Oxfam Swap It! Parties
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Want to freshen up your wardrobe? Thinking of spring cleaning your CD collection? Host an Oxfam Swap It party and trade your stuff for something different!

Every two hours in the UK, we throw out enough stuff to fill the Royal Albert Hall up to bursting point. 90 per cent of what we buy ends up as landfill within 6 months.

This crazy consumption is contributing to climate change, which is already having a devastating impact on people in the poorest countries who do not have the resources to... (read more)
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Name:
Oxfam Swap It! Parties
Category:
Organizations - Non-Profit Organizations
Description:
Want to freshen up your wardrobe? Thinking of spring cleaning your CD collection? Host an Oxfam Swap It party and trade your stuff for something different!

Every two hours in the UK, we throw out enough stuff to fill the Royal Albert Hall up to bursting point. 90 per cent of what we buy ends up as landfill within 6 months.

This crazy consumption is contributing to climate change, which is already having a devastating impact on people in the poorest countries who do not have the resources to... (read more)
Privacy Type:
Open: All content is public.

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Website:
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/swapit.html
Office:
Oxfam House
Location:
Oxford, United Kingdom

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News:
Don't forget to sign up as a party host here www.oxfam.org.uk/swapit
to be automatically entered in the prize draw- you could win a gift bag bursting with some fabulous ethical delights kindly donated by Terra Plana, Red Mutha, Beaucoco, Ecover,Pants to Poverty, Green Knickers, Ethical Threads and Natural Collection!!!

On 25 April 2008 join hundreds of Oxfam supporters by hosting a Swap It! party and help reduce the mountain of stuff we throw out every year.

The concept's a simple one: people bring stuff, swap stuff, and then take the surplus to their Oxfam shop!

Get your mates around and refresh each other's wardrobes. Put on a party at university and swap a few books and CDs with student friends. Or even invite your entire town to a giant swap-a-thon at your community centre, and trade your TV for a toolkit.