Eleanor Thomas (she/her)

LGBTQ+ Officer @guildofstudents
Welcome to all things 🏳️‍🌈 in Birmingham!

[Eleanor Thomas (she/her) @GuildLGBTQ]

👋 hello 👋 Welcome to this 🏳️‍🌈 corner of the Guild!

My name is Eleanor (she/her) and I’m the LGBTQ+ Officer for 2021/22. I’m going to be using this account a lot and I’m hoping to get to know you all through it. Make sure you follow and keep an eye out for posts 👀

[Eleanor Thomas (she/her) @GuildLGBTQ]

2. Schedule a day just for you during the week. Welcome week can be intense and taking a day to look after yourself and catch up on sleep is super important and will allow you to enjoy the rest of the time more.

[Eleanor Thomas (she/her) @GuildLGBTQ]

Welcome to welcome week! I'm definitely wishing I was on campus at the moment - there's so much good stuff to get involved with 😍 Here's some of my advice for the week:

[Eleanor Thomas (she/her) @GuildLGBTQ]

1. If you're nervous set small goals which stretch your comfort zone - as you achieve more your comfort zone will increase and before you know it you'll be doing stuff you only dreamt of before!

[Eleanor Thomas (she/her) @GuildLGBTQ]

Delivered inclusivity training for societies today alongside @Guild_Activity and the International Officer - very exciting to see so many societies engaging and looking to improve their accesibility!