Global Xchange needs you! Global Xchange is a six-month programme which gives young people from different countries a unique opportunity to work together, to develop and share valuable skills and to make a practical contribution where it is needed in local communities. The exchanges were designed to be fully reciprocal, involving young people from the developed and developing world in equal numbers, and working on community projects in both areas. Volunteers live and work together for three months in the UK and three months in the partner country working on community projects, these volunteer placements will be structured so that they are able to make a positive and practical contribution to the community they are living in. "I wouldn't say I completely changed as a result of Global Xchange - it rather gave me the opportunity to develop what I feel was already there. It's been the perfect stepping stone in my future career, since I now have a much better idea of what I want to do and what I want to achieve in life." Rosanna Wynn Williams GX volunteer 2007/8 Global Xchange is a fantastic opportunity to gain valuable work experience, make new friends and learn about new cultures. And if you aren't already convinced... Global Xchange don't ask volunteers to pay for the experience, they cover all direct costs and help you fundraise towards the cost. Brilliant! The partner countries for the next exchange will be Pakistan , Kazakhstan, Bahrain, Egypt, Syria, Ghana, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Mongolia posted at 11:08 AM | Permalink 0 comments

Trailwalker is go Go GO! This summer is full of fun for us here at Oxfam HQ, not only are we all over the country at festivals but we have our very own amazing event happening - Trailwalker. Now this isn’t for the faint hearted and what you are about to read is true! Some amazing and lovely people are challenging themselves to the physically gruelling task of walking 100k within 30hours, and to make matters harder, it will be overnight and in the South Downs. They do all this in teams of four and raise loads of money for Oxfam and the Gurkha Welfare trust. We have made a gorgeous animation all about their efforts - The Trailway Code Trailwalker takes place on 19th-20th July, and we want to wish all the teams the very best of luck, and it will be an amazing experience you will never forget. posted at 5:31 PM | Permalink 0 comments

Festival season is here (it's official) and you can go for free! We get very excited at this time of year, as it’s time for us to put on our Oxfam t-shirts and go meet and greet you lovely people at the UK festivals. So far on our check list: Isle of Wight – done, Glastonbury –done, Cornbury – also done! 11 more to go! Latitude, Glade, Love Box, Womad, Summer Sundae, Bloom festival, Beautiful Days, V, Leeds and Reading and last but by no means least Bestival. Glastonbury was suffering from the ‘Jimmy Cliff effect’ – which is another way of saying it was hot and gorgeous just like when he performed in 2003! He really did ‘see clearly now the rain has gone’, and also ‘it’s going to be a bright sun shinny day’ (We love him!). The Oxfam shop was very successful this year, so successful that we ran out of dresses and ‘grandma blankets’ within the first two days. You couldn’t get away from men in wedding dresses all over the festival site! This year we have been asking festivals-goers ‘What gets your knickers in a twist?’. If you go to a festival this summer, come and visit us in the Oxfam tent to get your knickers untwisted by our beautiful Oxfam campaigners. Competition – Do I hear you haven’t got a ticket for a festival yet? – Why not enter one of our competitions for V, Leeds or Reading? Click here to see what we’re doing and how you can get involved. If you’re not at a festival this year, click here to tell us what gets your knickers in a twist posted at 3:52 PM | Permalink 0 comments

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