{"id":34172,"date":"2021-03-18T14:47:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T14:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=34172"},"modified":"2021-03-18T14:47:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T14:47:04","slug":"societies-struggling-covid-19-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/03\/18\/societies-struggling-covid-19-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Societies Are Struggling Due to COVID-19 Restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Societies \u201cfear for their future\u201d as COVID-19 restrictions prevent them from getting the money they need to carry on running as a club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Kai Ellison, 24, Chairman of Sheffield Hallam\u2019s Cricket Club, said: \u201cI don\u2019t think we will have enough funding. It\u2019s all guess work really now. I don\u2019t know if we will retain any members.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Normally, each person buys either a \u00a330 social membership, or a \u00a3130 competitive membership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The society use membership money to buy equipment however they have not had any money coming in due to the lack of membership take-ups this year.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34169 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/A117FA16-208E-45E2-98CF-DCCFFF1B5278_1_201_a-278x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"278\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Mr Ellison said: \u201cWe ran trials and had over 100 people sign up but because of COVID-19 we can only have 18 in the hall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Despite the outdoor cricket season going ahead, the University has not entered the club into competitions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Mr Ellison said: \u201cWe also had loads of international students buy kit when they are at University but they obviously have not been able to use it. The average beginners kit costs around \u00a3250. This is entry level kit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">COVID-19 has also prevented the club from developing and gaining more social members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Mr Ellison said: \u201cI haven\u2019t been able to change the club how I wanted to. I was going to implement a development team where people could turn up and have fun and socialise instead of just competing but COVID-19 has stopped this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Like many other clubs, Mr Ellison has not been able to meet any of the first-years that have joined.<\/p>\n<p>University students have also found that the lack of societies have hindered their University experience.<\/p>\n<p>Fenya McGovern, Psychology student at the University of Sheffield, said: &#8220;It has been really hard to socialise this year. I was hoping to look at more societies to join but obviously can&#8217;t. 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