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LearnAsOne: Bucks Students’ Union International Rag Charity 2007/8
As many good things do, this blog post started off in a pub.
Back in October last year I was introduced to Steve Marsh, a friend of a friend, and a music industry management student at Bucks New University. Over a beer Steve expressed an interest in carrying out some fundraising for LearnAsOne and told me about a few gigs he had previously organised with his friend Leigh Gorman. Numbers were exchanged and Steve got to work.
About a week later I received an email from Michael Paxman at the Bucks Students’ Union asking if I was interested in submitting a proposal for LearnAsOne to become their International Rag Charity for 2007/8. Steve moves fast! Well, I won’t bore you with the details, but suffice to say I said yes, wrote the proposal and I’m sure you will be pleased to know that it was accepted.
A number of meetings followed and the initial plans made in the pub were fleshed out. They are still fairly fluid but it looks like there will be a number of fundraisers carried out over early 2008, ranging in scale from a cakes sale up to a proposed hypnotist night. Watch this space.
The first fundraiser actually took place just over a week ago. The University Ladies Hockey Team raising over £125 selling lollies (while dressed as lollies) at the ever popular Flirt! night on campus. Good work girls!
In addition, Michael informed me that the University runs both Web Development and Graphic Design courses. This could fit perfectly with phase II of the website, so a number of volunteering opportunities are in the process of being shared with the students. I am hopeful there will be some developments over the coming months.
So thanks to Steve and Leigh, the team at the Student’s Union and the Hockey girls for getting the show on the road. Here’s to a very successful 2008 RAG!
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