Monday 06-10-2025 - 15:23

Our Student Voice Coordinator, Katie Taffinder, has retired after a decade of service for Wrexham Students’ Union.

 

 

 

Originally employed as a student receptionist in 2015, Katie progressed to Student Voice Coordinator in 2018 and has been instrumental in helping us champion your voice ever since!

She was fundamental to the introduction of Unitu, your student voice platform, and trained hundreds (if not, thousands) of course reps!

Katie was responsible for leading our award-winning Help Yourshelf campaign, an initiative that helped hundreds of students during the cost-of-living crisis, achieveing local and national attention. As Help Yourshelf evolved, we established relationships with Neighbourly and FareShare, enabling us to collect surplus food from supermarkets all over Wrexham every Tuesday and Friday. These collections were made by Katie herself and prevented thousands of food items going to waste unnecessarily. The NUS Campaign of the Year award in 2024 later followed, and was awarded in light of the profound impact Help Yourshelf provided; a true testament to its success.  

Alongside this, Katie won two SU Awards during her time with us! In 2018 she took home the Student Choice Award and in 2024 she won Sustainability Champion of the Year:

   

Through her dedication to the student movement, Katie regularly went above and beyond in her passion to improve your experience. We know that her values, especially her kindness will be missed by many within the SU staff team and beyond. We will continue to build on the commitment Katie made to our organisation and are eternally grateful for all of her achievements that allowed your SU to grow and thrive. 

Her legacy will continue to live on at WSU and we wish Katie all the very best in her retirement!

Diolch yn fawr, Katie, there's so many people who will always remember the difference you made.💚

 

Written by Lauren Hole, Communications & Engagement Coordinator

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