabeth/egg is in a third year Theology student.

General Secretary: Nikolai Almeida

The Gen Sec supports the LGBT Officer in their role, shares the workload when things are busy and steps in when the Chair is absent. There is particular emphasis on organisational and administrative duties, including taking minutes in meetings, but the Gen Sec also needs to have strong leadership qualities. It is also part of the role to take over any un-filled positions.

Nikolai is a second year Architecture student.

"Hiya! I'm the General Secretary, and I'll be helping to keep things oiled and running smoothly. The LGBT is a big job with a lot of admin, so I'll be supporting and sharing the workload with your Officer, Egg. Feel free to contact me with any concerns, suggestions and feedback, after all it's your LGBT!"

The Welfare Team

The Welfare Team is responsible for representing the welfare needs of members to the Committee and for working with the Students’ Union to promote LGBT issues. They also provide assistance to individual members where appropriate and can point them in the direction of any help they need.

Male Welfare Officer: Mark Wilkinson

_Mark is a third year Psychology student._

"As Male Welfare Rep this year i'd really like to make sure that anyone who needs help this year can find it and feels welcome! I'd also like to carry on in the spirit of last year, organising one to one help and holding numerous workshops, such as a coming out workshop, and sexual health workshops, in order to help people deal with these issues. Feel free to contact me about anything at all, and I hope this is a good year for everyone :)"

Female Welfare Officer: -

Trans Welfare Officer: -

Publicity Officer: Sam 'Shazam' Sherratt

The Publicity Officer is responsible for designing all the promotional material for LGBT and developing our profile at the University. They look in to new and innovative ways of publicising the association and organise the distribution of posters and flyers.

Sam is a second year Zoology student.

Postgraduate Students' Officer: -

The Postgraduate Students' officer is responsible for representing postgraduate students within the LGBT Network by being a point of contact and a link with the SU Postgraduate Students' Officer.

Sutton Bonington Rep: [unfilled position]

The Social Events Team

The Social Events Team don’t have to organise every event, but they need to be on top of making sure that they happen. They need to ensure that they provide the types of events that the members want and must try to organise a diverse range of activities.

Social Events Secretary: -

Social Events Secretary: Elliott Reed

Elliott is a second year Psychology student.

"Oioi! As social secretary for the LGBT network, I am looking to arrange events to appeal to everyone. There will of course be big nights out to Nottingham's gay scene, but I also hope to go further a field after trips to London and Manchester were successful last year. As well as that I wish to run other events for those people who prefer quieter/less boozy events, including Alton Towers and movie nights. If anybody would like to make a suggestion, please do not hesitate to contact me. I would also appreciate any feedback throughout the year =)"

The Campaigns Team

The Campaigns Team is responsible for developing the political and representative side of LGBT by organising and running campaigns relevant to LGBT students.. They devote time to specific “days of action” for campaigns. They also assist in the running of specific awareness events.

Campaigns Officer: Abi Alcock

Abi is a second year Midwifery student.

"I’m very excited about being part of the committee and help do big things this year! I’d like to help continue supporting the national ‘Donation not Discrimination’ campaign with more petitions and protests outside donation sessions. I’d also like to campaign to have the additional provision of gender neutral toilets within the university, as well as looking into LGBT student’s experience’s within the NHS and campaign to make the NHS services on campus more LGBT friendly. My email address is ntydaja@nottingham.ac.uk, please contact me with any idea’s for campaigns!"

Campaigns Officer: Stuart Neyton

Stuart is a second year Physics with a European Language student.

"Hello people. As well as LGBT rights i am interested in animals and ecology and i like marmite. As one of the campaigns officers I seek to promote awareness of the struggles and participation in the fight for LGBTQIA rights within our society. This year I hope to encourage Nottingham's LGBT'ers to become involved in campaigns including homophobia on campus, blood donation, health and well-being and relationship recognition. Please contact me :D"

General Committee Members

They get involved with the Committee in a general role and assists in a range of areas where appropriate or necessary. This position can be seen either as a stepping stone into other positions on the Committee, or a position for someone who wants to get involved with all aspects of the LGBT. Two of the three positions are specifically elected in October to allow first-year students and others to get involved after the Summer.

General Committee Member: Christobel Burns

Christobel is a second year Chemistry student.

"Hey :) As a general committee member I hope to get actively involved in events, campaigns and anything else we have going on throughout the year. Specifically, I'd like to work with the campaigns people to carry on the work that's been done against homophobia in halls. I'd like to help get as many people involved in LGBT activities as possible, and will always be available if anyone wants to contact me with any questions/problems they may have. Looking forward to a great year for LGBT!"

General Committee Member:
To be elected in October
General Committee Member (reserved for a Fresher):
To be elected in October