Students dress as TV and book characters for RAG Week parade (From York Press)

Students dress as TV and book characters for RAG Week parade

9:12am Monday 13th February 2012 in News

THE streets of York were taken over by a colourful parade at the weekend as hundreds of students dressed up to take part in the annual RAG Parade for charity.

University of York students dressed in childhood themed fancy dress to parade around the city centre, with colleges choosing their own themes including Barbie and Ken, Twister, Nintendo and Where’s Wally?

It was hoped the parade, the culmination of the traditional student “raising and giving” (RAG) week, would match the £8,000 raised by last year’s event.

This year’s chosen organisations include Martin House Hospice, the Teenage Cancer Trust, Alzheimer’s Society, War Child, YUSU Voluteering and Refugee Action York. Rebecca Irwin, a parade organiser, said: “It’s a real show of college spirit.

“We have had RAG Week all week and this marks the end of it.

“The atmosphere is always electric. Alot of people say it’s their favourite day of the year.”