At the end of Lent Term each year, the JPC Treasurer agrees a budget with the College for the next academic year. This covers the budget spent directly by the JPC officers on JPC affairs such as Ents, the Community Cupboard and welfare events. It also covers the pool of money allocated to Pembroke’s societies and sports clubs, named the ‘GAC’.

The GAC

Pembroke’s societies are provided with a pool of money called the General Amenities Committee fund -this is affectionately pronounced ‘gack‘. The pool is intended to cover costs which are unreasonable for students themselves to pay. For example, league entry fees or essential equipment.

At the start of the academic year, all societies send an application for GAC funding to the JPC Treasurer, based how much they expect to need. Once the allocation is set, those societies can fill in a form to request reimbursement for their expenses.

If you have missed the deadline for receiving GAC funding for a new society, please contact the Treasurer jp-treasurer@pem.cam.ac.uk to discuss options using the New Societies Fund.

Submitting a Request

To submit a request for reimbursement from the GAC for a society or sports club expenditure, please fill out the form here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeViFQRMd3qWunRlmbWR9QixMlvlHpSM-mJphzH-hVZZJD2aQ/viewform

You will need to be signed into your @cam.ac.uk Google account to access the form.

Please also see the reimbursement policy linked at the top of the form.

The Treasurer aims to complete all reimbursements within 48 hours of the request being sent.