Students groups are run by students for students and all democratically run. Prior to signing up to a Sports Club or Society, speak to the Committee to find out what your membership includes and if there are any further expenses throughout the year.

All Sports Club or Society members can expect to receive:-

• The opportunity to attend regular meetings, events, activities, trips, and socials as arranged.
• The opportunity to stand for a committee position or vote in their elections (Liverpool John Moores students only).
• For Sports Club – to attend regular training sessions and have the opportunity to be selected for the teams.

When joining a sports club or society you are agreeing to abide by the constitution, general rules, regulations, and policies of John Moores Students’ Union and also the Sports Club or Society Code of Conduct which sets out the level of behavior & discipline expected of all Sport Club & Society members.

Activity groups (including sports and societies) are not permitted to carry out initiation ceremonies either on or off University premises.

An initiation ceremony is an event in which members (often new members) of the sport/society are expected to perform a task or tasks as a means of gaining credibility, status, or entry within that sport/society. This may involve peer pressure (though not explicitly) exerted on students and may compromise a person’s inherent dignity as a person by forcing or requiring an individual to drink alcohol, eat mixtures of various foodstuff, nudity, and behaviour that may be deemed humiliating.

All students are actively encouraged to report any experience of initiations to studentgroups@ljmu.ac.uk or through BUCS anonymous reporting tool. Please note all reports are treated as confidential.

John Moores Students' Union provides a Personal Accident Policy for members of SU Sports Club and Societies. The policy is the Essential level. If you have been in an accident as part of your group activity, please contact the Students' Union Opportunities & Development Team with the date of the incident, your name, the location of the incident, and the club you are a member of so they can locate the relevant accident report form.

Please find the Summary of Cover for the 2023/24 academic year here. Please note that we provide the Essential cover.

Sporting personal accident cover

Non-sporting personal accident cover

It's the member’s responsibility to inform the sports club or society committee of any relevant medical condition or previous injuries that John Moores Students’ Union should be aware of that may affect your safe participation in the activity.

JMSU will pass my details on to the student group committee for use in student group activity and communication. Details such as name and email address will be passed on to the student group committee. The committee will store your data securely in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR, and it will never be passed to other organisations for sales or marketing purposes. Data given to your committee will be used solely for student group activity and communication purposes.

Please be aware that John Moores SU may share data relating to the members of its sports clubs with Liverpool John Moores University. This information may be used for the purposes of communicating directly with these members and/or to cross-reference against HEAR (Higher Education Achievement Report) membership records.

As part of John Moores SU's membership of British Universities & Colleges Sports (BUCS), JMSU may have to share data with its sports club members so BUCS can, from time to time, communicate with these members. 

Photographs/videos will be taken in relation to organised sports clubs or society activities and may be used by JMSU for its promotional material at their discretion.

No photos of those under 18 will be used without specific written parental consent for each instance.

Members understand that this can be removed at any time by contacting the Marketing Team.

As the SU we put our heart and soul into making student life at John Moores the very best it can be for all our members.  We do realise though that sometimes not everything goes as planned, so members can complain to make sure we resolve problems as soon as possible. Please email your complaint in writing to the Opportunities & Development Team.

Any student who pays for a membership subscription to a JMSU Society, Sports Club, Student Media, and initiatives has a 14 day cooling-off period from the time and date of purchase during which they have the right to cancel the subscription and receive a full refund. If you do decide to cancel within 14 days, JMSU will refund your payment within a further 30 days of the cancellation. JMSU after the 14 days will then be dealt with on a case by case basis and must be done so within one month of their purchase.

Request a refund