Adopt a Charity

The RAG team is here to support QMSU’s affiliated Student Groups to run their own charity fundraiser. Queen Mary Students’ Union is a UK-registered charity and is subject to charity law, which our student groups also fall into.

Because of this, all charity fundraising that our Student Groups do must be registered with the RAG Team. Your group can ‘Adopt a Charity’ by registering your fundraiser, and we will support you to organise the activity, and will make the donation to your chosen charity on your behalf.

Why organise a fundraiser?
  • Bring your members together to make a difference to a cause that matters to you and have fun in the process
  • Develop your organisation, planning and event delivery skills while raising money for charity
  • Get recognition from the Students’ Union for your group’s charitable efforts
How can a student group adopt a charity?
  • Choose a UK registered charity to fundraise for
  • Come up with an activity idea for your fundraiser
  • Complete the Adopt a Charity Form to register your fundraiser. Please give us as much notice as possible- ideally complete the form 2 weeks minimum before your planned fundraiser activity. We need to approve your fundraising activities before they can be advertised. This is to make sure that they are safe and compliant with our Health and Safety policies. Additionally, we will support you with event planning and booking cash buckets or card readers to collect donations.
  • Promote your event and raise some money!
  • Keep in touch and let us know how your fundraiser went, we love to celebrate the successes of our student groups!
How can you collect donations?
Cash collections

You can book cash buckets to use to raise cash donations at your fundraiser from the Students’ Union Hub Reception. You request to book these in the Adopt a Charity Form when you register your fundraiser. You will need to fill out a payment receipt when you pick these up and drop them off.


Card Donations

You can book up to two card readers from the Students’ Union to raise card donations at your fundraiser. These are also requested via the Adopt a Charity Form.

You will be emailed instructions on how to use the card reader, and you need to sign a card reader agreement when you collect this from the Students’ Union.

Please note that income received by card reader is subject to a 1.69% SumUp admin fee.


Tickets

When you are completing your ticket request, please state on the form that these are fundraising tickets so that they can be allocated to the correct cost centre. This will ensure that your charity receives the full donation (as VAT will not be deducted).

If the money raised is allocated to your group’s subs, this will mean that you’ll lose 20% of the donations on VAT, so please do remember to state that your event will be a fundraiser.

*Please note that it is not possible to donate money received from grant funding directly to charity.


Donation link

If you use a donation link, please make sure you are using a reputable platform such as JustGiving. You will be asked to provide this link in the Adopt a Charity Form.

Adopt a charity form

Raise & Give

Recent News

Over £100,000 raised for charity this year through RAG!

Thu 24 Jul 2025

We're excited to reveal that this academic year, student groups have fundraised an incredible total of over £100,000 for charity through Raise and Give activities- well done to all involved!

 
 

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Raise & Give (RAG)

Contact the RAG team at your Students’ Union with any questions you may have.