As a second year student at Durham university I have a range of experience that I have acquired during my time here so far. Key examples would include being part of the team that helped raise over £7,000 for CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) this February by being on the executive team for my College Charity Fashion Show. I am currently also part of the 10 strong executive team planning the whole university ski trip for this year which has a capacity of 1,500 people. This demonstrates my skills in organisation and leadership, as well as my ability to remain calm under the pressure of running such a large trip. Outside of university I am also a tennis coach for children between the ages of 4 and 16 which has taught me a great deal of patience and has been hugely beneficial to me. This has also furthered my organisational skills as has often required me to plan many different lessons for one day of varying age groups. Finally, I have also worked at Lords Cricket Ground this summer behind a bar in the Pavillion which has not only demonstrated my ability to work long and sometimes stressful hours but also how to be very personable and polite to everyone I meet and serve. Finally as a university brand manager for online ticket selling platform Fixr, I have learned excellent promotional and selling skills so feel I would really be able to promote GoodGym effectively to my fellow students and get lots of people involved. I would love to bring these skills to being a founding member of GoodGym in Durham as I feel it would be the perfect place to have such an initiative. Being a university town there are numerous students who would jump at the opportunity not only to get fit/keep up with their daily exercise routine but also to help someone else whilst doing this. As a student I also often feel like I don’t really get to know local people living in Durham enough and it would be a great opportunity to talk to older locals who may have lived here for years, I’m sure as students we would all have a lot we could learn from them.