Media calendar

Do get in touch with the relevant contact if you’d like any more information or the duty press officer on +44 7748 761999 (calls and voicemail, no texts) or media.unit@oxfam.org.uk.

For the latest updates follow us on Twitter: @oxfamgbpress.

Visit the Oxfam Media Centre for press releases and contact details of individual members of the Oxfam Media Team.

Gaza crisis: By funnelling a single, generic food box through a militarised pipeline run by the Israeli army, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) is ignoring urgent needs for medical care, clean water, shelter and fuel. Distributions are untargeted, chaotic and on first-come-first-served scrambles inside active conflict zones where many people have already been killed. Israel must immediately open all crossings and allow impartial aid agencies in, to deliver aid properly, to the most vulnerable, safely and at the scale needed.  Oxfam is calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and for all parties to be held to account for any war crimes committed to ensure justice for the victims and to deter future violations. Oxfam is also calling for the UK Government to immediately suspend all remaining arms licences to Israel given the ongoing risk of IHL being further violated. Spokespeople available in Gaza, as well as the region and the UK.  Contact: Oxfam Media Unit / +44 (0)7748 761 999 / media.unit@oxfam.org.uk

UK International Aid and Social Security Spending Cuts: The Government is choosing to cut vital international aid and social security support for millions of people struggling at home and around the world, while protecting the soaring wealth of millionaires and billionaires. With three quarters of the British public backing government tax increases on the very richest, Oxfam is calling for a two per cent wealth tax on those with net assets of over £10 million, which could raise an estimated £24 billion tax revenue each year. Contact: Oxfam Media Unit / +44 (0)7748 761 999 / media.unit@oxfam.org.uk

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Renewed fighting in the DRC has led to an escalation of the humanitarian crisis, displacing hundreds of thousands of people who are now facing a lack of basic necessities. After several camps for displaced people were destroyed in the conflict, many people are now returning to the villages they once left, only to find themselves without food, water and any basic healthcare facilities. Oxfam is providing food, water, sanitation and cash assistance in several areas. Spokespeople available in the DRC. Contact: Zara Sarvarian / +44 (0)7584 265 077 / zsarvarian1@oxfam.org.uk

2-8 June: Volunteers’ Week. A chance to celebrate Oxfam’s amazing volunteers and recognise the incredible contribution they make. Oxfam press release and news stats released on the benefits of volunteering. Contact: Louise Lazell, +44 (0) 7826 553 200 / llazell1@oxfam.org.uk

11 June: UK Government Spending Review. Oxfam will be reacting and will have spokespeople available for comment on issues including climate finance, inequality and international aid. Contact: Oxfam Media Unit / +44 (0)7748 761 999 / media.unit@oxfam.org.uk

15-17 June: G7 Summit in Canada. Oxfam press release on cuts to aid spending by G7 nations. Oxfam spokespeople available. Contact: Oxfam Media Unit / +44 (0)7748 761 999 / media.unit@oxfam.org.uk

Mid-June (TBC): New Oxfam research that calculates how much money is potentially being lost to financialisation in the social care and childcare sectors. Contact: Frances Legg / +44 (0)7824 824 359 / flegg1@oxfam.org.uk

19 June: To coincide with the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn (16-26 June), Oxfam will publish new data on the excess profits of fossil fuel companies alongside global polling with Greenpeace on public attitudes to taxing fossil fuel companies to fund climate damages. Oxfam spokespeople available. For more information contact: Sophie Bowell / +44 (0)7810 814 980 / sbowell@oxfam.org.uk

20 June: World Refugee Day. International day designated by the United Nations to honour refugees around the globe. Contact: Oxfam Media Unit / +44 (0)7748 761 999 / media.unit@oxfam.org.uk

23 June (TBC): Launch of Oxfam’s books campaign with press release and new stats about second-hand books. Contact: Aarabi Baheerathan / +44 (0) 7876 476 403 / abaheerathan1@oxfam.org.uk

25-29 June: Glastonbury Festival. Oxfam volunteers will be stewarding and campaigning at the festival, and on-site Oxfam shops will be selling our sustainable fashion and festival essentials to raise funds to help tackle poverty and inequality around the world. Contact: Oxfam Media Unit / +44 (0)7748 761 999 / media.unit@oxfam.org.uk

30 June-3 July: 4th International Conference on Financing for Development, Seville, Spain. The conference will address the urgent need to fully implement the Sustainable Development Goals, and need for better international coordination. Contact: Oxfam Media Unit / +44 (0)7748 761 999 / media.unit@oxfam.org.uk

9 July: The Climate Coalition Mass Lobby, Westminster, London. Alongside grassroots groups and organisations from across the UK, Oxfam will take part in a mass lobby of MPs urging them to take action on the climate crisis. For more information contact: Sophie Bowell / +44 (0)7810 814 980 / sbowell@oxfam.org.uk

17-18 July: G20 Finance Ministers Meeting, Cape Town, South Africa. Oxfam spokespeople available. Contact: Oxfam Media Unit / +44 (0)7748 761 999 / media.unit@oxfam.org.uk