With Oxfam's UK Poverty Program warning of a 'perfect storm' of welfare cuts and spiralling living costs and Oxfam campaigners taking to the streets to explain why one in seven people worldwide are going hungry, we desperately need some food solutions. I asked Rosa Fletcher from the UK charity FoodCycle how they are tackling the broken food system right on our doorstep.
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Green Party leader Caroline Lucas recently joined Oxfam staff and volunteers in Brighton to champion charity shopping and donating to Oxfam. In the run-up of Rio+20, the UN conference on sustainable development, she emphasised the importance of working together for a better future for everyone.
She said: "The money that you are raising by passing over your clothes to a charity shop makes a massive difference in terms of enabling...
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As part of the Jubilee celebrations, Val Griffiths, Oxfam's Trading Area Manager who has worked with Oxfam for over 30 years received an invitation of a life time to celebrate her achievements at the Queen's Garden Party hosted at Buckingham Palace.
Val was flabbergasted by her invitation and wanted to defy all expectations. Val decided not to hit the high street and spend a small fortune on a designer gown; instead she...
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If you're anything like most people, your wardrobe is probably full of hidden gems - clothes you don't want, clothes that don't fit, clothes you've simply gone off... But there's no reason for clothes to become clutter - especially not now we've teamed up with M&S to launch shwopping.
No, it's not a typo - shwopping is a new way to give your old clothes a second chance at life, fight poverty and reduce...
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