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Grow Picnic

20 August 2011 1:00pm

Look out for our 'Grow' picnic in Heaton Park...

Submitted by jgoreham on Tue, 16/08/2011 - 19:26

A giant baby blanket made by Manchester people to campaign for justice for pregnant women and new mothers worldwide. Each of the 1400 squares was knitted to represent a women dying each day through lack of healthcare in poor countries.
Find out more about this 'craftivism' at our free exhibition.
Manchester Cathedral Victoria Street, Manchester, M3 1SX
Monday 9 August - Tuesday 31 August 2010
Cathedral opening hours: Mon-Fri: 8.30am-5pm Sat: 8.30am- 5pm Sun: 8.30am-6pm

Launch event! 5.30-7pm, 09.08.10
• Short film on the making of the blanket
• Meet the knitters

Submitted by jgoreham on Wed, 28/07/2010 - 22:41

Talk: Climate Change Adaptation in Western Uganda, followed by group meeting

5 July 2010 6:30pm

Nicola Sansom, Activism and Community Campaigner with Oxfam, went to Uganda earlier in the year. She will give a talk about the climate change adaptation projects she visited, sharing stories and pictures of the people she met, and their struggles and hope.
Entertaining, inspiring and informative!

6.30-7pm, Monday 5 July, meeting rooms A & B, Greenfish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LE

Submitted by jgoreham on Sat, 03/07/2010 - 19:36

May campaign - combating HIV/AIDS and infectious diseases

23 May 2010 12:00pm

Letter writing to MPs at the Oxfam Didsbury shop...

Derin, Mike and Julie will be in attendance to get letters signed and sent to local MPs to remind them not to go back on their promises to meet the Millenium Development Goals, specifically around Combating HIV/AIDS and Infectious Diseases.

They will be in the shop from 12pm – 4pm. Anyone who wants to come along and help, sign a letter, or do some shopping is very welcome!

The shop is here:
Oxfam Shop, 778 Wilmslow Road, Didsbury, Manchester, M20 2DR

Submitted by jgoreham on Sat, 22/05/2010 - 18:35

Fundraiser / MDG campaigning

17 April 2010 10:00am

Oxfam volunteers will be out shaking buckets in central Manchester to raise some much needed funds for Oxfam between 10am-6pm on Saturday 17 April.

If you can come along and help we're asking people to sign up to a 3 hour slot by contacting HMcHugh@oxfam.org.uk

The Manchester Oxfam Campaigners group will also be present doing some campaigning on the Millennium Development Goals campaign - April's MDG is 'End Poverty and Hunger'... to find out more use the 'contact us' button on this page (top, right).

Submitted by jgoreham on Tue, 30/03/2010 - 21:45

Manchester Oxfam at International Women's Day

7 March 2010 1:00pm

We'll be campaigning on maternal mortality at the city council's International Women's Day event, 1-4pm, Sunday 7 March... why not pop along and see us...
We'll be raising awareness about the issue of women in dying uneccessarily in pregnancy and childbirth due to a lack of healthcare, and inviting people to make mothers' day cards to call for action!
The event takes place in Manchester Town Hall, Albert Sq, M60 2LA

Submitted by jgoreham on Wed, 03/03/2010 - 23:33

Campaigns Group meeting

1 February 2010 6:30pm

Our monthly campaigns planning meeting, held at Greenfish Centre on Oldham Street.

This meeting will include planning our valentines action events for the Millennium Development Goals campaign...for more infomation on this see the campaigns section!

Submitted by jgoreham on Sun, 17/01/2010 - 16:03

Climate Change: Hitting the poorest first and worst - what can we do?

17 September 2009 6:30pm

Information and planning session
6:30-8pm, Thursday 17 September
Greenfish centre, Oldham Street, Manchester

A people-focussed look at climate change
- case studies showing the impact of climate change on justice and development through real peoples' stories
- planning action up till the Copenhagen climate conference - how we can we make a difference

Interactive, fun and free!
Faciliated by an Oxfam volunteer

To sign up visit http://manchesteroxfamgroup.eventbrite.com

Submitted by jgoreham on Sun, 13/09/2009 - 20:18

Chorlton Park Festival

11 July 2009 10:00am

Oxfam returns to the Chorlton Park Festival. If you would like to help out on the stall and fancy a great day out then come along. If you'd like more information get in touch via the 'contact us' section of the website. The focus of our campaigning will be on climate change.

Submitted by jpegington on Tue, 07/07/2009 - 22:05

Beach Road Festival, Chorlton

5 July 2009 11:00am

Beach Road Festival is always a lot of fun with loads of stalls, food and music - this year the campaigning will focused on the environment and climate change. If you want to get involved go through the 'contact us' section. See you there!

Submitted by jpegington on Thu, 18/06/2009 - 21:42