CM: RAG has just released the student fundraising total so far for this academic year, this currently stands at £38,625.26 up until 10am Monday 11th December 2017. This is a £12,479.35 increase on the total raised at the same time last year.
Very busy November for student fundraising, our Movember campaign raised a record breaking £7,532 and included fundraising events both here on campus and across the city, student engagement was very high throughout. A 24hr cycle challenge took place on the redbrick which all time slots across the 24hours filled by student societies and additional societies putting on entertainment during the day.
Poppy Appeal 2017 raised a record breaking £1,429.99, multiple sites including Highfield, Avenue Campus and Winchester School of Art all ran collections.
Jailbreak 2017 experienced another successful year with the winning team making it as far as Dubai. Santander Bank have agreed to match fund parts of the event, once this agreement has been received in writing a final total can be released.
RAG Christmas Fayre - Weather was very bad which impacted footfall at the event and impacted engagement. What the event did show was the willingness for our charity societies to come together and collaborate on bigger event ideas, the societies involved where all excellent.
SUSU Shoebox Appeal - RAG has contributed a total of 19 shoeboxes to the campaign and dedicated one of our weekly roundup sessions to this.
Enigma mystery bar crawl and 'The Big Give Week' currently being planned for next year.