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OXFAM, Castle Street, Swansea. @oxfamcastlestreet.bsky.social · 1d

Our shop is a bit of a #Fairtrade art gallery at the moment with all the #FunPalaces and #FairtradeFortnight creations on show!
THANK YOU to all the volunteers involved in helping make these creative community moments happen!
It's not too late to add your name to a #BrewItFair tea leaf-Come in soon!

OXFAM, Castle Street, Swansea. @oxfamcastlestreet.bsky.social · 7d

We've got a fun weekend coming up... You can buy "The Little Apple Tree" (or hundreds of other books!) at our stall at the Children's Literature Festival at The Waterfront Museum all weekend. And you can pick yourself some free apples at our #FunPalaces event in the shop on Saturday morning (10-1).

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 8d

🎨 Junk Modelling in Egham
💃🏽 Salsa dancing in Sydenham
🖌️ Painting a door in Redruth
🧶 Learn to Knit in Lynton
➗ 3D maths and crystal growing in Lancaster
💬 Spoken word in Blackburn
🎬 Community films in Hartlepool
🫖 Tea leaf collages in Swansea

It's never too late to join in: check out our website ❤️

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OXFAM, Castle Street, Swansea. @oxfamcastlestreet.bsky.social · 10d

#Fairtrade #FunPalaces event this Saturday in #Oxfam #Swansea! 10-1.
Help us make a Peace Garden of origami sunflowers! & a #BrewItFair tea bush! & coffee staining campaigning! No previous experience necessary!! Have fun!
@funpalaces.bsky.social @fairtradewales.bsky.social @oxfamcymru.bsky.social

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OXFAM, Castle Street, Swansea. @oxfamcastlestreet.bsky.social · 13d

We're at the History and Heritage Fair at The Waterfront Museum this Saturday 27th September from 10-4 with a pop up Pound Shop!
Loads of crates full of £1 history books!
#Oxfam #Swansea #History #Books

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OXFAM, Castle Street, Swansea. @oxfamcastlestreet.bsky.social · 14d

Bookmarks ready for our bargain book stall at the History Fair at The Waterfront Museum this Saturday (27th September,
10-4)...
(One day we'll write the full incredible history of this shop!!)
#Oxfam #Swansea #History #Books #Bargains

OXFAM, Castle Street, Swansea. @oxfamcastlestreet.bsky.social · 17d

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OXFAM, Castle Street, Swansea. @oxfamcastlestreet.bsky.social · 19d

Bore Coffi #MasnachDeg - Dydd Llun, Medi 22, 10.30-12.30. OXFAM, Stryd y Castell, #Abertawe. Coffi a the am ddim! + Celf a Choffi!! Croeso i bawb! #PythefnosMasnachDeg

OXFAM, Castle Street, Swansea. @oxfamcastlestreet.bsky.social · 19d

#Swansea's #FairtradeFortnight activities start with a #Fairtrade coffee morning in our shop on Monday 22nd September, 10.30-12.30.
Come on in for a free cup of Fairtrade tea or coffee!

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OXFAM, Castle Street, Swansea. @oxfamcastlestreet.bsky.social · 22d

Our tablecloth is ready for our #Fairtrade coffee morning to launch #Swansea #FairtradeFortnight this Monday (22nd), 10.30am. FAIRTRADE IS... ??? Fill in the coffee cup rings with your answer! - "Solidarity"? "Fairness"? "The best chocolate"?...
@fairtradewales.bsky.social @oxfamcymru.bsky.social

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Fun Palaces @funpalaces.bsky.social · 24d

If you're in #Swansea, you have a fabulous #FunPalace at Oxfam Castle Street on the 4th October. (And they have some other great stuff happening for #FairtradeFortnight - check it out!)

OXFAM, Castle Street, Swansea. @oxfamcastlestreet.bsky.social · Sep 2

#FairtradeFortnight is coming!
In our #Swansea #Oxfam shop we'll be having a #Fairtrade coffee morning on Monday 22nd September, a Quiz Night with a Fairtrade twist (and Fairtrade prizes!) on Tuesday 23rd and a Fairtrade #FunPalaces event on Saturday 4th October.

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OXFAM, Castle Street, Swansea. @oxfamcastlestreet.bsky.social · Sep 2

#FairtradeFortnight is coming!
In our #Swansea #Oxfam shop we'll be having a #Fairtrade coffee morning on Monday 22nd September, a Quiz Night with a Fairtrade twist (and Fairtrade prizes!) on Tuesday 23rd and a Fairtrade #FunPalaces event on Saturday 4th October.

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OXFAM, Castle Street, Swansea. @oxfamcastlestreet.bsky.social · Aug 29

As well as having the #RedLineForGaza postcards, we also have posters for you to take away and display in your own #RedLineCymru windows. Postcards and posters both available in your local #OXFAM shop now! #StopStarvingGaza #StopArmingIsrael #LetAidIn

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OXFAM, Castle Street, Swansea. @oxfamcastlestreet.bsky.social · Aug 28

Next time you're in our shop, please take time to write a message of solidarity and peace on one of our #RedLineForGaza postcards. You can either take it away and post it yourself (Freepost) or put it into our mini #RedLineCymru postbox and we'll send it on.
#StopStarvingGaza #EndTheSiege #LetAidIn

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Oxfam GB @oxfamgb.bsky.social · Jul 24

"We’ve heard from mothers saying, ‘My son died in front of my eyes because his body couldn’t take it anymore.’
This is not a humanitarian failure, this is a deliberate policy. People are being starved.”
WATCH and SHARE Oxfam's Bushra Khalidi on @aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social

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Oxfam Cymru @oxfamcymru.bsky.social · Jul 24

Be a champion of peace - make your stand like these Red Line Warriors in Swansea last Saturday
📸 Phil Broadhurst, Oxfam Books, Swansea

Join these icons of peace, these warriors of Red Line Cymru
buff.ly/QmI2s4Z
#RedLineCymru

Two ladies, dresses strikingly in red, posing in front of bookshelves. Hands raised with wraparound tags saying 'Red Line for Gaza' - icons of peace, warriors of Red Line Cymru

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OXFAM, Castle Street, Swansea. @oxfamcastlestreet.bsky.social · Jul 24

More photos from our #RedLineForGaza solidarity day in the shop last Saturday.
You can join the #RedLineCymru campaign by putting a red line in your window today!

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OXFAM, Castle Street, Swansea. @oxfamcastlestreet.bsky.social · Jul 20

Thank You to all those who came to show solidarity and hope for Peace at our #RedLineCymru #RedLineForGaza event in the shop on Saturday.

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OXFAM, Castle Street, Swansea. @oxfamcastlestreet.bsky.social · Jul 18

Join us in the shop on Saturday (19th July) at 11am for our #RedLineForGaza solidarity action for Peace in Gaza.
#RedLineCymru

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OXFAM, Castle Street, Swansea. @oxfamcastlestreet.bsky.social · Jul 17

Phil represented us at #RedLineCymru launch at the Senedd. Like Oxfam shops across Wales, we have a red line in our window & ask you to put one in yours to amplify the call for peace. Also: In the shop this Saturday from 11am: Come in & be added to an online mosaic of solidarity! #RedLineForGaza

OXFAM, Castle Street, Swansea. @oxfamcastlestreet.bsky.social · Jul 15

This Saturday (19th July, 11am) in the Swansea OXFAM shop: #RedLineForGaza solidarity action: We are asking people to come into the shop to have their photo taken with #RedLine messages declaring that the Israeli government has crossed a multitude of red lines in their attacks on Gaza.
#RedLineCymru

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Oxfam GB @oxfamgb.bsky.social · Jul 11

“Whoever stays until the end will tell the story. We did what we could. Remember us.”

Targeting Medics is a Red Line.

Now is the time to act. We all need to draw a line. You can be part of it at bit.ly/3HW2ePI

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Oxfam GB @oxfamgb.bsky.social · Jul 11

We have all watched in horror as Israel crosses red line after red line in Gaza. If you agree please share this post on, help us send this message across social media, then contribute a picture to our powerful visual at bit.ly/3HW2ePI
Let’s speak out, in our masses, right now. #RedLineForGaza #Gaza

Black background with red lines. White text reads; "Targeting children, killing civilians, starving people, killing the hungry, targeting medics, killing aid workers. Too many red lines continue to be crossed. #RedLineForGaza".

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OXFAM, Castle Street, Swansea. @oxfamcastlestreet.bsky.social · Jun 12

Lots of great things happening for #RefugeeWeek at #Swansea's Collaboration Station (in the old Crane's shop) ...

OXFAM, Castle Street, Swansea. @oxfamcastlestreet.bsky.social · May 30

A big THANK YOU to author Jo Mazelis who has kindly donated to us a copy of her new book, The Forger's Ink, complete with a special hand coloured map. It will be on sale at the Quiz Night in our shop in Castle Street, Swansea, on Tuesday 3rd June, with all proceeds going to OXFAM's Gaza Appeal.