QUB RAG
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QUB RAG is the official fundraising group of the Students’ Union - bringing Queen’s students together to make the world a better place. Students at Queen’s are automatically a member of RAG, and it stands for Raise And Give!
This year the Student’s Union is planning to do a review of RAG to see how we can best support students to give back to the communities and causes that they’re passionate about. If you would like to find out more about the review, feel free to get in touch with su.volunteer@qub.ac.uk
Or if you would like to organise a student fundraising event or activity for either of our nominated charities – Nexus NI or Carers NI then drop su.volunteer@qub.ac.uk an email and they can help.
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History of Raise and 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 being the organiser of the largest Pub Crawl in the UK & Ireland for its annual Fresher’s Pub Crawl.
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