We're taking action to help students through the Cost of Living crisis.
Cost of Living Hub
We are supporting students through the Cost of Living crisis. Together with the University, we are working hard to support students as the costs of living increase - from food and travel to rent and utilities.
We've created our Cost of Living hub to help you find support and stay informed of developments. We cover ways to access funding, where to find advice, and other ways we're supporting and representing students.
If you have questions or need help, you can reach out to us anytime at union@uwtsd.ac.uk.
👉 Message from Your Sabbatical Officers
Your Union is committed to helping UWTSD students through the Cost of Living crisis. We're listening to your feedback and ideas, working with the University, and campaigning to our Governments to help ensure support is there when you need it.
Vanessa, Taya, and Bronwyn
Sabbatical Officer Team 2022/23
ℹ️ Useful Resources & Information
Here are useful resources to help you access advice, funding and service to help you. We've also included important information about benefitical services and projects.
Finances
Energy Price Support ⚡
Ben Lake has given us a template letter that the Government has made to help student tenants who believe they are entitled to support with their energy bill. This letter can be sent to your landlord.
New bursaries for students 💷
Students can access bursaries directly from the University to help with the cost of living. There are several different types, you can find a list of them all on the University website.
Get support with budgeting 📝
With everyday costs increasing, learning how to budget and manage your finances is more important than ever. You can find useful find advice on the University website.
Get support and advice for charities 👈
We've put together a list of charities that are provide really useful advice to help.
Shelter England 's Cost of Living Hub
Student Life
£1 Soup & Roll Deal 🍲
You can get a bowl of filling and warming soup and a bread roll for just £1 from University canteens.
Food hubs on campus 🥫
Food hubs give students access to store cupboard foods - you can help yourself to any food that you need. You can also make donations to the food hub to help out a fellow student in a bit of need.
Food Hub Locations
Cardiff Campus
Student Print Area, Hayward House
Carmarthen Campus
CWAD
Lampeter Campus
Blue Computer Room
Swansea Campus
IQ, 2nd Floor
Swansea Business Campus, 3rd Floor
Dynevor, Griffith Studio
Birmingham Campus
The Student Common Room
London Campus
The Student Common Room
Rent freeze for University accommodation for 2023/24 🏠
The University has agreed to rent-freeze for the highest quantity rooms in University-owned student accommodation for 2023/24 - this means that rent next year will be the same as this year.
Over 30 low-cost and low-commitment events with Give It A Go 🎟️
In the first term alone, we have run over 30 Give It A Go events across all UWTSD campuses. We want students to have amazing experiences, make new friends, and feel connected to their campus - that's why we launched a supercharged Give It A Go with loads of exciting and low-cost events (with some being free too).
You can check out the Give It A Go webpage for upcoming events and all the details.
Over £2,000's worth of free refreshments ☕
This term alone, we've given away over £2,000 worth of teas, coffees, cakes, and snacks to students at our Pop-up Unions across all our campuses.
Free events for the Bicentenary 🕺
We run 21 free events for students to enjoy across all our campuses to mark UWTSD's bicentenary.
£8,000 funding for student clubs and societies 🏅
Our clubs and socieities can access grants upto £500 to help with the costs of activities, trips, equipment, promotion and more.
Campaigning
We've written to MPs and MSs ✉️
We're supporting student as best we can, but further meaningful action needs to come from our Governments. That's why your Union Presidents have written to Members of Parliament and Members of Senedd on your behalf.
Paid Opportunities
Paid internships for students ⭐
We launched over 30 paid internships - this is the most we've ever done! Each internship comes with a £1,000 bursary for 10-15 hours work a month.
We're paying students inline with the Real Living Wage 💰
All our student interships and jobs pay inline with the Real Living Wage.
📰 Latest News
Here's the lastest Union news about all the things related to the Cost of Living.
📣 Campaigning
Together, the Union and University are working hard to support students. Now's the time for our Governments to take swift and meaningful action to support students through the Cost of Living Crisis. We've written to Members of Parliament and Members of Senedd asking them to offer additional support.
Sign the NUS Campaign
Cost of living research from the NUS tells us that almost a third of students surveyed are left with just £50 a month after paying their rent and bills - with 52% of students spending less on food and 68% no longer able to afford course materials. You can sign the NUS campaign as they ask Government for tailored support.
Writing to your MP
Do you want to write to your own MP? You can use a free online form from NUS to quickly find your MP and send them an email (there's even a template for you to use).
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