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Ewan McGregor Speaks Up For Starving Children In East Africa Jul 15, 2011

UNICEF ambassador Ewan McGregor has made a heartfelt plea for the victims of what has been called the worst food crisis of this century in East Africa. More →

Kristin Davis Sees Food Crisis In Kenya Jul 11, 2011

Kristin Davis has been visiting the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya with Oxfam, to see the devastating impact of the drought. More →

Celebrities Sign Letter About Worst Food Crisis Of This Century Jul 8, 2011

Celebrities including Peter Gabriel, Lauren Laverne, Annie Lennox and Michael Morpugo have signed an open letter about the worst food crisis of the 21st century. More →

Roger Federer's Wimbledon Defeat Costly For Charity Jun 30, 2011

Roger Federer's defeat at Wimbledon today has proved doubly costly – not only has the six-time champion been defeated, but Oxfam have been denied a windfall of more than £100,000 due thanks to a bet placed placed by a man who left his estate to the charity when he died. More →

Oxfam Ready For The Glastonbury Mud Jun 23, 2011

It’s described as the scourge of British summer music festivals but new research by festival veteran Oxfam, a Glastonbury charity partner for 18 years, suggests that festival mud is very much embraced by music lovers and is even regarded as iconic. More →

Scarlett Johansson And Kristin Davis Speak Out Against Global Food Crisis Jun 2, 2011

Leading actors Scarlett Johansson and Kristin Davis, photographer Rankin, supermodel Helena Christensen and TV presenter Zoe Ball are among the stars joining Oxfam in putting out a call to fix the broken global food system, which is failing to feed nearly a billion people each day. More →

Duchess Of Cornwall Donates Books To Charity Jun 2, 2011

The Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla Parker Bowles, yesterday donated her own books to Oxfam in support of the charity’s nationwide Book Donation Drive. More →

OxTravels: Meetings With Remarkable Travel Writers For Oxfam May 30, 2011

Some of travel writing’s biggest names were at Daunt Books in Marylebone, England, last week for the launch of OxTravels: Meetings With Remarkable Travel Writers – published by Profile Books in support of Oxfam. More →

25% Discount For Celebrity Charity Festival For Humanity Tickets Apr 26, 2011

The brand new 4-day music and art festival at Mountain Creek Resort in Vernon, New Jersey called the Festival for Humanity has announced headliners Good Charlotte, John Popper and the Duskray Troubadours, Third Eye Blind, From Good Homes, The New Pornographers, The Misfits, Sister Hazel, Cracker, Soul Asylum and many more! More →

Annie Lennox Performs At Celebrity Charity Shop Launch Apr 4, 2011

Annie Lennox helped launch the Oxfam Celebrity Charity Curiosity Shop at Selfridges in London on Thursday, performing 4 songs and raising over £31,000 by allowing the audience to bid for each performance. More →

Annie Lennox's Celebrity Charity Shop Returns Mar 22, 2011

Following last year’s incredible success, Britain’s biggest celebrity charity pop-up shop is back – and it’s better than ever. More →

Annie Lennox To Be Honored With Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award Mar 8, 2011

NARM, the music business association, has announced that it will honor Grammy and Oscar-winning artist, activist and campaigner, Annie Lennox, with its Harry Chapin Memorial Humanitarian Award in recognition of her outstanding work on behalf of HIV/AIDS awareness and other health, human rights and environmental causes. More →

James Bond Joins Annie Lennox For International Women's Day Mar 7, 2011

James Bond star Daniel Craig appears in drag for a special video produced for a partnership of leading charities brought together by Annie Lennox. More →

Stars Have A Bit Of A Do For Oxfam Mar 4, 2011

Oxfam is asking women to get together and Have a bit of a Do this March to raise money for the charity’s women’s projects. More →

Oxfam Congratulates Colin Firth For Oscar Win Mar 2, 2011

International aid agency Oxfam has joined voices from around the world to congratulate Colin Firth, a global ambassador for the charity, on his outstanding successes at this season’s award ceremonies. More →

Get Your Hands On Celebrity Wallets For Charity Feb 21, 2011

A host of fashionistas and celebrities – including Edith Bowman, model Daisy Lowe, stylish chef Gizzi Erskine and The Hoosiers – have ‘voted with their wallet’ by donating them to Oxfam in support of its new 100% giving campaign, a new way to give to charity. More →

Annie Lennox Makes Charity Trip To Malawi Feb 18, 2011

Annie Lennox is currently in Malawi in her first visit as a special envoy for the Scottish branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. More →

Dirty Dancing Voted Best Chick Flick In Oxfam Survey Feb 10, 2011

British women have crowned Dirty Dancing – starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey – as their favourite chick flick for a girls’ night in, according to a survey for Oxfam, to mark the launch of Oxfam’s Have a Bit of a Do fundraising campaign. More →

Celebrate International Women's Day With Annie Lennox Feb 1, 2011

During the week of 8 March 2011, join Oxfam to celebrate women’s achievements for International Women’s Day. More →

Annie Lennox Invites You To Join Big Inequality Debate Jan 28, 2011

Annie Lennox and the EQUALS partnership of charities invite you to Join the Big Inequality Debate and celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, on 8 March 2011. More →

Radiohead Releases Charity DVD For Haiti Dec 29, 2010

Fans of British band Radiohead have released a DVD of the special charity show they played in Hollywood for Haiti in January. More →

Helena Christensen Sees Climate Change In Nepal With Oxfam Dec 2, 2010

Oxfam Global Ambassador and photographer Helena Christensen last week completed a visit to Nepal with international agency, Oxfam, to raise awareness through her photography of the effects of climate change. More →

Stars Pen Open Letter To United Nations Climate Change Conference Nov 23, 2010

Oxfam Global Ambassadors Scarlett Johansson, Gael Garcia Bernal and Djimon Hounsou are among eight major artists and celebrities from across the globe joining Oxfam today to call on international negotiators to protect the world’s poor from climate catastrophe at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico starting next week. More →

Kristin Davis And Minnie Driver To Host Celebrity Charity Party For Oxfam Nov 17, 2010

Oxfam America and Esquire House LA will host “The Oxfam Party” on November 18 featuring the exhibit “From Congo with Love” by acclaimed photographer Rankin. More →

Win Helen Mirren's 2010 Space Jacket In Charity Competition Nov 10, 2010

Global Oxfam Ambassador and award-winning actress Dame Helen Mirren has donated the silver jacket she wore in her 1984 film 2010 to Oxfam, to raise money towards the charity’s West Africa Food Crisis Response. More →

Annie Lennox: Woman Of The Year For Charity Oct 13, 2010

Annie Lennox received the Barclays Woman of the Year award for her charity work in a ceremony in London this week. More →

Stars Announced For Oxjam Charity Launch Gigs Sep 6, 2010

Oxfam UK has announced the lineup of acts for this year’s Oxjam launch gigs, to take place in London from September 27-30. More →

Imogen Heap And Richard Branson Take Part In Charity Telethon For Pakistan Aug 31, 2010

Join Imogen Heap, Sir Richard Branson and friends online, in a very spontaneous ‘get together’ with live music and open discussion, as they raise funds to benefit the victims of the recent devastating floods in Pakistan. More →

Annie Lennox Blogs For Women's Rights Jul 8, 2010

Annie Lennox has just returned from an event for Amnesty International, focusing on the plight of women in the Congo, and has blogged about the experience. More →

Authors To Appear As Part Of Oxfam BookFest Jul 2, 2010

July 2009 saw the first ever Oxfam Bookfest – a fortnight packed with book events in Oxfam shops all over the UK. It was so successful — with over 350 events, a 40% rise in book donations and hundreds of thousands of pounds of poverty-busting sales — that the charity is doing it again in 2010. And they’re adding even more events, and selling even more books to make even more money to fund their work. More →