Welcome to the official website of the Junior and Middle Common Rooms of Josephine Butler College.
As Durham’s youngest College having opened in 2006, we are free-spirited, flourishing and full of life. We are named after the 19th Century social reformer, Josephine Butler, who had a profound influence on society’s view of women’s health and education. Butler has a vibrant, inclusive community from a variety of backgrounds and encourage all our students to get involved with our pioneering spirit and we pride ourselves on inspiration, opportunity and excellent support.
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Student Groups
At Butler we probably have more societies than any other college. Listed below is but a few. Visit our societies page to see them all. You can setup your own societies too. View all Societies
We organise fun informal gatherings for all those interested in a sing-along to well known songs, ability isn’t necessary, just…
About us We love and enjoy everything to do with disney! We screen films weekly and also organise cinema trips.…
Butler Film Society is for anyone who enjoys unwinding in front of a good film each week; it can be…
Butler Running is a casual running club that currently meets once a week (could be more!) to run & chat…
Winter Ball is a celebration of the first term at college and a great way to say goodbye to Butler…
How many voices do you think are unheard? How can we educate ourselves better about equality, equity and diversity? There…
We run the bar! JB's Committee is made up of all staff from JB's (our Bar, Kitchen and Cafe). We…
International Committee A diverse and friendly committee for students from all over the world (including the UK!) to share, celebrate…
Welcome to the Butler Squash page! Training times: Thursday: 7-8 pm Friday: 9-10 pm Location: The Racecourse Where on earth…
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…
Lacrosse is one of the few mixed-gender sports that are played at college level, for trainings and matches. The lacrosse…
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
