March 2013 - May 2013
March
8th - Oxfam Get Together for International Women's Day. Inviting people to organise a Get Together event doing anything they enjoy with friends, family and colleagues to raise money for Oxfam's work with women living in poverty around the world. The majority of poor people are women, who have fewer rights, resources and opportunities to make life-changing decisions than men. Oxfam helps women claim their rights and make their voices heard. Celebrity Get Together supporters include Lauren Laverne, Cherry Healey and Gemma Cairney.
Contact Georgia Best on (0)1865 472375 /gbest@oxfam.org.uk
11 - Festival Stewarding recruitment. Opening stewarding recruitment for 2013 festival season. Contact cwilkinson@oxfam.org.uk/ 01865 473648
12 - Release of Oxfam/Saferworld briefing paper on the Arms Trade Treaty in advance of negotiations starting in New York on March 18. Getting it Right: The Pieces that Matter for the ATT looks at the major loopholes in the draft treaty text and suggests changes which, if made, will dramatically strengthen the treaty - and save lives. For embargoed copies and to arrange briefings, contact Zahra Akkerhuys on +44 1865 472498 or +44 7525 901932.
18 - MEPs to vote on the EU's post-2020 Renewable Energy strategy, Brussels: Members of the Industry, Research and Energy Committee (ITRE) will vote on the EU's post-2020 Renewable Energy strategy. Oxfam is calling on the EU to rule out support for biofuels competing with food for crops, water and land. They are pushing up global food prices and driving people off their land. Contact Georgette Thomas on +44 (0)7824 503108 / gthomas@oxfam.org.uk
18-28 - Diplomats to meet at the UN in New York for two weeks of negotiations to conclude talks an Arms Trade Treaty. Oxfam will be there. Contact Zahra Akkerhuys on +44 1865 472498 or +44 7525 901932 to arrange interviews with Oxfam's Head of Arms Control Anna Macdonald.
19 - IF campaign pre-budget photo opportunity, Westminster. Oxfam activists will be taking part in campaign activity to show public support for aid increase and call on Government to take action to tackle hunger. Contact Jon Slater on 01865 472249/ 07876476403 / jslater@oxfam.org.uk
20 - UK Budget - Oxfam spokespeople available to talk about UK poverty issues and progress towards overseas aid pledge. Contact Jon Slater on 01865 472249/ 07876476403 / jslater@oxfam.org.uk
21 - EU Environment Ministers' meeting, Brussels: Energy Ministers to discuss the impact of EU biofuels policy on food prices and limiting the contribution of biofuels made from food crops towards 2020 renewable energy target at 5% of total energy in transport. They will also debate measuring carbon emissions caused by expanding agriculture for new biofuels and climate change. Contact Georgette Thomas on +44 (0)7824 503108 / gthomas@oxfam.org.uk
21 - Oxfam and Nectar launch new initiative. Contact Sophie Bowell +44 (0) 1865 472254 / +44 (0) 7810 814 980 / sbowell@oxfam.org.uk / @sophbow
25-27 - David Cameron expected to attend 4th meeting of High Level Panel setting post-2015 development goals, Bali - Oxfam is pushing for target to reduce global inequality. Contact Jon Slater on 01865 472249/ 07876476403 / jslater@oxfam.org.uk
26 - Photographic exhibition on Cambodian land rights opens in London: The photographs follow a return visit to Cambodia last year with the writer Nicholas Shakespeare. Contact Lucy Brinicombe +44 (0)7786 110054 / lbrinicombe@oxfam.org.uk or Lys Holdoway +44 (0)7778 482867 / lholdoway@oxfam.org.uk
April
Early April (tbc) - OECD annual aid figures setting out progress of major donors towards aid targets, Oxfam will comment. Contact: Sarah Dransfield on 01865 472269, 07767 085636 or email sdransfield@oxfam.org.uk Twitter: @SarahOxfam
1 April - Oxfam and high street fashion retailer Monsoon team up to launch an exclusive new range of homewares
Contact Sophie Bowell +44 (0) 1865 472254 / +44 (0) 7810 814 980 / sbowell@oxfam.org.uk / @sophbow
10-11 G8 Foreign ministers meeting, Lancaster House, London - Oxfam available for comment on humanitarian issues. Contact Ian Bray on 01865 472289 / 07721 461339/ibray@oxfam.org.uk
19-21 IMF and World Bank Spring meetings - Oxfam will be available for comment on issues affecting developing countries and will be pressing the Bank to take action to stop land grabs. Contact Jon Slater on 01865 472249/ 07876 476403 / jslater@oxfam.org.uk or Lucy Brinicombe on +44 (0)7786 110054 / lbrinicombe@oxfam.org.uk
15th - 18th - European Parliament to vote on the EU's post-2020 Renewable Energy Strategy, Strasbourg. Oxfam is calling on the EU to rule out support for biofuels competing with food for crops, water and land. They are pushing up global food prices and driving people off their land. Contact Georgette Thomas on +44 (0)7824 503108 / gthomas@oxfam.org.uk
21 - Virgin London Marathon - 200 Oxfam runners will be taking part in the London marathon aiming to raise £300k to support Oxfam's work fighting poverty around the world. Also running for Oxfam will be designer Wayne Hemingway and his daughter Tilly. Contact: Sophie Bowell on 01865 47 2254 or sbowell@oxfam.org.uk
25 - World Health Assembly, Geneva - Oxfam release comparing success of private and public healthcare in poor countries. Contact: Sarah Dransfield on 01865 472269, 07767 085636 or email sdransfield@oxfam.org.uk Twitter: @SarahOxfam
End April/Start May - Report: Oxfam and the Institute for Development Studies: The first of four annual reports researching the the effect food prices are having on the everyday lives of people living in rural and urban communities in ten countries around the world. Contact Lucy Brinicombe, +44 (0)7786 110054 / lbrinicombe@oxfam.org.uk
May
7 - Conference led by the new Somali Government will be held in London. Oxfam spokespeople will be available. Contact Anna Ridout, 01865 473415/07766 443506/ aridout@oxfam.org.uk
10-11 - G7 Finance Ministers' meeting, London - Oxfam available for comment on issues affecting developing countries, including tax reform. Contact Jon Slater on 01865 472249/ 07876 476403 / jslater@oxfam.org.uk
Date tbc - Oxfam's recycling facility reopens at a new site in Bately, after the fire burnt down the original premises in 2011. Official opening tbc. Contact 01865 073648/07825 196769/ cwilkinson@oxfam.org.uk
Date tbc - Book Donation Drive - Oxfam's national appeal for people to donate their unwanted books to Oxfam
Contact Sophie Bowell +44 (0) 1865 472254 / +44 (0) 7810 814 980 / sbowell@oxfam.org.uk / @sophbow