1. Shake your bucket for RAG
Explain who you are
What your role is in your SU
Why you started doing student fundraising
One of you explain that your roles on the NaSFA committee are voluntary, elected positions, elected at RAG Conference every summer.
Ask them to introduce themselves – name, role, and why they came along to your session
Write their reasons up on flipchart/whiteboard
Jack Amos, Sophie McKay & Edward Sainsbury
National Student Fundraising Association

2. Today’s session Good practice in student fundraising
Supporting your student fundraisers
The local, national and international benefits of student fundraising

3. NaSFA ‘The National Student Fundraising Association’
Elect committee at NaSFA AGM, held at RAG Conference every summer
NaSFA represents student fundraising groups in Further Education and Higher Education
Represent all student fundraising groups (not just ‘RAGs’)
May want to add a bit of explanation about:
History
your purpose
who you represent

4. NaSFA & NUS NUS provide staff support
Advice, expertise, and secretariat for meetings
Bring NaSFA to attention of external stakeholders
Link NaSFA to SUs
Explain – Ed maybe best to do this?

5. RAG Conference
Leeds
24th – 27th August

6. An overview of student fundraising
Exists in different forms, often depending on the policies and level of support from the individual students union
Some examples of different fundraising groups:
MMU Donates
Carnival RAG
Leeds RAG
Loughborough RAG

7. Carnival RAG
Formed in the 1900s

8. Middlesex RAG was formed in 2011/12

9. Herts RAG
Herts RAG was formed in 2000

10. Let’s talk about student fundraising
Activity
Move into groups based on the status of your student fundraising set up at the moment:
No student fundraising/just starting
Small/medium/needs work
Large and well-established

11. Why student fundraising is great
Society Benefits
Students gain a wider range of skills
Student fundraising is often a lifeline for charities (especially local ones)
Safely say over £2m raised annually by students (plans to develop a national total)
Good for SUs – community engagement, volunteering, etc

12. The future of student fundraising
What will student fundraising look like in 2020?
How will it be organised?
What will need to change to make this happen?
What improvements will have been made?
Is it just about the money?

13. Any questions? www.nasfa.org.uk @NationalSFA nationalsfa@gmail.com
Thank you!
Any questions?
@NationalSFA