This page will be the hotbed of Tory thinking here at BUCA! The new committee is determined to make BUCA bigger and better - we have around 100 members on the books, so let’s get you guys active… as well as adding to that number!
This part of the website will list various ideas that the committee has for future events, campaign days, socials etcetera etcetera, so you, our members, can get a quick glimpse into what goes through our minds and what we have planned for you.

Basically we don’t want to go ahead and book something that yo guys aren’t really that interested in in your masses, so we need your feedback.

If you see something on this page that you like, or even dislike, then please contact us.

Email any of the committee with your views - contact details are available on the About Us page.

So, without further ado, here’s our latest collection of ideas for taking BUCA forward this year.

• BUCA-only campaign days for local candidates, on days suited to the schedules of our members
• Stronger relationships and network with other relevant societies to increase interest, cross-membership as well as helping to provide bigger and better socials, events and activities
• While Laser Quest trips are seemingly unappealing, perhaps other testosterone-filled inter-party activities will be better - football anyone?
• Regular monthly or bi-weekly meetings. This time during the evening, to make it more accessible to our members - chats about politics and current affairs at some of Clifton’s best bars, accompanied by meals - perhaps even Sunday roasts?!
• Hall reps - Fresh and Refresh are mass rumbles with every society fighting each other off for your signatures and money. Plus we can’t move more than 2 meters from our stall, so sometimes gathering up interested people is harder than we would like it to be. Therefore, Hall reps would be able to drum up support within Bristol’s various halls, as well as helping to spread advertising further than before.
• If I’ve forgotten anything then it’ll be up here soon!

Keep checking this page, as well as you email inboxes for new ideas from your dedicated BUCA committee. We’re always thinking of new, exciting and productive activities to engage you guys, but we need your support. Tell us what you want to do, tell us what you want from this society. All of the committee will be happy to accept support, criticism as well as any queries, so do not hesitate to contact us.

UPDATE: EMAIL QUESTIONNAIRE

Everyone who is on the BUCA mailing list should have received an email detailing our plans for the coming weeks. Possibly the most crucial part of it is the questionnaire at the bottom, which we invited you to reply to. The details are posted below:

Next social event

We are having our first big social next term on the  28th April but as of
yet are unsure of what we want to do.

Therefore would you be kind enough to fill in the following (very short)
questionnaire?

1. What sort of socials would you like to see in the coming year?
-please select as many as are applicable.

a) bar crawls/clubbing
b) wine and cheese tasting
c) casual drinks
d) dinners – Sunday Roasts?
e) formals
f) activities (e.g. shooting, ice skating etc)
g) lunches
h) singles nights
*if none of these options appeal to you please suggest an alternative

2. Why do you rarely (if ever) attend events?
-please select as many as are applicable.
a) you don’t know anyone there
b)frankly underwhelmed by those that you have met thus far
c) socials are inconveniently timed/located (if so please suggest more
appropriate dates, times and venues)
d) you didn’t join the society for social reasons and thus would prefer
events that are more informative and political
e) you have no interest in participating and/or networking and are unsure
why you bothered to join and pay £5 for the privilege

3. What sort of ‘political’ events would you like to attend?
-please select as many as are applicable.
a) talks by MPs
b) talks by local candidates
c) talks by Shadow Ministers
d) inter-party debates
e) general political discussion between student members

4. Do you have an interest in participating in campaign days?
a) yes but they are at awkward times
b) yes but the location is problematic - have no idea where 5, Westfield
Park ( the local campaign headquarters are)
c) no because I am too busy
d) no because they are a waste of my time/ are boring – too many old people
e) yes and I will perhaps attend in the future

5. What else would you like to see….?
-please select as many as are applicable.
a) more advice, and promotion of opportunities to gain work experience
with MPs, Shadow Ministers etc.
b) better advertisement of the society and its events
c) more opportunities to get involved in the society (e.g. having a role
in the committee)
d) more frequent events
e) less frequent events
f) other (be SPECIFIC)
If you didn’t recieve the email, contact the committee.