The club trys to promote a fun and friendly environment, proud of the family spirit it brings to all members. We like to think of ourselves as a big family and hope that all our members will treat the club as an oppurtunity to make some excellent new friends and catch up with old ones.

However, we do realise that from time to time some of our members will have issue's (swimming or non swimming related) that they may wish to discuss with someone. This is why, as required by ASA laws, we provide a club welfare officer who is kept informed of welfare issues within the club.

This person is NOT there as "the only person you may speak to if you have a welfare issue"...infact the complete opposite. If you have a welfare issue we strongly suggest that you talk to whoever you feel most comfortable talking to about it. The Welfare Officer is there to offer advice and direction to those who wish for it.

The welfare officer for 2008/09 is:

Amy Parkinson (club secretary)

If you have any swimming related welfare issue then please feel free to talk to him about it.
If your issue is a non-swimming issue then Matt would be more than happy to discuss it with you, but as he has limited experience in this field would strongly suggest making use of the University of Birmingham and Medical School welfare channels that are already avaliable. These include:


The University of Birmingham
Guild Advice service

http://www.bugs.bham.ac.uk/support/arc/





The Medical School Welfare Support Office
Dr Kate Thomas and Mrs Margaret Tucker

m.tucker@bham.ac.uk c.p.thomas@bham.ac.uk