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Oxfam Chelmsford Hello! Oxfam Chelmsford is exactly what it says on the tin. This includes a campaigns group, two shops and as many publicity-gathering activities as our time allows. We're a mixture of people - young & young-at-heart, students, profesionals, voluntary workers, political activists and not-so-politcal slightly less activists! If you want to support Oxfam in a more active way than a monthly standing order, then get in touch - we'd love to hear from you. See the contacts page. Cheers! David Booth Oxfam Chelmsford Make Poverty History! Want to help Make Poverty History? Members of Oxfam Chelmsford campaigns group (hopefully joined by other local organisations supporting MPH) will be out on Chelmsford High Street on Saturday July 9th from 11am to 1pm and they’d like you to join in! You might be handing out information cards to the public, manning the petition table, or helping to sell the hugely popular white MPH wristbands. All you need is a friendly manner, be happy talking to the general public, and have a very basic understanding of the Make Poverty History campaign issues (trade justice, drop the debt, more and better aid). You don’t have to have an in-depth knowledge – campaigners will be on hand to answer any questions that arise. Contact Malcolm Burgess on malcolm.burgess3@btopenworld.com ----------------------------- News Archive... Calling all schools and Fairtrade Fans! FAIRTRADE AND SCHOOLS EVENING, 9 FEBRUARY 2005, 7.00 – 9.00PM, OXFAM BOOKSHOP, HIGH STREET, CHELMSFORD (OPP NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK). We’d very much like to invite Chelmsford teachers and colleagues to meet and network with other practitioners involved with Fairtrade and development education in the Chelmsford area. This will be a short, informal session to discuss ideas, investigate resource materials and meet Oxfam and other workers campaigning on Fairtrade and linked issues. We’ll also be looking at ways ahead for a possible Fairtrade schools group. Marie Webber from the Anglo-European School, Ingatestone, and Sue Fox, Colchester Development Education consultant, will be offering their perspectives on working with Fairtrade in the classroom. With Fairtrade Fortnight in March – and Chelmsford’s own declaration as a Faitrade Town (the first in Essex) eagerly awaited – as well as the amazing work already being done in the town’s schools, it does seem like an opportune moment to bring the key players together. There will of course be plentiful Fairtrade refreshments but it would be useful if you could let us know how many of your team will be attending. Please contact malcolm.Burgess3@btopenworld.com or tel: 01277 263770 for more information. Many thanks. Malcolm Burgess, Chelmsford Oxfam Campaign Group co-ordinator and chair of Chelmsford Fairtrade Action Group --------------------- Celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight! ...an evening with one of Britain’s most entertaining and thought-provoking activists ROB NEWMAN AT THE ESSEX BOOK FESTIVAL presented in partnership with Chelmsford Fairtrade Action Group Interviewed by Darryl Webber, features editor, Essex Chronicle From Zapatista Mexico to the streets of Seattle, from refugee detention centres to the Rio Bravo, everyone’s looking for Chane Salgado … Rob Newman’s latest novel, The Fountain at the Centre of the World, is an epic story about loss and hope, identity and belief and the battle over globalisation. Novelist and stand-up comedian and ex-Mary Whitehouse Experience performer with David Baddiel, Rob Newman’s a leading figure in the anti-globalisation movement whose words in print and performance have galvanised a younger generation to help change their world. Here he will talk about his new work, the fight for global social justice and the key role that Fairtrade plays in achieving a fairer future for millions in the developing world. Chelmsford Cathedral, New Street, Chelmsford CM1 1TY 11 March, 8 – 10.00pm Tickets: £7.50/ £5.50 Box office: 01206 573948 Alexander McCall Smith, Will Self, David Baddiel, Tony Benn, Polly Toynbee, David Starkey, Fay Weldon and Michael Buerk are just some of the other authors at this year’s festival. For more information: www.essexbookfestival.org.uk STOP PRESS … News of Chelmsford’s Fairtrade Town status bid expected very soon. Fingers crossed! … Please let us have details of your Fairtrade events by 5 February: send to maljan@blueyonder.co.uk … For Fairtrade Fortnight materials tel: 020 7405 5942; mail@fairtrade.org.uk … and do forward this onto anyone/ group/ organisation who you think might be interested. Feb '05 ----------------------------- October '04 saw Essex-based group AloneMe put on a gig to promote the Make Trade Fair campign at the Cramphorn theatre in Chelmsford. Over 100 happy punters joined the group, along with special guests Graham Good and LD Trinity. The end result of the gig was over £300 made for Oxfam, and lots of great Publicity in the Essex Chronicle thanks to 'Go' editor Darryl Webber (who also just happens to be a big Fairtrade supporter!) What the press say about AloneMe... “this group simply ooze class and talent…” “…bittersweet acoustic pop…they make it seem easy” www.aloneme.com www.maketradefair.com June 05

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