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Ken Loach

"Take One Action's focus on empowering local audiences to engage through film with global and environmental injustice is unique in the UK. This work is really, really important."

Patrons Ken Loach & Paul Laverty

 

Organisation Profile | Oxfam Scotland


Oxfam Scotland works to improve the lives of the world's poorest people, both at home and abroad. Our central goal is to work with others to overcome poverty and suffering. People power drives everything we do. From saving lives and developing projects that put poor people in charge of their lives and livelihoods, to campaigning for change that lasts.

Key themes: climate change, fair trade, health, poverty (global)
Partner location: UK-wide
How to get involved
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There are loads of ways to get involved with Oxfam Scotland. A great way to start is to register for our monthly newsletter. It will keep you up-to-date with our events, campaigns and fundraising appeals. We look for support throughout the year – whether that’s writing to your local MP, attending a local event, donating to our shops or running a marathon to raise some money – so please, get in touch!


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Take One Action with us

Grow Campaign / Every night nearly 1 in 7 people around the world go to bed hungry. Another future is possible, and we can build it together. Decisive action across the globe could enable hundreds of millions more people to feed their families and prevent catastrophic climate change from destroying their (and our) futures. In an increasingly resource constrained world we must to grow, share, and live together. Find out more and take action...

Health and Education for All / Every day in developing countries, teachers, doctors and nurses are changing people's lives. But millions of people are still missing out: 72 million children can't go to school and 1,400 women die needlessly in pregnancy and child birth every day. We are demanding an end to the scandal that denies millions of people the right to an education and health care. Find out more and take action...


Upcoming events
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Tue 28 Feb – Thu 8 Mar

International Women’s Day - Bitter Seeds

A billion people go to bed hungry every night. Women are on the front line…

Key themes: climate change, consumerism, gender and power, globalisation, poverty (global), work/labour



Movies about our work
Grow Campaign
India’s Broken Food System

Movies we like in the Take One Action movie database
Yesterday
Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathi

Thursday 17 May

Coming soon...

Four Horsemen + director Q&A
Fri 18 May at 20:10
A brand new lens on the global financial crisis and notions of progress…

Four Horsemen + director Q&A
Sat 19 May at 20:15
A brand new lens on the global financial crisis and notions of progress…

Four Horsemen + director Q&A
Sun 20 May at 16:00
A brand new lens on the global financial crisis and notions of progress…

Dancing to a different beat
Sat 19 May at 10:00
World Development Movement’s annual Scottish campaigner convention takes place on the first day of the G8/NATO summit in the US.

Robert Mugabe: What Happened? + Filmmaker Q&A
Wed 30 May at 18:00
Charts the controversial story of Robert Mugabe

Robert Mugabe: What Happened? + Filmmaker Q&A
Thu 31 May at 18:00
Charts the controversial story of Robert Mugabe

 

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DIY screenings

World-changing films with affordable public licenses plus great ideas to kickstart action in your community...

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