Leeds University Union.
LUU Club Committee Training
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Running Safe Socials, Tours and
Staying out of Trouble
LUU Club Committee Training
May 2014
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LUU Committee Responsibilities
• All committees have a duty of care to
their members
• Minimise hazards to members including
hazards associated with socials
• Must tell members what is acceptable
behaviour
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Issues
• Violence
• Abuse – psychological and physical
• Hazing
• Initiations
• Bullying/harassment on social media
• Lewd conduct in public
• Urinating/defecating in public
• Members being excessively drunk – ambulances
called/members of public finding sports students unconscious
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Hazing
‘Hazing is the practice of rituals and other activities
involving harassment, abuse or humiliation used as
a way of initiating a person into a group. Hazing is
seen in many different types of social groups,
including gangs, sports teams, schools, and military
units
Hazing is often prohibited by law and may comprise
either physical abuse (possibly violent) or
psychological abuse. It may also include nudity or
sexually-oriented offenses.’
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LUU Social Guidelines
• To help you keep members safe
• Where can I find these?
• They are now a footer document on every club and
societies LUU webpage
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LUU Social Guidelines
• What is an organised LUU club or society activity or
social?
• What is an unorganised social or activity?
• What can we do?
• What can’t we do?
• Can we do an Otley Run?
• Getting home safely
• When it goes wrong
• Disciplinary process
• If you want to register a complaint
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In a nutshell -LUU Social Guidelines say:
• Look after the safety and wellbeing of your
members on socials.
• Whenever you are out as an LUU Club you are
representing the Student Union and the University of
Leeds.
• Clarify what is reasonable behaviour when you are
participating in any activity or social event under
the name of LUU.
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Organised v Unorganised LUU club
social
• If any of the following criteria apply, then an event
or social is deemed as being an ‘organised’ social:
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Activity in any way publicised by the Club/Society as Club/Society
activity (including online).
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Activity funded in part or in whole by the Union of through your Union
accounts.
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Activity requiring the use of equipment owned by the
Club/Society/Union.
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Activity where group transport is booked through the Union.
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You are wearing clothing that identifies you to the University of Leeds,
LUU or your club or society.
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Unacceptable behaviour
• Violence - any form
• Abusive behaviour - psychological/physical /sexual abuse
• Psychological/physical/sexual harassment – this includes
bullying and harassment on social media facebook/twitter
• Urinating, defecating or vomiting in public
• Public/lewd nudity or conduct
• Impersonating other teams or clubs
• Club Initiation ceremonies
• Applying any form of peer pressure
• Criminal damage
• Boozy tours in LUU or University name
• Do not bring the reputation of the University of Leeds, LUU or
your club or society into question
• Do not bring LUU or the University of Leeds name into
disrepute!!
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And Definitely do not
do….INITIATIONS
• ‘Any event in which members (often new members)
are expected to perform any activity as a means of
gaining credibility, status or entry within the group
and involve peer pressure to get members to
consume excessive alcohol or be coerced into any
behaviour which may be deemed humiliating.’
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Can we go on Tour?
• Either:
• Go as an LUU club (and abide by the social guidelines)
• Go as a separate group on holiday (if you know you will
not abide by the social guidelines). In this instance you
must NOT:
– Use your club or society accounts
– Wear any kit or clothing which has the
University of Leeds/LUU or any associated
logos
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Can we do an Otley run?
• Yes if you abide by the guidance in this document.
• Must not have compulsory drinks list
• Look after your members
– Get them home safely
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LUU Alcohol Policy
• In line with LUU’s alcohol policy you can not in LUU:
• Strawpedo
• Use of funnels
• Boat Races
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Getting your members home safely
• If there are a number of you out at an
activity or social it is unlikely everyone will
give you three rings to let you know they are
safely home, so here are a couple of
suggestions.
– Nightbus
– Amber taxi service
– Two ‘designated drivers’ or ‘responsible
persons’
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When it goes wrong
• If the activity or social is well planned and everyone
behaves reasonably then you should all enjoy
yourselves and never have to be involved in this
section of the document. However we fully realise
that people will let you down. There is a clear
disciplinary process for dealing with issues however
the outcomes vary greatly depending on the
severity of the incident.
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LUU disciplinary procedures &
punishments
• Outcomes vary greatly depending on the severity of the
incident.
• Apologies
• BUCS match bans for individuals/whole teams
• LUU clubs disbanded
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Disciplinary process
Punishments can include:
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Individual/ Club Fines
Stripping members of their Committee positions
Life ban of members from clubs
BUCS match bans
BUCS team withdrawals
Whole club disbandment
• Please bear in mind that throughout the time you
are attending the University of Leeds as a student,
you do come under the University of Leeds
General Disciplinary Regulation
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University Disciplinary procedures
• Please bear in mind that
throughout the time you are
attending the University of Leeds
as a student, you do come
under the University of Leeds
General Disciplinary Regulations
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Codes of Conduct
• Tells your members what conduct is acceptable
and not acceptable
• Helps you to hold your members to task
• You should incorporate LUU’s social guidelines and
disciplinary procedures into your code of conduct
and take ownership over your own disciplinaries
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Social Media
• Must control your social media messages
• Tweets are public/facebook photos easily shared
• Can affect your employability in the future
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Useful Links
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Drinkaware – http://www.drinkaware.co.uk
University of Leeds General Disciplinary Regulations http://www.leeds.ac.uk/AAandR/disp_reg.htm
BUCS - http://www.bucs.org.uk/page.asp?section=8367&search=
Crime and the law http://www.leedsuniversityunion.org.uk/helpandadvice/crimean
dlaw
Student Safety
Knowledge - http://www.leedsuniversityunion.org.uk/knowledge
Police http://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/?Page=284|Student+Safety+
Files
LUU Social Guidelines & Disciplinary Procedure:
http://www.leedsuniversityunion.org.uk/clubsandsocieties/resourc
es/
http://www.leedsuniversityunion.org.uk/clubsandsocieties/safety/
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Don’t hit the headlines
• “Exeter bans drinking games after student death”
• “University of Gloucestershire investigates 'Nazi style
initiation’”
• “Exeter bans drinking games after student death”
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Initiation students face expulsion
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STUDENTS from the University of
Gloucestershire who took part in
a Nazi-style initiation ceremony
could face expulsion.
An investigation has been
launched after students were
filmed with plastic bags over their
heads being ordered to drink
alcohol by a man in Nazi-style
uniform.
The footage was shot by
undergraduate Natalie Sutton in
Marle Hill Road, Cheltenham, and
handed to the BBC.
The 20-year-old broadcast
journalism student, who is in her
third year at the university, said
she herself had taken part in an
initiation ceremony for the
women's hockey team there.
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Shocking Cambridge University initiation
ceremonies revealed
Downing a pint containing a live goldfish,
eating raw squid and wearing kippers around
necks are among the bizarre and sometimes
dangerous initiation ceremonies at Cambridge
University, it has been disclosed.
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University golf society students kept
score as fresher drank himself to
death on pub crawl
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Any Questions?
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