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1Aug2006
Put your bikes and boards away for another year...

The dust has settled on another extreme weekend at NASS06 - it rocked!

For the second year running Oxfam was there alongside thousands of skaters, BMXers, in-liners, and any other extreme action sport athletes you can think of. At NASS06, held at the NEC in Birmingham, we were right at the heart of things, which was awesome. Our campervan looked sweet - and posed for photos with hundreds of people over the weekend - and the exhibition was a big hit. The structure looks amazing, and everyone loved sitting around it watching the trials biking next door to us.

Our extreme team of volunteer campaigners, who get in to the event for free in return for a few hours work, had a wicked time roaming around the festival chatting to people about Oxfam. We were raising awareness of the dire lack of essential services in developing countries, like doctors, nurses and teachers. Oxfam is asking the G8 leaders, who promised so much at last year's summit in Gleneagles, to deliver on those promises and turn them into action. It's also important that the governments of the developing countries who receive aid ensure that it is spent on the provision of healthcare and education for all. Nearly 5,000 NASSers took action over the weekend to demand this - the pressure is growing!

Keep your eyes peeled for a NASS photo story and don't forget to check out the angry faces too.

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