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Ollie Dunckley and Sam Bennett

Aber Uni Lib Dems: Football, Cakes and Glee Club Songbooks

By Ollie Dunckley and Sam Bennett | Sat 19th May 2012 - 9:59 am

You don’t often see politicians redirecting their gaze at election time. However, the Aberystwyth University Liberal Democrats spent the early days of May raising money and awareness for a disease that is renowned for afflicting young people, many of which are students.

What the AULD had planned was to raise money for the Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre (MSRC) through cross-party football, selling cakes on an industrial scale and using social media to promote their cause. It’s fair to say, we could not have expected such a successful campaign, let alone such a whirlwind of support from students and University staff.

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