growing your rag sophie mckay, mdxsu. intros how it all started at mdx which rags are in the room
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Growing your RAGSophie McKay, MDXSU
@SophieMDXSU
@MDXRAG
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Welcome
• Intros• How it all started at MDX• Which RAGs are in the room
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Getting the structure right• Core four – president, secretary, treasurer & inclusion officer • Challenge officers, raids, publicity, volunteer co-ordinator and sponsorship • Research & use NUS resources • Make sure it reflects what your RAG wants to achieve.
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Constitution Brand Logo Support from the SU Team Spirit Membership fee 3 main charities verses open
Starting up
@MDXRAG@SophieMDXSU
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Set goals One memorable aim for the year Record membership, attendees, hours
& money raised. Compare & improve year on year. Use this to campaign for more support from SU and UNI.
Annual growing tool
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Freshers Halls team Get your most successful event in the
freshers booklet Social media Competitions online, ie – design something
or most likes to win free membership. Membership fee? What does it include? Academic All student email Lecture shout outs
Recruitment
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Music/ performance – volunteer/ perform in a local care home
Health/ care – volunteer in a care home/ health promotion
Art/ Design – working with autistic children
Education – teaching abroad Science & tech – building/ designing/
researching & micro-volunteering Business & law – mentoring/ advising
Think Subject Areas
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Newsletters Volunteer of the month Feedback sheets I <3 RAG campaign (each month
interview a student to give a reason to love RAG – promotional materials)
Pub quiz slot Regular events/ raids to keep RAG reps
interested
Retention
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Work with SU & employability or careers service at uni
Skills recognition awards Reflective logs, interviews or
mentorship. Transferable skills; leadership, time
management, communication, problem solving etc.
Employability
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Uganda – Softpower Education Kilimanjaro – Futuresense Foundation University is the place where you have
the time of your lives, and if you run projects like these I promise you people will say RAG was where they had the time of their lives!
International Trips
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Try something that won’t necessarily raise money
Soup kitchen/ food bank/ allotment Social need – work with local council You will engage a whole different type
of student Give your time to help your local
community, you won’t regret it.
Giving, not just raising.
“It has been an eye-opening experience and really makes you appreciate what you have in life and that you shouldn't take anything for granted. To see everyone having a smile on their face was incredible, even though they have nothing, they were so grateful for what they had.”
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Apply for permits way in advance Bag backing NSS Hand over – scrapbook (RAG bible) Sustainability
Don’t forget
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Big plans
Sit next to another RAG you haven’t met and talk about the one big thing you want to achieve this year.
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Thank you so much!
@MDXRAG
www.facebook.com/MiddlesexRAG