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By Ciara Corcoran<\/p>\n
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We all love a bit of fundraising for charity here in the Students\u2019 Union, and this year is no different!<\/p>\n
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The SU are currently looking for applications for charities to be a part of Charity Week 2016. Funds raised over the week will be donated equally to all the chosen charities.<\/p>\n
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Last year over \u20ac30,000 was raised for 4 charities: Console, Share a Dream Foundation, Rape Crisis Midwest and Novas Initiatives and now it\u2019s your chance to get a say in what those charities are!<\/p>\n
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The way it works:<\/b><\/p>\n
If you know of any charities you\u2019d like to nominate please forward me (Ciara) a bio of what the charity does and where the money would be going if selected. You can send them to suwelfare@ul.ie<\/a> before Thursday of Week 5 (October 8th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We go through the extremely difficult process of shortlisting the nominations down to 8 and these are then presented to the SU Executive where the charities are voted on and selected.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n No matter what the charity, big or small, local or national, submit a nomination and you never know what could come next.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There are hundreds of charities out there, each as worthy as the next. There might be a charity that you have a close connection with or has touched you or someone you know in some way, or one you\u2019re involved in and know what these valuable funds would be used for.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n So tell us about them, we don\u2019t know about them unless you tell us!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Please don\u2019t hesitate to contact me if you need any more information.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Get nominating!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n