Fundraising Rag (student society)

1 fundraising

1.1 rag week
1.2 rag mag
1.3 sponsored challenges , fundraising events

1.3.1 sponsored challenges
1.3.2 fundraising events


1.4 rag raids

fundraising
rag week

students take part in medway technical college annual rag day parade (1951)

traditionally fundraising activities have centred on annual rag week, events each day week. while rags active week, others use rag week flagship week encourage participation whole year.

rag mag

a rag mag small booklet traditionally filled politically incorrect humour sold local community during rag week. university rags strong local tradition still sell rag mags, majority of others use theirs more information-tools new students wanting know more rag.

a number of rags claim have published first ever rag mags:

sheffield university rag s twikker first produced in 1925. manchester university published rag mag in 1924. issue of rag mag dating 1923, called goblio , in archives of university of southampton. however, queen s university belfast holds complete set of rag magazines in archives, holding 81 different copies of ptq (pro tanto quid – taken city s motto pro tanto quid retribuamus ) 1927 onwards.

sponsored challenges , fundraising events

many rags raise majority of money charity through sponsored challenges , fundraising events. while these vary university university, typical examples of each include:

sponsored challenges

jailbreaks, competitions far start , again within set period of time, without spending money on transport.
sponsored skydives
running events including marathons, half marathons , tough guy challenges
climbing expeditions
sponsored hitch-hikes
other sponsored game of sports


king s college london , university college london, founding , rival colleges of university of london, hold annual varsity rugby rag


fundraising events

pub crawls
international men s day parties
world record attempts
bed-runs racing teams hospital beds.
pub quizzes
duck races

manchester rag run 1 of longest running sponsored events in north west, known bogle stroll, celebrated semicentennial anniversary in 2011.

exeter rag hold biggest world aids day event in uk, called safer sex ball, seeing thousands of students attending raise money charity, £20,000 of annually set aside local aids charity eddistone trust.

rag raids

street collections: known raids , volunteer collectors go out streets (often in costume) collect specific charity on given day buckets rather clipboards.

many rags organise week-long tours on university holidays in travel town town, collecting in each one, , raising thousands of pounds beneficiary charity.

megaraids: megaraid defined raid more 1 rag present , in recent years these have been organised on massive scale charities events taking place consistently on decade. charities have developed student fundraising events include barnardo s, cancer research uk, aged, hope children, kidscan, meningitis uk, meningitis research foundation, meningitis trust , worldwide cancer research. megaraids tend include social aspect , attract former students still take part.