[HDNG]UNIVERSITY UNION CARDIFF:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]P5[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] 8 sabbatical [BULL] Turnout at last ballot: 25% [BULL] Ave. turnout at General Meetings: 3% [BULL] NUS member [ESTAT][PARA][ITAL]Party politics is not top of the menu. A new communist wave sweeping the world into armed revolution is extremely unlikely to start in Cardiff. This Union's plat du jour is commercial rather than political. It's hard to fault the Union on this since it's a gourmet SU with some of the country's best facilities in a purpose-built Union Building and a cash-flow that puts the fun back in funding. [EITAL][PARA]The Union has a Welsh language policy and all signs and many publications are bilingual. Every year there's a Welsh Awareness Week.[HDNG]SU FACILITIES:[EHDNG][PARA]Ready, steady, go... 7 bars, 5 cafeterias and sandwich bars, minibus hire (about 15 buses!), travel agencies, printing service and photocopying, 2 shops (general, food, new and 2nd hand books and stationery), Midlands and Lloyds Bank, payphones, photobooth, video games and vending machines, juke box, 8 pool tables, 4 snooker tables, launderette, study rooms, tv lounges, function rooms, conference hall, customised night-club, Endsleigh insurance and probably a small sub-continent in the basement.[HDNG]CLUBS (NON SPORTING):[EHDNG][PARA]130 in all, including: Paint Balling; Welsh Literature; Medieval; Amnesty International; Debates; Juggling; Youth Hostelling; etc[BOLD].[EBOLD][HDNG]OTHER ORGANISATIONS:[EHDNG][PARA]The Union publishes the multiple award-winning newspaper 'Gair Rhydd' which is distributed to other colleges in Cardiff, including [ULNE]Glamorgan University[EULNE] in Pontypridd. Recently, a radio station was set up broadcasting to the SU in the afternoons. The Cardiff charity Rag (Caerdydd) raised ú23,000 last year;[ITAL] in the past, the delicate balance of fun and fund-raising went somewhat awry, but things are improving[EITAL]. To make up for this, Student Community Action performed many a good deed locally. It has a full-time organiser and a high level of involvement.[HDNG]RELIGIOUS:[EHDNG][PARA]Cardiff has 2 cathedrals (Anglican and Catholic) and churches of most sorts, including Church of Scotland, Orthodox, Methodist, Quaker, United Reform. There are also places of worship for Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists.[HDNG]PAID WORK:[EHDNG][PARA]Cardiff, particularly during the tourist season, has lots of opportunities for casual cash raising. Unfortunately, it also has more than lots of students going for them.[PARA][PARA]
