Carnage UK
| Private | |
| Industry | University student entertainment |
| Founded | June 2007 |
| Headquarters | Birmingham, UK |
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Key people
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Paul Bahia |
| Products | Pub crawls |
| Parent | Varsity Leisure Group (VLG) Ltd |
| Website | Carnage UK |
Carnage UK is a company that organises drinking events for students in the United Kingdom. The idea for Carnage UK was originally taken from a University of Birmingham event 'Carnage' run by the University's raising-and-giving society Carnival Rag. The original Carnage has since been rebranded to 'Karma', with all proceeds going to charity.
They arrange events for an estimated 350,000 undergraduate students in 45 towns and cities each year. The company charges students £10 for which they receive a t-shirt and free entry to around 10 pubs, bars and nightclubs. Many of the venues offer drinks promotions during the events. It is "owned" by Varsity Leisure Group.
In 2008 a student at the University of Bath hanged himself behind a nightclub during an event organised by Carnage UK.
In October 2009, A Sports Technology student at Sheffield Hallam University, was photographed urinating on a war memorial in Barker's Pool after drinking for several hours on a bar crawl organised by Carnage UK. The photograph was later published in a number of newspapers. The student pleaded guilty to outraging public decency. The judge in the case said that he felt the student's actions were directly caused by his heavy consumption of alcohol and that Carnage UK should also have been present in court. Responding to this criticism a press officer for Carnage UK told PR Week that much of the press coverage over the incident had been unfair. He pointed out that more than 2000 students attended the event and that the student who urinated was responsible for his own actions.
After an event in Exeter in October 2009 it was reported that the police are to consider charging the company for the extra police officers that must be deployed whilst their events are run.
In March 2009, a 61-year-old man was assaulted by one of its organisers after he asked about arrangements regarding to the event,.
In October 2010, another heavily intoxicated student, this time from the Southampton University, was photographed urinating on a war memorial.
In June 2014, the Daily Mail reported that a group of drunken women emerged from a Carnage pub in Cardiff and commenced verbally abusing, and physically assaulting, a homeless man, initially profanely yelling at him to get a job, then dragging him across the pavement and street, punching him, pulling his trousers down and kicking his face.
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