- 1 month ago
Charities’ Ball is TONIGHT! Come and kick off the last week of term with a bang and support a whole bunch of charitable societies in Edinburgh, including WaterAid!
Featuring a drinks reception, Latin band Tequila Mockingbird, Fresh Air DJs and magician Kevin McMahon. Dress code is formal and it’s all taking place TONIGHT from 8pm at Teviot Debating Hall/Loft Bar.
Tickets are £10 and are available on the door, or at Potterow Dome today from 12-2. You can also write your name on the Facebook event page.
https://www.facebook.com/events/309655332423753/
A great way to finish off the semester!
- 1 month ago
Hi everyone,
It’s World Water Day today: a day to celebrate the importance of clean water access! 783 million people still live without safe water and 2.5 billion without anywhere to go to the toilet, so let’s spread some awareness on this important issue.
WaterAid have created this video as part of their ‘Water Works’ campaign, which is well worth a look: http://t.co/jCsA2Gwg.
The ‘Water Works’ campaign champions the importance of water health and sanitation to make world leaders aware of the millions of easily-preventable deaths due to poor water, as they meet to discuss water health in Washington DC during April! More information can be found here: http://www.waterworks.me/
We’ll be outside the library from 12-2 today campaigning today (there may even be a toilet costume involved) and then we have our amazing fundraising event Taste For Life TONIGHT at 8pm in the Debating Hall, Teviot!
It’s the perfect occasion to celebrate World Water Day with a sensory Tour du Monde - there’ll be Singaporean food, as well as entertainment from every corner of the globe: Banghra, Salsa, Swing Dance, Latin Jazz, African and Arabic, Drumming, DJ, …and all for only £4!
https://www.facebook.com/events/338420289543124/
Happy World Water Day and see you tonight,
Daniel (Secretary)
- 1 month ago
WaterAid Edinburgh Update!
Taste For Life
It’s World Water Day this Thursday so join us for a world music and world food night at Teviot’s Debating Hall!
There’ll be a range of performances on the night including:
- Tequila Mockingbird Jazz Band
- African and Arabic Society
- Drum Soc
- Banghra Soc
- Swing Dance Society
- a DJ set to finish the night.
As well as a salsa taster session from Salsa4Water! If you head down early there’ll also be some wonderful food, courtesy of The Singapore Society.
Best of all, all the money goes to WaterAid… It’s going to be a good one!
It’s starts at 8pm (until 1am). Tickets are only £4 for students (£5 for non-students).
https://www.facebook.com/events/338420289543124/
World Water Day
World Water Day is an important day for WaterAid, as it’s a day to celebrate the importance of water and sanitation worldwide! This year, WaterAid’s ‘Water Works’ campaign champions the importance of water health and sanitation to a meeting between a number of influential world leaders in Washington DC in April! More information can be found in this (great) video:
http://youtu.be/wX4Cfu3Dd2E
We’ll be campaigning outside the library on Thursday to raise some awareness of WWD too!
Charities’ Ball
WaterAid is helping organise a Charities’ Ball on April 2nd with 6 other wonderful charities. Join us for a celebration of all our work, packed in to one unforgettable night of music, dance and magic. You don’t need to be involved in a charity yourself, everyone is welcome!
Featuring: Jazz/Latin band Tequila Mocking-Bird, our very own Fresh Air Society DJ-ing, magician Kevin McMahon and a drinks reception
It starts at 8pm on April 2nd at Teviot’s Debating Hall/Loft Bar. Tickets are on sale now! More information here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/309655332423753/
It’s going to be great - don’t miss out!
New Committee
It’s the time of year again as we pass the torch on to a new committee! Our AGM was earlier this evening and this is your new committee for 2012/3:
- Co-Presidents: Becky and Jennie
- Secretary: Sarah
- Treasurer: Chloe
- Social Secretaries: Catrina and Rachael
- Head of Campaigns: Alice
- Head of Salsa4Water: George
It’s all very exciting. This may not be my last email as secretary - as we still haven’t tallied up all the money raised this year - but thanks to everyone who’s supported us this year and donated their time and money to this wonderful cause.
See you on Thursday for our final event of the year!
- 1 month ago
Busy this Thursday? You are now!
Taste for Life - WaterAid-Edinburgh’s annual global/cultural evening is going to be AMAZING!
- All proceeds to charity
- £4 student including FOOD!
- Awesome performances from Salsa, Bhangra, Swing Dance, African Drumming and African and Arabic dancing all finished off with Tequila Mockingbird the wonderful Jazz Band and awesome DJ!!
Come along from 8 - late and let your hair down before exam stress begins!
https://www.facebook.com/events/338420289543124/
(Source: wateraid-edinburgh)
- 1 month ago
AGM
Our next meeting is on Tuesday! And it’s a big one as it’s our AGM, with lots of committee positions up for grabs.
See you Tuesday at 6pm at Teviot’s Middle Reading Room! x
- 2 months ago
Stomp The Yard
Stomp The Yard is back on March 15th! For those of you who don’t know, STY is a big hip-hop night at the Caves and all the money gets divided between three charities - including WaterAid. It’s a really great event and the next one (the final of the year!) promises to be even better. We’ll be promoting this like crazy soon - but for more information see the facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/182237838553593/
- 2 months ago
Society Oscars!
More great news!
WaterAid has been nominated as a ‘Best Society’ at this year’s Society Oscars! We’re only one of 5 societies across the whole university so it’s a real honour!
The Society Oscars are on March 24th, and I’ll keep you guys informed of how it goes - regardless, the Oscar party is going to be a good night!
- 2 months ago
WATERAID’S ‘TASTE FOR LIFE’! - MARCH 22ND
Join us for a world music and world food night at Teviot’s Debating Hall!
There’ll be a range of performances on the night including:
- Tequila Mockingbird Jazz Band
- Drum Soc
- Banghra Soc
- a DJ set to finish the night.
As well as a salsa taster session from Salsa4Water!
If you head down early there’ll also be some wonderful food, courtesy of The Singapore Society.
Best of all, all the money goes to WaterAid - a international charity that helps some of the world’s poorest people gain access to clean water, safe sanitation and hygiene education!
It’s going to be a good one!
8PM-LATE
Tickets:
£4 - student
£5 - non-student (inc. food)
See the Facebook event here.
- 2 months ago
Weekly Minutes
Hello folks,
Here are this week’s meeting minutes:
AGM
Important news! We’ll be holding our AGM on March 20th! Many committee positions are up for grabs including President (or Co-President if you fancy spreading the tasks), Secretary, Treasurer, Social Secretary - as well as other positions, as we really want to delegate the jobs around. So if you’d like to be involved in the social media side, publicity etc then do come along and let us know. We’ll also make sure there’ll be a shiny ‘guide pack’ to all committee members to make next year as great as possible! It’s a while away so plenty of time to get thinking about next year…
Meadows Marathon
WaterAid are walking the Meadows Marathon this Sunday! We’ll be walking 10km with 10 litres of water to highlight the daily struggle of millions to get safe water. We’ve already raised over £700 for WaterAid so thank you so much for your donations! It would be great to see you on Sunday cheering us on - there will be costumes involved!
Here’s a link to the virgin money page if any one’s feeling generous (or parents, hint hint): http://www.virginmoneygiving.com/team/wateraidedinburgh
Stomp the Yard
Stomp the Yard is back! Pencil in March 15th for this awesome hip-hop night at the Caves. More details on the facebook, get inviting! https://www.facebook.com/events/182237838553593/
Next Week’s Meeting
Next week’s meeting is on Tuesday 6th March, 6-7 at Teviot’s Middle Reading Room.
