QUB RAG
QUB RAG is the official fundraising group of the Students’ Union - bringing Queen’s students together to make the world a better place!
It helps students give back to the communities and causes that they’re passionate about, all while having fun and making new friends.
Every student at Queen’s is automatically a member of RAG, and each year it’s led by a committee of dedicated, passionate, and lively volunteers.
RAG is creative, innovative, and inclusive and organises student fundraising events, activities and competitions that are slightly beyond the norm!
Each year, the entire student body votes for RAG's charities. This year our students chose:
Belfast Samaritans
Belfast Samaritans provides support to anyone who is in emotional distress, struggling to cope, or at risk of suicide throughout the UK and Ireland. Their helpline, 116 123, is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Find out more here and donate to their Just Giving Page here.
Save the Children
Save the Children improves the lives of children through better education, health care, and economic opportunities, as well as providing emergency aid in natural disasters, war, and other conflicts.
Find out more here and donate to their Just Giving Page here.
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Meet the Team
QUB RAG is led by a committee of student volunteers.
This year the RAG Chair is Jenny Steele.
We will also soon be recruiting for the following positions, so check back shortly!
- Vice-Chair
- Social Media & Marketing Officer
- Events Officer
- School & Staff Liaison
- Clubs & Societies Liaison
- Accommodation Liaison
- Get In Touch
Want to help with RAG's events, activities or competitions?
Do you have a great fundraising idea that you think students would love?
Or, are you carrying out your own fundraising and would like some advice and support?
The RAG Committee Members want to hear from you!
Get in touch with them by emailing: su.rag@qub.ac.uk
- History of Raise & Give
QUB RAG was founded way back in the early years of the University in the late 1800s-early 1900s.
It has raised over £2,000,000 to date for various charities with the 2014/15 academic year seeing a record high of £115,000!
Past 'raggies' have included former President of Ireland, Mary McAleese and the Godfather of Punk, Terri Hooley.
QUB RAG can also boast to being the organiser of the largest Pub Crawl in the UK & Ireland for its annual Fresher’s Pub Crawl.
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The term “to rag” was used in the late 1800s and it meant to pester or badger someone. It’s thought that around this time, university students who noticed the inequalities in society began to take time out of their studies to rag members of the public to donate to the more vulnerable members of society.
Since then, rag evolved to stand for Raise & Give and groups were formed at universities across the UK and Ireland!