The Elections are open to all students and as such, setting a resonable budget, provided by the Union ensures the process is accessible. Please adhere to these rules to ensure that all students in the election have a fair playing field to campaign on.
- The Union will reimburse all approved expenditure up to a value of £10 for Part-Time Officer Candidates and £25 for Officer Trustee Candidates.
- Candidates should complete their Budget Form as they spend money and if they wish can bring it to be checked at breakfast meetings.
- A final budget sheet should be submitted by 12pm on the 10th April 2025 to Charlotte O'Neill by clicking here. Failure to hand in the budget sheet by the deadline will result in no money being reimbursed.
- You must keep a record of the costs of your campaigning materials and be able to present receipts and evidence of expenditure if requested to do so by the Deputy Returning Officer. This can be screenshots of expenditure online.
- Candidates can use any item that anyone could reasonably get for free.
- Candidates should only do what other candidates also have the opportunity to do. This means that any ‘sponsorship’ or ‘favours’ must be available to all candidates e.g. getting a family friend who owns their own business to print your t-shirts for free. Candidates are responsible for making whoever is offering to help them aware of this.
- Candidates are permitted to recruit campaign team members with skills and use these to support their campaigns (e.g., graphic design). All campaign team members must be current Birmingham Newman University students.
To Download a Budget sheet to be completed and submitted at the end of the Election, please click here.