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Welfare Committee

The aims and objectives of the Welfare Department are:

(a)    to oversee the activities of UMSU in areas related to Student welfare, including but not limited to Student poverty, racism, accessibility constraints, physical and mental health issues, marginalisation, discrimination and harassment;
(b)    to raise awareness of the diversity of Student experiences and ensure UMSU and the University are safe, accessible and respectful of diversity;
(c)    to liaise with Student service providers to ensure that all Students can participate fully in UMSU and the University;
(d)    to raise awareness of support services available for Students facing difficulties; and
(e)    to provide Students with awareness of safe-sex practices and the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, and to distribute information on sexual health issues.

Current Membership

The Welfare Committee consists of the Welfare Officers as non-voting members and 7 voting members. The 2025 elected Welfare committee member have co-opted 3 additional non-voting members. The current members and the tickets they were elected on (if any) are:

Welfare Officers

Filia Cahyadi and Kunal Dewani

Voting Members

Meet Varsani
Vinayak Kapoor
Tsun Ying (Cynthia) Wong
Raechel Bobby
Emily Kawai

Non-Voting Members

Talya De Cleene

Udit Jain

Chloe Lim

Minutes

2025 Minutes

Meeting 1 - 23/12/24 - Confirmed

Minutes 1(25)

Meeting 2 - 20/01/2025 - Confirmed

Meeting 2(25)

Meeting 3 - 12/02/2025 - Confirmed

Meeting 3(25)

Meeting 4 - 28/02/2025 - Confirmed

Meeting 4(25)

Meeting 5 - 18/03/2025 - Confirmed

Meeting 5(25)

Meeting 6 - 07/04/2025 - Confirmed

Meeting 6(25)

Meeting 7 - 16/05/2025 - Confirmed

Meeting 7(25)

Meeting 8 - 30/06/2025 - Confirmed

Meeting 8(25)

Meeting 9 - 31/07/2025 - Confirmed

Meeting 9(25)

Meeting 10 - 29/08/2025 - Confirmed

Meeting 10(25)

Meeting 11 - 24/09/2025 - Confirmed

Meeting 11(25)

Special Meeting 1 - 03/10/2025 - Confirmed

Special Meeting 1(25)

Meeting 12(25) - 07/11/2025 - Unconfirmed

Meeting 12(25)

2024 Minutes

Meeting 1 - 22/12/23 - Confirmed

Minutes 1(24)

Meeting 2 - 16/1/24 - Confirmed

Minutes 2(24)

Meeting 3 - 13/2/24 - Confirmed

Minutes 3(24)

Meeting 4 - 4/3/24 - Confirmed

Minutes 4(24)

Meeting 5 - 15/3/24 - Confirmed

Mintues 5(24)

Meeting 6 - 28/3/24 - Confirmed

Minutes 6(24)

Meeting 7 - 15/4/24 - Confirmed

Minutes 7(24)

Meeting 8 - 3/5/24 - Confirmed

Minutes 8(24)

Meeting 9 - 17/5/24 - Confirmed

Minutes 9(24)

Meeting 10 - 27/5/24 - Confirmed

Minutes 10(24)

Meeting 11 - 1/7/24 - Confirmed

Minutes 11(24)

Meeting 12 - 26/7/24 - Confirmed

Minutes 12(24)

Meeting 13 - 9/8/24 - Confirmed

Minutes 13(24)

Meeting 14 - 27/8/24 - Confirmed

Minutes 14(24)

Meeting 15 - 13/9/24 - Confirmed

Minutes 15(24)

Meeting 16 - 8/10/24 - Confirmed

Minutes 16(24)

Meeting 17- 18/10/24 - Confirmed

Minutes 17(24)

Meeting 18 - 20/11/24 - Unconfirmed

Meeting 18(24)

2023 Minutes

Meeting 1 - 21/12/22

Meeting 2 - 27/01/23

Meeting 3 -

Meeting 4 - 23/03/23

Meeting 5 - 6/04/23

2022 Minutes

Meeting 1 - 08/12/22

Meeting 2 - 23/02/22

Meeting 3 -

Minutes 3(22)

Meeting 4 - 28/03/22

Meeting 5 - 25/04/22

Meeting 6 - 25/05/22

Meeting 7 - 22/06/22

Meeting 8 - 29/07/22

Meeting 9 - 24/08/22

2021 Minutes

Meeting 1 – 10/12/2020 via Zoom Minutes 1(21)

Meeting 2- 28/01/2021. Agenda 2(21)

Meeting 3- 19/02/2021. Agenda 3(21) Minutes 3(21)

Meeting 4. Minutes 4(21)

Meeting 5. Minutes 5(21)

Meeting 6. Minutes 6(21)

Meeting 7. Minutes 7(21)

Meeting 8. Agenda 8(21) Minutes 8(21)