REF: 66-2505-3639102 - Societies and Room Bookings
Your comment: I think more support or training should be implemented to help societies find rooms and locations for their meetings. Many societies operate on a low budget and hence require free facilities or areas to use. While there are rooms in Pantycelyn, these rooms are often booked out quickly or have a small capacity or lack the facilities that the society needs. For example, It could be good if the Parry Williams or Art Centre Cinema could be booked out for cinema screenings, or classrooms made available for booking.
Our response:
Hello, thank you for submitting a Tell Us Now. There are many free room booking options that societies can utilise already. Have you spoke to the Societies Coordinator at the Undeb? As they will be able to appropriately advise and support (please email susocieties@aber.ac.uk) or head into the Opportunities Office in the SU Building.
For your information, these options include:
• The Students Union: Main Room, Picturehouse, Meeting Rooms 1-6 (can be booked here or by emailing union@aber.ac.uk)
• Pantycelyn: Meeting Rooms 1-2, Senior Common Room, Study Room 1 and Lolfa Fach (can be booked here or by emailing union@aber.ac.uk)
• University Rooms: Central Teaching Rooms including Cledwyn, InterPol, Parry Williams etc., as well as other bookable University venues including Hugh Owen Library (can be booked here or by emailing attstaff@aber.ac.uk)
I am not aware of the Arts Centre cinema being available as free to use for societies I’m afraid, whilst societies have booked before there will be a cost. If you are interested in booking the Arts Centre cinema however I’d recommend contacting them directly as the Students’ Union is not able to dictate their services. However, the Picturehouse in the SU can be booked and films can be shown through the projector for societies to deliver film nights to their members.
If you have any further queries about societies, please email the Societies Co-ordinator on susocieties@aber.ac.uk or your elected Student Opportunities Officer on actstaff@aber.ac.uk.