Welcome to the official website of the Junior Common Room of Josephine Butler College.
Butler JCR is a membership-lead community of students which sits outside of their academic commitments. We aim to be accessible, environmentally focused and to be part of Durham city’s wider community. With more than 80 different student groups, there’s so many ways #GetInvolved and we are committed to make sure everyone can.
Hey everyone! I’m Sam (He/Him), your JCR President for the year. My role is to oversee the activities that the JCR runs, keep in touch with current and past students, and to represent the common room outside of college. Though I’ve graduated now, my time at Butler left me with enough enthusiasm to stick around in a sabbatical role and remain part of the community here.
The sign of a successful year for me will be an engaged, active JCR. During your time at Butler you have a whole universe of opportunities to make the most of and every single one of you can leave a legacy here. I hope this year more than ever this JCR can grow to represent our community and ALL of its members.
Sam Winder (He/Him)
President of Josephine Butler JCR
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Student Groups
Here are a few of our societies. Check out the full list!
About Us The newest band in Butler: We are a small instrumental band, playing a variety of Jazz, Funk, Soul,…
The name gives it away, but we play FIFA and organise tournaments between ourselves. Join us to play in the…
Intimidated by competitive sport? So are we! We only play for fun and we play something different every week. This…
Butler Arts Soc is a space for anyone with an urge to get creative! From chilled sessions in the art…
Here are a few of our Committees. Check out the full list!
Music committee coordinates the music groups in the college, organising concerts and music for our larger scale events. Join our…
International Committee A diverse and friendly committee for students from all over the world (including the UK!) to share, celebrate…
Do you want to be involved and do some good within the local community? Get onboard with volunteering committee! Whether…
Butler Scholarly Journal – Description: Hello and welcome to Josephine Butler’s scholarly journal committee. Butler is a bright, young and…
Here are a few of our sports! Check out the full list!
The Butler Badminton Team has a lot of highly skilled players that lead both social badminton sessions and more skill-based…
Rounders at Butler is played weekly during the Easter term and matches against colleges are at Whinney Hill. It’s a…
Netball is one of the largest sports clubs at college with Butler Netball winning Josephine Butler Club of the year and…
The Butler Tennis Team has loads of rackets and tennis balls to give out during training, so don’t worry about…