[HDNG]SERVICES:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]W3[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Creche [BULL] Lesbian and Gay Society [BULL] Mature SA [BULL] [PARA]Overseas SA [BULL] Minibus [BULL] Women's Officer [BULL] [PARA]Self-defence classes [ESTAT][PARA]The Union's small counselling service meets most immediate [PARA]needs for troubled souls, while troubled bodies are mended by [PARA]the Student Health Centre. The legally troubled can ask the [PARA]advice of the solicitor who visits 4 afternoons a week. There are [PARA]also officers with responsibility for mature and overseas students.[PARA][BOLD]Disabled: [EBOLD][ITAL]Ramps are all over the place, lifts less so. [EITAL]A charter for[PARA]the disabled is under preparation.[PARA][BOLD]Drugs:[ITAL] [EBOLD]Apart from the usual dangers, the drug trade has [PARA]paramilitary connections, so watch it.[EITAL][HDNG]FINANCE:[EHDNG][PARA][STAT][BULL] Ave debt per year: ú500 [BULL] Access fund: ú183,000 [BULL] [PARA]Successful applications (1992): 1,964[ESTAT][PARA]One-off grants are available from the access fund to those [PARA]paying high rents with the balance (an average of ú400 each) [PARA]going to mature students, those with disabilities and single [PARA]parents. The Union has an increasingly busy Debt Counsellor.[PARA][PARA]
