Free Drinks & Bring-a-Friend Culture
Free soft drinks, easier to bring and make friends
Free soft drinks provided at every Bites and Bustles, removing the cost barrier to attending. Events are designed so students can easily bring friends along, while also building in structured, low-pressure opportunities to meet new people during the event itself, not just socialise within the group they arrived with.
Why this matters
Cost and social anxiety are two of the biggest reasons students disengage from campus life. Removing the financial barrier and easing the social barrier means more students actually show up and stay engaged.
How we implement it
Allocate a fixed per-event budget line for drinks within the existing Bites and Bustles run sheet; introduce simple icebreaker structures (e.g. rotating group activities, name-tag prompts) at events to lower the barrier to meeting new people