Overview
Do you need more members in your society? Want to showcase what your group is up to to other students? There are lots of SU promotional schemes that can help you do this across the SU.
Sabbs Try Socs
Want video promo content for your society? Have an event our sabbatical team can attend coming up? Then get involved with Sabbs Try Socs!
What is Sabbs Try Socs?
Socs stands for societies/student groups and that's you! It entails our Full-Time Sabbatical Officers, who used to be University of Cambridge students, trying different student groups. In the past, we have done Tiddlywinks, Rugby, and Cam Fm!
We will then film elements of your society, whether it be a practice or specific event, and our sabbs joinining in!
Why is Sabbs Try Socs beneficial to your society?
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Free promotion footage - we will not only film our sabbs but also your society, and make a montage video fo this!
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Free promotion on our SU platforms, from Instagram (where we have 5000+ followers) and TikTok
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Chance to meet our sabb team and chat to them about how they can help you this year
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And overall, we love Sabbs Try Socs because it's a chance to meet your members!
Please could you let us know a time that would work for you to attend a session or event. If you’d like more information or to get involved, please email activities@cambridgesu.co.uk.
Society Spotlight
Society Spotlight is the chance for Cambridge SU societies to get promoted to current and prospective students on social media, specifically our SU Instagram.
Please fill out the following information if you'd like your society promoted on our SU social media. Any questions, please email us at activities@cambridgesu.co.uk.
Survey: www.cambridgesu.co.uk/surveys/146/
Freshers’ Fair & Refreshers’ Fair
Our Freshers’ and Refreshers Fair are one of the ways we offer for societies to recruit more members, as well as network with other societies and promote any unfilled committee roles.
Committee members who are part of a society registered with the SU will be notified by email when Freshers’ Fair and Refreshers’ Fair stalls are on sale. Stalls will go on sale at the beginning of each of the months below:
Freshers’ Fair Stall Sales - July-August
Refreshers’ Fair Stall Sales - November-December
Tips for advertising your society and finding new members:
- Setup a Facebook and/or Whatsapp group. You can link social media profiles to your listing on the Cambridge SU societies directory to ensure members can easily find and follow you online.
- Whats On Calendar - put events on our whats on calendar to promote them to other Cambridge students
- Society Committee Update - can featured in our society committee update to ensure your content reaches a large portion of students.
- Freshers & Refreshers Fair Stalls - you will have the opportunity to book a stall at our Freshers and Refreshers Fair, which open for bookings in August.
- Society Email Address - all societies have the option to create a singular society email address for committee members.
Any questions about any of the above information? Email activities@cambridgesu.co.uk with any queries.