Every year we run Belonging Week, a campaign encouraging you to make the most of all the things on offer to you at your Students’ Union. The week is packed full of events from both your Union and all your Clubs and Societies. It’s a great opportunity to try new things, meet new people and find new passions that you might not have known existed!

A huge part of your student life is getting to curate and build your own vibrant social life. Whether that be joining a new Club or Society, trying a new skill that you haven’t tried before, or simply just putting yourself out there – there are so many different ways for you to get involved.

We do however acknowledge that sometimes it might feel like there are certain barriers to you getting involved, whether that’s financial or feeling nervous about being the only new person arriving at an event. Belonging Week is here to remove those barriers and just encourage you to ‘give it a go!’ Each of our 38 events are either free or very low-cost, and designed to be accessible to anyone, regardless of whether you’ve been to similar events before.

You’ll see that your Clubs and Societies are also taking the lead in running lots of sessions across Belonging Week. These are designed for all students to allow you to have a short snippet of what being part of their community is all about, therefore helping you to feel comfortable about joining a new group. So, if you’ve been thinking about joining a new Club or Society, this is your opportunity! Even if you decide you then don’t like it, at least you gave it a go! You never know, you might just meet some of your best friends!

The week is open to all students across the University. You don’t have to have attended a Belonging Event before or already be a part of a Club or Society to get involved. If you see something you fancy, just pop along! This week is your chance to take that first step and find something that excites you.

To see what we have in store for you, check out our events at the bottom of this page or head over to our What’s On calendar – anything tagged with ‘Surrey Belonging Week’ has been organised especially for you throughout Belonging Week.

And Belonging Week is only the start! There are so many other fun events and trips being planned throughout the year, outside of this week, as part of our Surrey Belonging programme. So, if you can’t make a certain event, or just really enjoy what Belonging Week has to offer, keep an eye on our Instagram page and What’s On calendar to ensure you keep up to date with all our future events!