14/02/2022
Been a little confused by FYD, who we are and what we do? Here's a little overview of our society, and what we do for you every year!
FYD stands for Final Year Dinner, a subcommittee of MedSoc dedicated to making the 5th year of MedSchool as much fun as possible!
• Every year we put on events, make merch for our older years, and put on a production lovingly mocking MedSchool (written from scratch!)
• This is all for the sake of throwing a killer weekend away trip for our 5th years! Imagine a getaway with your closest friends, surrounded by everyone in the year you’ve worked alongside for the whole of MedSchool before you all graduate and fly the nest.
When students reach the end of their time at medschool, a huge weekend away event is put on that is entirely fundraised by themselves!
• This weekend away is a two-night stay at a 4 star hotel! (very fancy)
• Includes breakfast, lunch, TWO fancy dinners and booze
• Your weekend away representatives put on two stunning dinner events: a black tie night (think Medball-esque), and one fancy summer barbecue
• We also put on a secret daytime ‘team building’ event on Monday (Richard Hammond will not be hosting this unfortunately)
• Tickets for this weekend away are £250 or LESS every year.
• The ticket price is entirely set by how much fundraising the FYD committee can do - ALL FUNDRAISING IS DONE TO SUBSIDISE TICKET PRICES, with the aim being for no student to be priced out of this huge event.
We fundraise by:
• Putting on a show designed and written to take the p**s out of medschool (lovingly of course)
• Putting on events throughout the year for MedSchool students of all years, from our pre-clin bar crawls to our clinical bingos (for the geriatrics)
• All proceeds go towards the weekend away pot (i.e. the more you encourage your pals to come to events/the show, the cheaper your weekend away tickets will be/the more lavish the weekend we can give you!)
By coming along to FYD events, you’re not only guaranteed a good time, you’re also contributing to a age old tradition of medschool that will pay you back tenfold when you reach your 5th year (I know that seems far away but it’ll feel so much sweeter after all these years!)
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to message any of the FYD pages for more info!
FYD love xoxo