St John’s Fundraising:
Our Charities Rep(s) work hard to organise events and fundraisers to raise money for the St John’s JCR Charities Fund. This can include anything from selling charity jumpers to barbecues and Formal Hall swaps with other colleges. Charity events can be a great part of college life, as well as an important way to fundraise for fantastic charities.
St John’s as part of RAG:
St John’s also coordinates its fundraising with the university-wide Raise and Give (RAG), which is responsible for overseeing all charity fundraising by Oxford Students. RAG runs events throughout the year, from skydives to RAG blind date, themed bar crawls to city breaks, all in aid of having a good time and lining the pockets of worthy causes. Last term St John’s students participated in several RAG events, including the Jailbreak and the RAG ball. RAG also helps to coordinate and encourage involvement in charity campaigns, which the charity rep(s) help to publicise, such as Movember.
For more information please visit http://oxfordrag.co.uk/
Giving To Charity:
There are two main ways in which you can use the JCR to give money to charity:
Charity Motions: 50% of the St John’s Charity Budget is spent on charitable donations through this means. This is a great way that the JCR can help smaller individual projects which really mean something to the members of the JCR. Any member of the JCR may bring a motion asking for up to £300. If the amount we agree to give exceeds the budget, the fund is split in proportion to the amounts agreed for each cause.
If you would like to bring a charities motion, please read the information about submitting a motion on the JCR
here and send your motion to the JCR Secretary (
[email protected]), using this
template. Recently we have donated to charities such as S.U.R.E (Somerset Unit for Radiotherapy Equipment), Remembering Not to Forget, and the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative.
Annual Charities Ballot: The other 50% of our budget goes towards the annual charities budget. Up to three charities are chosen by the members of the JCR in an Annual Charities Vote, which coincides with the Committee elections. Over the course of the year these charities receive an equal allocation of the portion of the Fund dedicated to the Annual Charities Vote.
This year we are supporting:
§ Against Malaria Foundation
§ Migrant Offshore Aid Station
If you would like to know details on any of these charities please email your dedicated charities rep or the JCR Committee.
Nominations for the annual charities ballot open in Michaelmas on Sunday 3rd week and will close on Sunday of 6th week. If you wish to make a nomination please email the charities rep a completed
nomination form with the name of your charity and a short blurb.
