Pimp My Barrow was a

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event established by Paul Wheeler and Thomas Tapper in 2006 which ran every year until 2019 at the

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in Norwich, UK. Several other successful events have also taken place in Suffolk and Cambridge. Students acquire a

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and decorate it in accordance with their team's theme. The day commences with drinking and music in the UEA square. Barrows are then paraded around the local area, via a selection of local pubs and with a wheelbarrow race through Eaton Park. During the time the event ran at UEA, entry fees and donations on the day from members of the public totalled almost £80k. All of which was donated to The Big C Cancer charity based in Norfolk. In March 2012 the founders of Pimp My Barrow offered the rights to manage the

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event to the Union of UEA Students at the

. This agreement required the University to uphold the ethos of previous events and continue to operate for a charitable cause. Pimp My Barrow is a registered trademark owned by founders Paul Wheeler and Thomas Tapper

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