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NUTS SOCIETY Ever fancied jumping out of a perfectly good aeroplane? Well here’s your chance of a lifetime! Here at NUTS (<strong>Northumbria</strong> University Trainee Skydivers) we’re offering you that golden opportunity at a ridiculously discounted rate. Now fi rstly, don’t panic as the courses we provide are for those with no skydiving experience whatsoever. So if you think you’re diving in at the deep end, then relax because there’ll be 11 other people on your weekend course in the same position as you. What we offer is an 8 hour training course, BPA membership, free kit hire and your fi rst jump for free. Sounds expensive but that’s £80 cheaper than normal and each jump after that only costs £22 including free training and kit hire. LINKS SOCIETY LINKS is a joint society between <strong>Northumbria</strong> and Newcastle, and is the student side of St John Ambulance. The idea is simple - you join LINKS, then take one of 2 routes: 1. We train you for free, we give you all the support and skills you need, and we give you the opportunity to practise these skills at various events. 2. You just come to the Thursday meetings, learn fi rst aid without going on courses, and come to the amazing socials! We have about 150 members, 50 of which are fully trained and attend duties such at football at St James’ Park & The Stadium of Light; gigs and concerts - recent ones including Take That, Oasis, Maxïmo Park and events such as The Great North Run. GET INVOLVED Society Successes Your fi rst jump, you exit the plane by yourself at 3,500ft. However, your parachute will be on static line (i.e. your parachute will automatically open as soon as you exit the plane) so there is no need to panic or worry. If you choose to stay on after your fi rst jump, then each £22 jump will teach you more and more skills, so that you can move onto pulling your own rip cord, performing somersaults in the air and fi nally qualifying. However, the fun doesn’t stop there! After qualifying you can progress onto formation skydiving, freefl ying and so much more. So what are you waiting for? Check out our website at www.sunuts.co.uk or join our facebook group ‘<strong>Northumbria</strong> University Trainee Skydivers’ and if you’re up for the challenge then give us an e-mail at SU.NUTS@northumbria.ac.uk to join the next course! With LINKS, you get out what you put in. I personally have been on over £600 worth of courses, attended conferences, leadership weekends and some amazing events, all for free. But LINKS isn’t just about fi rst aid, we also have some fantastic socials, such as the annual “Pink Pubcrawl”, where you dress pink, drink pink and (if you can) eat pink! We meet every Thursday 7:30-9:00pm, although as it is a joint society, the venue changes between the Universities! At the moment we’re putting on “give it a go” sessions at both Coach Lane (4th Nov) and City Campus (18th Nov), so if you want to know more, why not come along? Or email me at chief@newcastle-links.sja.org.uk Carl Shooter - <strong>Northumbria</strong> Chief - Newcastle LINKS. & Craig Wood nu:life 15