Festival video is a hit at Isle of Wight We have been meeting lots of lovely people this weekend, this morning we met Tom and twins Tom and James (all 19) - pictured here (right) with Benny, one of our campaigners. They said it was their first time at the Isle of Wight festival and they thought our little green camper was very cool. All three of them added their names to the Big Noise petition for our Make Trade Fair campaign. They were very impressed by our brand new video (above) that is being shown on the big screens between the live acts. The video is played to the Zutons' tune Pressure Point and shows people how they can get involved in ending poverty through campaigning. Tom (second from right) said he thought the video was making a big impact and made people stand up and pay attention. The video will be played at most of the festivals we will be at this summer so if you're going make sure you keep a look out! posted at 3:25 PM   | Permalink 0 comments

The main stage Just had to put in this picture taken of the main stage yesterday - the calm before the storm! posted at 6:15 PM   | Permalink 0 comments

Isle of Wight - but we're all red! Well the Isle of Wight (IOW) festival has begun and what a glorious festival it is! Support for the Make Trade Fair campaign has already been huge - over 1,000 people have signed up to The Big Noise petition. Our campaigners returned from their first shift earlier today looking happy and a little sunkissed (hence the 'we're all red')! We also kicked off our 'How angry are you about poverty' competition today so have been asking people to pull their angriest face for the camera. Despite the sunshine people have been happy to oblige - the prize is 52 CDs from Universal - so we thought we just had to get our campaigners in on the action (top). A gallery of all the photos will be online from Monday. We're now relaxing beside our campervan (pictured) waiting for the first band to start on the Main stage. Tonight looks set to be a brilliant start to what hopes to be a fantastic weekend, if you have been lucky enough to get tickets don't forget to come and say hello - just look for the green van in the main arena! posted at 5:23 PM   | Permalink 0 comments

On the road to the Isle of Wight Well, our little green campaigning campervan (see pic, taken at last year's NASS festival) has just left Oxfam HQ for the Isle of Wight Festival, and our happy team is aboard, readying themselves for a weekend of sunshine, music and campaigning. Everyone's looking forward to an awesome festival - the weather looks glorious, the line-up is amazing (The Prodigy, Primal Scream, Editors, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Richard Ashcroft, Goldfrapp and loads more) and we can't wait to show off our camper and tell festival-goers about the Make Trade Fair campaign. We'll have our top team of volunteers on the festival site, raising awareness about unfair global trade laws and gathering support for the Big Noise Petition. All of this will put much-needed pressure on world leaders to change trade rules so that poorer countries benefit. If you're going to the festival, look out for our smiling campaigners and sign the petition. We'll be adding news on this blog throughout the weekend, so stay tuned for great pics and festival updates... posted at 2:20 PM   | Permalink 0 comments

Wychwood starts the summer with a smile Well, we're back and we've had a little rest after a brilliant weekend at Wychwood. It got our festival season off to an absolute flier, with great weather (except for an unexpected shower on Sunday afternoon) and nearly 1,000 people joining the Control Arms campaign (by adding their face to the Million Faces Petition). A couple of our intrepid campaigners took coloured pens around with them so people could draw their own face for the petition, which proved very popular. Give a man (woman or child) a pencil and they'll draw a picture, give a man (woman and child) a set of colouring felt-tip pens and they'll draw a masterpiece. There were loads of musical highlights - Mr Scruff and Gilles Peterson in the big top tent were incredible, and Dreadzone, the Guillemots and 'Amadou and Mariam' on the main stage were fantastic. The Silent Disco (see pic) was also a big hit - and a very strange experience. Did you try it? All in all, it was a great way to start the festival season - we hope to see loads of you at the other festivals coming up, starting with Isle of Wight this weekend (We've just sneaked a cheeky peek at the weather forecast and we can't wait - glorious sunshine all weekend!). Photos: Pete Axford posted at 11:00 AM   | Permalink 0 comments

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