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Haiti Earthquake Appeal Celebrity Auction

Jude — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:25:00 +0000

Glastonbury Festival organiser Emily Eavis and Oxfam have put together a celebrity charity auction on eBay to raise money for their Haiti Earthquake Appeal. While you can’t actually nab yourself a celebrity in the auction, you can bid on some seriously cool stuff that has been generously donated by musicians, including Glastonbury VIP tickets, a Florence and the Machine Limited edition signed print and loads more.

The mighty Muse have donated the custom Tama drumkit that Dom used throughout the Black Holes & Revelations… 2006-2008 tour and is a serious bit of kit, ever more so if you are a Muse fan! The current winning bid stands at £2,500, though we fully expect this to go higher once we’ve cleared out the garage

Above is Muse performing Supermassive Black Hole at Wembley in 2007 with Dom using the very drum kit up for auction.

The auction is open now and closes at 0900 on Tuesday 2 February with more items being added all the time. So head on over and while bagging yourself some great music and movie memorabilia, remember all proceeds will go to the Oxfam Haiti Earthquake Appeal.

Haiti Earthquake Appeal Celebrity Auction
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Oxjam, Oxfams Music Festival Kicks off in October

Jude — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:58:15 +0000

Oxfam aim to raise money, end poverty and make good music this October with their month long music festival, Oxjam. This is no ordinary music festival where you pay through the nose for tickets for the pleasure of camping in a muddy field, trekking miles to see your favourite artist, then find your view blocked by a giant flag being waved manically by a stockbroker called Steve.

Oxjam is completely different, it is made up of hundreds of events taking place during October, organised by ordinary people, in local pubs, clubs and front rooms. There are events happening all over the country catering for all musical tastes, if it’s good music you’re after, you will most definitely find it at an Oxjam gig.

There are 24 main takeover events happening around the UK including the Oxjam Cardiff Takeover on Sunday 11th October, spread across four of Cardiff’s finest live music venues – Clwb Ifor Bach, Toucan, Dempseys, Y Fuwch Goch featuring the best of the Welsh musical scene.

The Oxjam Music Festival have posted a good luck message on You Tube to everyone taking part in this year’s festival. Quality tune, however look for the middle guy giving himself an injury at the end!

For more information on what gigs are taking place in your area, or if you want to get involved and set up your own Oxjam event, click here to visit the website and get more information.

Those Old Boots Were Made For Walking… Straight to Oxfam

Jude — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:24:12 +0000

The Mirror have today reported on a couple attempting a 220 mile walk from London to Birmingham for charity. Not so unusual, you may think, charity walks are pretty popular, however, this one is being done in the nude! Mark Stephenson and Fiona Lincoln are braving the chilly British weather to raise awareness of Clothes For A Cause appeal. The appeal is being run in conjunction with Oxfam and the Ordnance Survey Outdoors Show taking place in Birmingham from 27th-29th March at the NEC.

The shows organisers are encouraging visitors to bring their old walking gear and equipment to be donated to Oxfam and re-used in foreign aid projects. The couple started their hike on Sunday with only their hiking boots, socks and a rucksack each and hope to get to Birmingham by the time the show starts on Friday.

If you are attending the show, be sure to do your bit and donate any old walking boots and equipment. If you are interesting in buying recycled goods you can buy second hand items online from the Oxfam shop.

The Mirror Charity Nudists Article

Free Fairtrade Chocolates With Oxfam Unwrapped Christmas Gifts

jason — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:12:11 +0000

We know that if you’re thinking of buying a charity christmas gift that you don’t really need that much incentive, but with all and sundry running discounts and offers it’s no surprise that charity shops are doing that little bit extra to try and make you spend your money with them.

For a limited time period Oxfam Unwrapped are offering a free box of chocs worth £10.99 with selected gifts. They’re not just any chocolates either, but a “gorgeous selection of hand-finished Fairtrade chocolates”. According to the blurb we were sent “they’re made using only premium cocoa beans from the Kuapa Kokoo farmers’ co-op in Ghana, whose motto ‘pa pa paa’ means ‘best of the best’ in the local Twi language”. Sounds lovely!

These chocolates normally costs £10.99, but you get them free when you spend £50 or more on gifts purchased from their website. Stocks are limited so this offer is only available whilst stocks last.

Free Fairtrade Chocolates at Oxfam Unwrapped

Fairtrade Chocolate Gift Ideas