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John Preece, 29 10 ways to help stop climate change
John Preece, 29
12 January 2006
Omar Malik, 19, from Bloomfield, New Jersey, USA 5 great ways to volunteer
Omar Malik, 19, from Bloomfield, New Jersey, USA
01 March 2007
Jane Goode, 26, from Bath 60 seconds with Giles Bolton
Jane Goode, 26, from Bath
10 April 2007
Najiba Abdellaoui, 27, from Netherlands 8 ways to get involved this autumn
Najiba Abdellaoui, 27, from Netherlands
02 October 2006
Peter Rice, 23, from London A bright future for the women of the Arabian peninsula?
Peter Rice, 23, from London
02 March 2007
Ben Toone, 25 A campaigner’s guide to Facebook
Ben Toone, 25
25 September 2007
Gareth Edward Jones, 30, from Poole A candlelit walk for trade justice
Gareth Edward Jones, 30, from Poole
29 December 2005
Carolyne Cesar Lima, from Brazil A celebrity way of acting
Carolyne Cesar Lima, from Brazil
17 April 2008
A fashion Swap It

04 April 2008
Rhodri Davies, 26, from Bath / Cairo A goal too far?
Rhodri Davies, 26, from Bath / Cairo
01 March 2006
Gareth Edward Jones, 30, from Poole A mighty climb for charity
Gareth Edward Jones, 30, from Poole
19 January 2007
Amy Merone, 25, from Nigeria A month in the life of an Oxfam campaigner
Amy Merone, 25, from Nigeria
04 January 2006
Sarah Watts, 24 A student’s guide to ethical living
Sarah Watts, 24
17 September 2007
John Butler, 26, from Cape Town AIDS campaigning in South Africa
John Butler, 26, from Cape Town
08 March 2007
Nicholas Martlew, 25, from Wakefield AIDS: global problem, global solution
Nicholas Martlew, 25, from Wakefield
05 December 2006
John Butler, 26, from Cape Town Am I witnessing history?
John Butler, 26, from Cape Town
26 March 2007
Nicholas Martlew, 25, from Wakefield An alternative ethical Christmas
Nicholas Martlew, 25, from Wakefield
20 December 2006
Krysia Sturgeon, 25, from London An ethics quota: the way forward?
Krysia Sturgeon, 25, from London
25 August 2006
Max Hogg, 25 Angry about sound bites?
Max Hogg, 25
23 August 2006
Anti-social networking sites?
unknown author
26 February 2008
Sophie Haydock, 25, from UK Are charities doing enough to target young people?
Sophie Haydock, 25, from UK
16 June 2006
Jessica Vine, 25, from Canterbury Are marches a waste of time?
Jessica Vine, 25, from Canterbury
09 July 2007
Kathy Yates, 28, from Leeds Are we the great generation?
Kathy Yates, 28, from Leeds
09 October 2006
Susannah Crockford Are you a feminist?
Susannah Crockford
27 March 2006
Sara Darr, 22, from Harrow, London Art Review: State Britain by Mark Wallinger
Sara Darr, 22, from Harrow, London
30 March 2007
Najiba Abdellaoui, 27, from Netherlands As seen on ethical fashion week
Najiba Abdellaoui, 27, from Netherlands
02 April 2007
Jessica Waldman, 20, from North London Asylum: seeking the truth behind the headlines
Jessica Waldman, 20, from North London
05 July 2006
Claire Holland, 23, from Norwich/Cornwall Attitudes to safe sex from Swaziland to Swansea
Claire Holland, 23, from Norwich/Cornwall
01 December 2006
Gareth Edward Jones, 30, from Poole Bali – Success or Failure?
Gareth Edward Jones, 30, from Poole
12 February 2008
Najiba Abdellaoui, 27, from Netherlands Banksy: more than graffiti
Najiba Abdellaoui, 27, from Netherlands
11 March 2008
Mathew Hulbert, 28 Be a believer: Let’s rock with Live Earth and change the climate of the debate
Mathew Hulbert, 28
22 May 2007
Nicholas Martlew, 25, from Wakefield Be a superhero: stand up against poverty
Nicholas Martlew, 25, from Wakefield
28 September 2006
Carolyne Cesar Lima, from Brazil Beyond the effects of climate change
Carolyne Cesar Lima, from Brazil
05 February 2008
Sophie Haydock, 25, from UK Bollywood is booming
Sophie Haydock, 25, from UK
06 June 2007
Jane Goode, 26, from Bath Book review – Heat by George Monbiot
Jane Goode, 26, from Bath
10 May 2007
Najiba Abdellaoui, 27, from Netherlands Books and action: my favourite things
Najiba Abdellaoui, 27, from Netherlands
18 August 2006
John Preece, 29 Boycotts: everything you need to know
John Preece, 29
02 December 2005
Keiron Nicholson, 24, from Glasgow Campaigning comes to YouTube
Keiron Nicholson, 24, from Glasgow
10 November 2006
Douglas Wright, 26, from Suffolk Campaigning musicians: friends or foes?
Douglas Wright, 26, from Suffolk
12 January 2007
Maddy Fry, 19, from Oxfordshire Campaigning works – here’s why
Maddy Fry, 19, from Oxfordshire
01 December 2006
Edmund Woodfield, 19, from Tunbridge Wells Campaigning: keep it simple, post a letter
Edmund Woodfield, 19, from Tunbridge Wells
16 January 2006
Kathryn Senior, 20, from Swansea Can Facebook be a force for change?
Kathryn Senior, 20, from Swansea
06 August 2007
Maddy Fry, 19, from Oxfordshire Can celebrities really make a difference?
Maddy Fry, 19, from Oxfordshire
10 May 2006
Claire McGowan, 24 Can charity be cool?
Claire McGowan, 24
24 July 2006
Richard Wyatt, from London Can climate change be traded away?
Richard Wyatt, from London
25 March 2008
Simon Butler, 22 Can globalisation Make Poverty History?
Simon Butler, 22
12 April 2006
Emma Dalby, from London Can you live ethically on a student’s budget?
Emma Dalby, from London
18 May 2006
Rachel Itwaru Capture the compassion
Rachel Itwaru
27 July 2006
Sarah Watts, 24 Carbon offsetting: friend or foe?
Sarah Watts, 24
14 January 2009
Rachel Holloway Celebrities - a help or a hindrance?
Rachel Holloway
30 November 2005
Liz Dodd, 22, from Cambridge Celebrities - making charity cool
Liz Dodd, 22, from Cambridge
10 February 2006
Gareth Edward Jones, 30, from Poole Changing attitudes to climate chaos
Gareth Edward Jones, 30, from Poole
02 November 2006
Heather Moorhouse, 22 Chariots of fire: running for change
Heather Moorhouse, 22
11 April 2007
Kathryn Senior, 20, from Swansea Charities targeting young people
Kathryn Senior, 20, from Swansea
15 June 2006
Hollie McNish, 25 Charity gigs: music to your ears?
Hollie McNish, 25
07 July 2006
Joanne Kelly, 25, from Reading Charity shopping – cheap and chic?
Joanne Kelly, 25, from Reading
26 July 2007
Sophie Haydock, 25, from UK Charity: what's in it for us?
Sophie Haydock, 25, from UK
03 August 2006
Ann-Louise Anderson, 20, from London Climate Change Now
Ann-Louise Anderson, 20, from London
15 July 2008
Gareth Edward Jones, 30, from Poole Climate change and how you can make a difference
Gareth Edward Jones, 30, from Poole
04 October 2006
Joe Morton, 20, from Cheshire Climate change: reducing your impact on the planet
Joe Morton, 20, from Cheshire
04 January 2006
Tyne Gettings, 23, from Leeds Comic capers raise G8 awareness in Leeds
Tyne Gettings, 23, from Leeds
23 May 2007
Nicholas Martlew, 25, from Wakefield Confessions of a progressive snob
Nicholas Martlew, 25, from Wakefield
09 August 2006
Nicholas Martlew, 25, from Wakefield Control Arms Day of Action
Nicholas Martlew, 25, from Wakefield
18 September 2006
Amy Merone, 25, from Nigeria Control Arms: one face can go a long way
Amy Merone, 25, from Nigeria
16 February 2006
Matthew Anstee, 28, from Aberystwyth Counterfeit cures and their effect on HIV patients
Matthew Anstee, 28, from Aberystwyth
17 May 2006
Mathew Hulbert, 28 Cover your eyes: this is a real-life horror story
Mathew Hulbert, 28
25 April 2007
Charlotte Stemmer, 23, from Sheffield Dance for Darfur
Charlotte Stemmer, 23, from Sheffield
08 May 2007
Maddy Fry, 19, from Oxfordshire Dictators, tyrants and oppressors beware – the Secret Policeman’s Ball is back!
Maddy Fry, 19, from Oxfordshire
19 October 2006
Paul Dicken, 25 Do big companies really care?
Paul Dicken, 25
13 November 2006
Eileen Guo, 20, from New Jersey, US Do students care?
Eileen Guo, 20, from New Jersey, US
13 April 2006
Ruth Webb, from UK Do we appreciate our education?
Ruth Webb, from UK
08 May 2006
Peter Rice, 23, from London Don’t go veggie
Peter Rice, 23, from London
03 July 2007
Ione Gyamfi Drop the debt
Ione Gyamfi
10 April 2008
Mathew Hulbert, 28 Dubai: The New World, but is it fair?
Mathew Hulbert, 28
19 December 2007
Sarah Watts, 24 Environment education
Sarah Watts, 24
06 March 2008
Ione Gyamfi Ethical Fashion
Ione Gyamfi
03 September 2008
Emma Fowler, 25, from South Lincolnshire, somewhere near Spalding Ethical careers are not always as they seem
Emma Fowler, 25, from South Lincolnshire, somewhere near Spalding
19 October 2006
Douglas Wright, 26, from Suffolk Ethical careers: Is salary more important than ethics?
Douglas Wright, 26, from Suffolk
06 October 2006
John Preece, 29 Ethical careers: can you change a corporation from within?
John Preece, 29
03 March 2006
Rhodri Davies, 26, from Bath / Cairo Ethical transport: the unmanageable ideal?
Rhodri Davies, 26, from Bath / Cairo
07 December 2005
Everyone can volunteer in Oxfam shops
Catherine Lough
24 January 2006
Eileen Guo, 20, from New Jersey, US Experiencing the Sichuan Earthquake
Eileen Guo, 20, from New Jersey, US
15 July 2008
Maddy Fry, 19, from Oxfordshire Fair trade vs organic
Maddy Fry, 19, from Oxfordshire
08 March 2006
Claire McGowan, 24 Fairtrade future
Claire McGowan, 24
20 March 2007
Hannah Gray, 24, from West Sussex Fairtrade: fashion fad or long-term commitment?
Hannah Gray, 24, from West Sussex
24 May 2006
Sophie Haydock, 25, from UK Female circumcision
Sophie Haydock, 25, from UK
29 January 2007
John Preece, 29 Festival stewarding: more than just mud
John Preece, 29
18 April 2006
Kim Whittam, 18, from Manchester Fight climate change
Kim Whittam, 18, from Manchester
10 July 2007
George Robinson, 19, from Loughborough Fighting Fair
George Robinson, 19, from Loughborough
03 September 2008
Maddy Fry, 19, from Oxfordshire Film Review: The Last King of Scotland
Maddy Fry, 19, from Oxfordshire
02 March 2007
Gareth Edward Jones, 30, from Poole Film review - Blood Diamond
Gareth Edward Jones, 30, from Poole
20 February 2007
Peter Rice, 23, from London Film review – Daratt
Peter Rice, 23, from London
11 September 2007
Maddy Fry, 19, from Oxfordshire Film review – The Lives of Others
Maddy Fry, 19, from Oxfordshire
30 April 2007
Maddy Fry, 19, from Oxfordshire Film review: An Inconvenient Truth
Maddy Fry, 19, from Oxfordshire
01 September 2006
Najiba Abdellaoui, 27, from Netherlands Football and the power of money
Najiba Abdellaoui, 27, from Netherlands
06 June 2006
Suda Perera, 22 Forward Rwanda – Reintegrating Rwandese Child Soldiers
Suda Perera, 22
01 July 2008
Gareth Edward Jones, 30, from Poole Fundraising: not as scary as you might think
Gareth Edward Jones, 30, from Poole
07 August 2006
Paul Dicken, 25 G-Hate? Not worth the worry
Paul Dicken, 25
28 June 2007
Edmund Woodfield, 19, from Tunbridge Wells G8 rally – the World Can’t Wait
Edmund Woodfield, 19, from Tunbridge Wells
04 June 2007
Ruth Webb, from UK G8's broken promises make me angry
Ruth Webb, from UK
24 July 2006
Joanne Kelly, 25, from Reading Gap year travellers are wasters
Joanne Kelly, 25, from Reading
18 July 2007
Matthew Anstee, 28, from Aberystwyth Gap year travellers aren’t wasters
Matthew Anstee, 28, from Aberystwyth
18 July 2007
Sophie Haydock, 25, from UK Generation Why talks to George Monbiot
Sophie Haydock, 25, from UK
22 February 2007
Victoria Watts, 24, from London Glastonbury: Muddy. Happy. Massive. Toilet. Commercial. Ethical.
Victoria Watts, 24, from London
30 July 2007
Maddy Fry, 19, from Oxfordshire Global poverty: is it really on the Conservative agenda?
Maddy Fry, 19, from Oxfordshire
06 July 2006
Emma Davis, 23, from Tunbridge Wells HIV/AIDS and the UK
Emma Davis, 23, from Tunbridge Wells
27 March 2008
Anna Howey, from Cameroon HIV/AIDS education in Cameroon
Anna Howey, from Cameroon
02 December 2005
Rachel Carpenter, 23, from Exeter Halfway there? Global Campaign for Education Week of Action
Rachel Carpenter, 23, from Exeter
24 April 2007
Danielle Thompson, 18 Happy to live up to a stereotype
Danielle Thompson, 18
23 July 2007
Richard Casson, 24, from Manchester Have you heard of development education?
Richard Casson, 24, from Manchester
12 February 2007
James Rice, 28 Holidays with a difference
James Rice, 28
30 November 2005
Mathew Hulbert, 28 Hope 2008
Mathew Hulbert, 28
14 March 2008
Sara Darr, 22, from Harrow, London How art can get the message across
Sara Darr, 22, from Harrow, London
17 October 2006
Katie Dunn, 22 How is chronic hunger different to famine?
Katie Dunn, 22
11 July 2006
Nicholas Martlew, 25, from Wakefield How should charities involve young people?
Nicholas Martlew, 25, from Wakefield
14 July 2006
Holly Wilkinson, 24, from London How to get on the charity career ladder
Holly Wilkinson, 24, from London
15 August 2007
Sasha Reid How to have an ethical spring
Sasha Reid
25 April 2006
Rachel Itwaru How we can make the world go fair trade
Rachel Itwaru
18 July 2006
Edmund Woodfield, 19, from Tunbridge Wells How you can help to drop the debt
Edmund Woodfield, 19, from Tunbridge Wells
02 May 2006
Nicholas Martlew, 25, from Wakefield I Count climate change rally review
Nicholas Martlew, 25, from Wakefield
07 November 2006
I love / I hate

11 September 2007
I'm dreaming of an ethical Christmas

28 November 2007
Sian Pryce, 21, from Welshpool, Powys I'm dreaming of an ethical Christmas
Sian Pryce, 21, from Welshpool, Powys
05 December 2007
Victoria Watts, 24, from London I'm pro veggie
Victoria Watts, 24, from London
03 July 2007
Maddy Fry, 19, from Oxfordshire ID cards - is Big Brother watching you?
Maddy Fry, 19, from Oxfordshire
24 May 2007
Jen Tomlinson, 18, from Stoke Ideas for a flight-free gap year
Jen Tomlinson, 18, from Stoke
27 November 2006
Suda Perera, 22 Impressions of peace
Suda Perera, 22
10 October 2007
Joanne Kelly, 25, from Reading In need of ethical role models
Joanne Kelly, 25, from Reading
14 May 2007
Kathryn Senior, 20, from Swansea International Women's Day: are we doing enough?
Kathryn Senior, 20, from Swansea
07 March 2006
Sophie Haydock, 25, from UK International Youth Day: team up and take action
Sophie Haydock, 25, from UK
11 August 2006
David Lawson, 19, from Bradford Is aid the solution?
David Lawson, 19, from Bradford
27 April 2006
Hollie McNish, 25 Is volunteering just for those who can afford it?
Hollie McNish, 25
20 January 2006
Keiron Nicholson, 24, from Glasgow It's the end of the Perriers, and nobody's laughing
Keiron Nicholson, 24, from Glasgow
13 September 2006
Claire McGowan, 24 I’m dreaming of a green Christmas
Claire McGowan, 24
08 December 2006
Najiba Abdellaoui, 27, from Netherlands I’m not a plastic bag - believe the hype?
Najiba Abdellaoui, 27, from Netherlands
14 June 2007
Jessica Vine, 25, from Canterbury Japan: a country of contrasts
Jessica Vine, 25, from Canterbury
22 January 2008
Hilary Aked, 23, from Oxford June Sarpong chairs a debate on Africa
Hilary Aked, 23, from Oxford
16 December 2005
Clara Warden, 25, from Newcastle Keep your clothes healthy (and tasty)
Clara Warden, 25, from Newcastle
23 January 2006
Keiron Nicholson, 24, from Glasgow Language is a work in progress
Keiron Nicholson, 24, from Glasgow
06 February 2007
Douglas Wright, 26, from Suffolk Listening to the Young
Douglas Wright, 26, from Suffolk
15 August 2007
Gareth Edward Jones, 30, from Poole Live ethically - buy locally
Gareth Edward Jones, 30, from Poole
30 November 2005
Katie Dunn, 22 Look before you leap to conclusions!
Katie Dunn, 22
02 April 2007
Hollie McNish, 25 Making Christmas ethical
Hollie McNish, 25
02 December 2005
Edmund Woodfield, 19, from Tunbridge Wells Making the best of 2007
Edmund Woodfield, 19, from Tunbridge Wells
17 January 2007
Ruth Webb, from UK Making voluntary work available to the underprivileged
Ruth Webb, from UK
21 January 2006
Richard Casson, 24, from Manchester Manchester’s music makes the world go around?
Richard Casson, 24, from Manchester
29 January 2007
Ed Spicer Men are just as charitable as women
Ed Spicer
09 March 2006
Tyne Gettings, 23, from Leeds Men in frocks love Leeds Oxfam shop
Tyne Gettings, 23, from Leeds
17 September 2007
Sophie Haydock, 25, from UK Moolaadé Film Review
Sophie Haydock, 25, from UK
11 January 2007
Caroline Fielding, from Leicester Moral outrage over HIV/AIDS
Caroline Fielding, from Leicester
14 January 2008
Edmund Woodfield, 19, from Tunbridge Wells My charity work experience
Edmund Woodfield, 19, from Tunbridge Wells
04 July 2006
Pete Lusby, 24, from Oxford / Bedford My summer of music – the story of an Oxfam festivals volunteer
Pete Lusby, 24, from Oxford / Bedford
11 September 2007
Sarah Watts, 24 My thoughts on emergency aid
Sarah Watts, 24
22 October 2007
Kate Budd, from Cardiff My thoughts on ethical consumerism
Kate Budd, from Cardiff
02 January 2008
Patrick McGlinchey, from Glasgow My time on the Oxfam Youth Board
Patrick McGlinchey, from Glasgow
24 November 2006
Bex Wiles, 19, from Kent MyCampaigningSpace
Bex Wiles, 19, from Kent
08 January 2007
Rachel Carpenter, 23, from Exeter Nestlé boycott: does it really make a difference?
Rachel Carpenter, 23, from Exeter
26 February 2008
Bex Wiles, 19, from Kent New Year, New Ways
Bex Wiles, 19, from Kent
18 January 2007
Sally Belfield, 21, from Leeds No More Empty Promises
Sally Belfield, 21, from Leeds
09 July 2008
Emma Fowler, 25, from South Lincolnshire, somewhere near Spalding Not your average hippy stereotype
Emma Fowler, 25, from South Lincolnshire, somewhere near Spalding
23 July 2007
Maddy Fry, 19, from Oxfordshire Now is the time, so do it now
Maddy Fry, 19, from Oxfordshire
29 September 2006
Nicholas Martlew, 25, from Wakefield Organising a ‘Jailbreak’ raised thousands for Oxfam
Nicholas Martlew, 25, from Wakefield
15 June 2006
Maddy Fry, 19, from Oxfordshire Oxfam Live in Oxford
Maddy Fry, 19, from Oxfordshire
14 July 2006
Gareth Edward Jones, 30, from Poole Oxfam Live in Southampton
Gareth Edward Jones, 30, from Poole
02 May 2006
Ben Toone, 25 Oxfam at Reading Festival 2006
Ben Toone, 25
11 September 2006
Emma Fowler, 25, from South Lincolnshire, somewhere near Spalding Painting the town green
Emma Fowler, 25, from South Lincolnshire, somewhere near Spalding
13 March 2007
Edmund Woodfield, 19, from Tunbridge Wells Paying for poverty
Edmund Woodfield, 19, from Tunbridge Wells
25 October 2007
Amy Merone, 25, from Nigeria Primary school education in Kenya
Amy Merone, 25, from Nigeria
11 January 2006
Jacob Halpin Realise your power
Jacob Halpin
08 September 2006
Holly Wilkinson, 24, from London Remember the tsunami?
Holly Wilkinson, 24, from London
26 September 2006
Gareth Edward Jones, 30, from Poole Return of the Green Festival Man
Gareth Edward Jones, 30, from Poole
07 August 2007
Jane Goode, 26, from Bath Review: Poor Story by Giles Bolton
Jane Goode, 26, from Bath
19 March 2007
George Rix, 16, from Bradford Sanctions: Bringing change or chaos?
George Rix, 16, from Bradford
12 August 2008
Charlotte Stemmer, 23, from Sheffield Searching for volunteering opportunities
Charlotte Stemmer, 23, from Sheffield
18 January 2006
Nicholas Martlew, 25, from Wakefield Second Life: the new frontier of e-campaigning?
Nicholas Martlew, 25, from Wakefield
20 January 2007
Seriously, it's not my fault!
Angharad Phippen, from Cheltenham
21 November 2007
Lishia Ezra, 26, from Jakarta Share the cookie!
Lishia Ezra, 26, from Jakarta
10 September 2008
Helen Jones, 21 Shared Planet 2005: ''It confirmed that our generation cares''
Helen Jones, 21
02 December 2005
John Preece, 29 Shared Planet 2005: ''It's no suit-and-tie event.''
John Preece, 29
30 November 2005
Claire Holland, 23, from Norwich/Cornwall Shopping: an ethical minefield
Claire Holland, 23, from Norwich/Cornwall
30 August 2006
Maddy Fry, 19, from Oxfordshire Small Guides to Big Issues: Climate Change by Melanie Jarman
Maddy Fry, 19, from Oxfordshire
25 October 2007
Dee Nunn, 23, from Hull Spreading the green message at Leeds Festival
Dee Nunn, 23, from Hull
03 September 2007
Richard Wyatt, from London Stamp Out Poverty
Richard Wyatt, from London
03 September 2008
Sophie Haydock, 25, from UK Stand up to the challenge
Sophie Haydock, 25, from UK
13 October 2006
Nicholas Martlew, 25, from Wakefield Standing Up Against Poverty in the North
Nicholas Martlew, 25, from Wakefield
17 October 2006
Rhodri Davies, 26, from Bath / Cairo Stay in touch, start a blog
Rhodri Davies, 26, from Bath / Cairo
05 October 2006
Max Hogg, 25 Stewarding at Glade: just magic!
Max Hogg, 25
27 July 2006
Max Hogg, 25 Stewarding for Trade Justice
Max Hogg, 25
30 November 2005
John Preece, 29 Stop Climate Change march: 3 December 2005
John Preece, 29
08 December 2005
Edmund Woodfield, 19, from Tunbridge Wells Stop the Vultures!
Edmund Woodfield, 19, from Tunbridge Wells
16 March 2007
Sarah Watts, 24 Student apathy or student involvement?
Sarah Watts, 24
09 February 2007
Helen Jones, 21 Students take action with People & Planet
Helen Jones, 21
17 September 2007
Max Hogg, 25 Supermarkets: can we shop anywhere else?
Max Hogg, 25
02 December 2005
Miranda Rhymer, 22, from Edinburgh Teaching young people about HIV/AIDS
Miranda Rhymer, 22, from Edinburgh
02 December 2005
Rachel Carpenter, 23, from Exeter Text speak: creating or destroying language?
Rachel Carpenter, 23, from Exeter
06 February 2007
Suzie Hodges, from Virginia The Darfur Conflict; what's the problem?
Suzie Hodges, from Virginia
09 January 2008
Matthew Anstee, 28, from Aberystwyth The G8: What would you say?
Matthew Anstee, 28, from Aberystwyth
31 May 2007
Edmund Woodfield, 19, from Tunbridge Wells The Gambia’s cancelled debts
Edmund Woodfield, 19, from Tunbridge Wells
31 January 2008
Hilary Aked, 23, from Oxford The Price of Rice
Hilary Aked, 23, from Oxford
03 September 2008
David Lawson, 19, from Bradford The UN Small Arms Review Conference
David Lawson, 19, from Bradford
30 June 2006
Ann-Louise Anderson, 20, from London The Urgency of Now: A call for active citizenship
Ann-Louise Anderson, 20, from London
05 September 2008
Jane Goode, 26, from Bath The Urgency of Now: It ain't big but it is clever
Jane Goode, 26, from Bath
05 September 2008
Joanne Kelly, 25, from Reading The Urgency of Now: Pass it on!
Joanne Kelly, 25, from Reading
05 September 2008
Lishia Ezra, 26, from Jakarta The Urgency of Now: The Time for Action
Lishia Ezra, 26, from Jakarta
05 September 2008
Bex Wiles, 19, from Kent The Urgency of Now: This book will make you angry
Bex Wiles, 19, from Kent
05 September 2008
Meenal Odedra, from UK The Urgency of Now: What are you doing for others?
Meenal Odedra, from UK
05 September 2008
The Urgency of Now

05 September 2008
Jessica Vine, 25, from Canterbury The biggest campaign in history
Jessica Vine, 25, from Canterbury
22 March 2007
John Preece, 29 The campaigner's guide to the web
John Preece, 29
30 January 2006
Edmund Woodfield, 19, from Tunbridge Wells The economic expert's view of Make Trade Fair
Edmund Woodfield, 19, from Tunbridge Wells
08 February 2006
John Butler, 26, from Cape Town The future of HIV/Aids in South Africa and my next step
John Butler, 26, from Cape Town
17 April 2007
Gareth Edward Jones, 30, from Poole The greener festival guide
Gareth Edward Jones, 30, from Poole
06 June 2007
David Lawson, 19, from Bradford The human vending machine
David Lawson, 19, from Bradford
20 March 2006
Katie Dunn, 22 The importance of student media
Katie Dunn, 22
11 December 2006
Katie Dunn, 22 The importance of student media
Katie Dunn, 22
11 December 2006
Peter Rice, 23, from London The more you give the more you get
Peter Rice, 23, from London
28 March 2008
Emma Blackmore, 25, from Hertfordshire The rise of the New Puritans
Emma Blackmore, 25, from Hertfordshire
06 January 2006
Sophie Haydock, 25, from UK The slave trade today
Sophie Haydock, 25, from UK
22 March 2007
Amy Merone, 25, from Nigeria The spread of HIV in South Africa
Amy Merone, 25, from Nigeria
17 January 2006
Najiba Abdellaoui, 27, from Netherlands The truth between the li(n)es
Najiba Abdellaoui, 27, from Netherlands
28 February 2007
Kathryn Senior, 20, from Swansea The tsunami: raising awareness and remembering
Kathryn Senior, 20, from Swansea
05 January 2006
Claire McGowan, 24 Top fundraising tips
Claire McGowan, 24
24 April 2006
Matthew Anstee, 28, from Aberystwyth Traditional Healers vs Western Medicine
Matthew Anstee, 28, from Aberystwyth
12 March 2007
Claire McGowan, 24 Travelling without moving
Claire McGowan, 24
01 August 2006
Jessica Aldred, 27 Trek the Great Wall of China
Jessica Aldred, 27
09 October 2007
Jade Flahive-Gilbert , 18, from Croydon Turning up for the trade justice rally
Jade Flahive-Gilbert , 18, from Croydon
27 April 2007
Sarah Watts, 24 Unfashionable double standards?
Sarah Watts, 24
11 December 2007
Liz Cooper, 25, from UK Unravelling Fair Trade
Liz Cooper, 25, from UK
23 September 2008
Peter Rice, 23, from London Unveiling the truth
Peter Rice, 23, from London
18 December 2006
Danielle Thompson, 18 Valentine's Day: where's the love?
Danielle Thompson, 18
13 February 2007
Liz Dodd, 22, from Cambridge Visiting the tsunami photo exhibition
Liz Dodd, 22, from Cambridge
13 January 2006
Kate Murphy, 25 Viva la MySpace Revolution!
Kate Murphy, 25
30 October 2006
Edmund Woodfield, 19, from Tunbridge Wells Voluntary work in the Gambia
Edmund Woodfield, 19, from Tunbridge Wells
03 October 2006
Edmund Woodfield, 19, from Tunbridge Wells Volunteering (and shopping) in Oxfam shops
Edmund Woodfield, 19, from Tunbridge Wells
29 December 2005
Joanne Kelly, 25, from Reading Volunteering pays!
Joanne Kelly, 25, from Reading
05 February 2008
Holly Wilkinson, 24, from London Volunteering: What's in it for me?
Holly Wilkinson, 24, from London
11 January 2007
Hilary Aked, 23, from Oxford Wake up and smell the coffee
Hilary Aked, 23, from Oxford
28 June 2007
Claire McGowan, 24 Water shortage: time to face the facts
Claire McGowan, 24
04 May 2006
Claire Holland, 23, from Norwich/Cornwall We are the great generation… or at least we could be
Claire Holland, 23, from Norwich/Cornwall
20 October 2006
Max Hogg, 25 What about cycling it?
Max Hogg, 25
23 May 2006
Eileen Guo, 20, from New Jersey, US What angers me about poverty
Eileen Guo, 20, from New Jersey, US
11 July 2006
What does Oxfam mean to you?

26 July 2007
Mathew Hulbert, 28 What does charity mean to you?
Mathew Hulbert, 28
10 October 2007
Charlotte Stemmer, 23, from Sheffield What next for the Make Poverty History campaign?
Charlotte Stemmer, 23, from Sheffield
02 December 2005
Douglas Wright, 26, from Suffolk What will happen to our environment if we don't act now?
Douglas Wright, 26, from Suffolk
18 July 2006
Meenal Odedra, from UK What's it like to be a Brit-Asian?
Meenal Odedra, from UK
07 February 2008
Heather Moorhouse, 22 When turtles roamed the earth
Heather Moorhouse, 22
05 March 2007
Sarah Goodwin, from Scarborough Why charity doesn’t always start at home
Sarah Goodwin, from Scarborough
13 November 2006
Sarah Goodwin, from Scarborough Why charity shops are cool
Sarah Goodwin, from Scarborough
08 December 2006
Ruth Webb, from UK Why don't we buy more Fairtrade food?
Ruth Webb, from UK
07 December 2005
Richard Wyatt, from London Why internships are ace!
Richard Wyatt, from London
08 April 2008
Claire McGowan, 24 Why on earth did I want an 'ethical' career?
Claire McGowan, 24
15 March 2006
Sara Darr, 22, from Harrow, London Why photojournalism is important
Sara Darr, 22, from Harrow, London
09 February 2007
Nicholas Martlew, 25, from Wakefield Why volunteering is ace – for everyone
Nicholas Martlew, 25, from Wakefield
06 March 2007
Emma Smith, 20, from Derbyshire Why volunteering is good for you
Emma Smith, 20, from Derbyshire
18 January 2006
Mathew Hulbert, 28 Why we should wish PM Brown well… and then wait for the results
Mathew Hulbert, 28
07 August 2007
Max Hogg, 25 Why's it so hard to change?
Max Hogg, 25
16 April 2007
Nikki Kane, 18 Women are more charitable than men
Nikki Kane, 18
09 March 2006
Amy Merone, 25, from Nigeria Women's stories: Alice Searle and HIV in South Africa
Amy Merone, 25, from Nigeria
06 March 2006
Amy Merone, 25, from Nigeria Women's stories: Mary from Kenya
Amy Merone, 25, from Nigeria
02 March 2006
Amy Merone, 25, from Nigeria Women's stories: Tamanda from Malawi
Amy Merone, 25, from Nigeria
08 March 2006
Amy Merone, 25, from Nigeria World Aids Day: Living positively in Nigeria
Amy Merone, 25, from Nigeria
22 November 2006
Amy Merone, 25, from Nigeria World Refugee Week: seeking asylum in the UK
Amy Merone, 25, from Nigeria
20 June 2006
John Preece, 29 Wychwood 2006: and they're off!
John Preece, 29
14 June 2006
Paul Dicken, 25 Your ethical dilemmas solved
Paul Dicken, 25
23 October 2006
Zimbabwe: what can we do?
Lizzie Horsey, 15
15 January 2009
Amy Coates “Oxfam? That’s the old people’s shop right?”
Amy Coates
05 July 2007
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