Happening At BL 1
BL Football
It’s been a great start to the year for SBLHFC! A fantastic turnout at the Freshers curry led to an enjoyable night for all involved. Following this a good amount of talent was on show at trials and plenty of new faces have slotted into our teams. Hard work at training brought a big set of results in our first BUCS matches with wins for the 1st and 2nd XI. We are hoping to kick-on as UH approaches!
BL Cricket
Our first taster session at the Oval this year was hugely successful and enjoyable. Being able to train at one of the world’s most renowned cricket grounds is a privilege, and we only hope to be able to put on these sessions more regularly in the future!
BL Oncology
While the mentees selection for our mentorship scheme is still in progress, we would like to invite you for our very first talk! We will be hosting Dr Gunnel Hallden who will be sharing a novel treatment method of cancer using viruses! Sounds like a cutting-edge research to us, you definitely don’t want to miss out on that one!
BL Men’s Hockey
Stunning 13-1 win for the 1s over Hertfordshire 1s in BUCS
BL Christian Union
Jesus seems like the most irrelevant thing when coming to university - but the Christian union have been exploring what he’s actually like and seeing if that’s relevant to nowadays.
We’re doing “Countercultural” every Thursday 5:30-7pm in Garrod 1.30 looking into what Jesus says about things we all really want, like status and friendships. Could it be that the answer to our deepest desires comes from 2000 years ago?
BL Tennis
Beginner and intermediate training sessions have sold out, with superb interest this year! Our volunteering scheme has started with great involvement, showing promise for the future! Keep an eye out for the tennis tournament that will be starting in November!
BL LGBT+
-Our Drag Bingo event in collaboration with the BLSA this Freshers was a massive success! We all had a great time playing along with our talented BL Queens :)
-We also had a great time at our Fresher’s Brunch and out in Heaven!
-Right now we’re hosting a Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK watch party every Thursday in the Garrod Building from 7:45-a really fun and chilled way to get to know everyone in the society!
BL Drama
We put on our Senior Play, which was Blood Brothers which was a huge success. It saw the introduction of our reusable cups at the Cellar Bar in a move by BL Drama to become more sustainable as a society. We are looking towards consent week where we will be putting on two plays and in the same week our fresher’s will take to the stage in ‘The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet’.
BL Indian
BL Indian Society is back with a bang this year with bigger and better events than ever before. With 60 people coming to our bowling icebreaker, we hope to see as many of you as possible to our FREE Diwali event on the 24th October! p.s. did we mention the free food?
BL Netball
BL Netball has now grown to 8 teams! Our 1s are currently undefeated in both LUSL and BUCS with the rest of our competitive teams doing amazingly well in their leagues as well! Our club now has 3 mixed ability development teams that are being trained up by our incredible development officers. We are working with QMN in a social cohesion project to coach netball to girls at local schools to promote an active lifestyle.
BL Badminton
BL Badminton has had great attendance at our training sessions (Saturday 2-4pm @q.motion), so far which we hope to keep up for the year. We’ve started our BUCS league fixtures for the men’s team at home to Essex last week.
BL Project Play
The start of term has been very productive for Project Play! We have been able to carry out over 20 sessions in the Healing Space of the Royal London Hospital so far as well as recruiting 80 new volunteers to ensure we can continue this for the rest of the year. Last week, we started hosting sessions in the new adolescent room which is an exciting new way to bring a welcome break the teens in the hospital!
Barts Community Smiles
We all know the complications, at least most of them, of diabetes. But do you know that diabetes causes periodontal (gum) disease? Barts Community Smiles is collaborating with the East London Mosque for the first time to raise awareness of diabetes and oral health! Also, our volunteers are visiting local primary schools to educate schoolchildren on keeping their mouths healthy via interactive talks and fun games! :)
BL MedTech
BL MedTech Society have started the 2019/2020 academic year with force! We curated and attended the 2019 GIANT Health Event (Europe’s Greatest Festival of Healthtech Innovation) on October 15-16th, have organised an AMBOSS student workshop, a breakthrough medical educational platform to teach students to study smarter, not harder (Oct 22nd), and have an exciting upcoming Java programming workshop (Oct 29th). Join us!
