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!
We are a society of music lovers (not musicians), who organise a range of social events including: bar crawls to…
Butler Running is a casual running club that currently meets once a week (could be more!) to run & chat…
We are a society who raises awareness and offers support for neurodiverse students. We meet to chat as well as…
Butler Film Society is for anyone who enjoys unwinding in front of a good film each week; it can be…
Here are a few of our Committees. Check out the full list!
Do you want to be involved and do some good within the local community? Get onboard with volunteering committee! Whether…
Music committee coordinates the music groups in the college, organising concerts and music for our larger scale events. Join our…
Butler Scholarly Journal – Description: Hello and welcome to Josephine Butler’s scholarly journal committee. Butler is a bright, young and…
We run the bar! JB's Committee is made up of all staff from JB's (our Bar, Kitchen and Cafe). We…
Here are a few of our sports! Check out the full list!
The Butler Tennis Team has loads of rackets and tennis balls to give out during training, so don’t worry about…
Hello and welcome to Butler Hockey! We're a fun, inclusive and friendly hockey club with two teams, Men's and Women's,…
This sport is perfect for you if you’re needing to relieve tension, stress or if you want to work on…
We’re the Butler Tigers, and this year we’re looking for more men and women to join the squad! Our cheerleading…