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¾«¶«´«Ã½ RAG Donations 2013

Volunteers from ¾«¶«´«Ã½ RAG, a group within Student Volunteering ¾«¶«´«Ã½ recently made their annual awards of funds to their four chosen charities. At the beginning of each academic year, the group, who hold numerous fundraising events throughout the year, choose 4 charities for which to fundraise.

Representatives from some of the charities who benefited from funds raised through the year by ¾«¶«´«Ã½ RAG receive their cheques.This year, the charities which benefitted from RAG’s support were Kidscan, Ty Gobaith/Hope House, ¾«¶«´«Ã½ Nightline and Dementia UK and after several months of successful fundraising, each group was awarded £1392.

In addition, RAG volunteers have helped raise funds for a number of other charities including the Poppy Appeal, Marie Curie, Concern Universal, Vitligo UK, the Everyman Campaign, the Breast Cancer Campaign, Athritis UK and Barnardos, raising a grand total of £9,496.46.

Numerous large scale and small scale events were held throughout the year and included a Harry Potter theme night, virtually cycling across the Gambia and several street collections in and around ¾«¶«´«Ã½.

Any local charity wishing to be considered for support from ¾«¶«´«Ã½ RAG in the next academic year, should write to RAG, The Students’ Union, Oswald’s, Victoria Drive, ¾«¶«´«Ã½, LL57 2EN providing as much detail as possible about their organisation or fund no later than October 31^st 2013. More information can be accessed from the Student Volunteering ¾«¶«´«Ã½ Office on 01248 388021.

Publication date: 24 July 2013