My first foray into buying from charity shops took place in the town where I grew up. Raised by divorced parents with shared custody, weekends spent with my mum were precious, and I relished the time spent trawling through books and clothes racks with her on Saturday mornings. We'd begin the ritual at a coffee shop, reading the newspaper over cups of tea,...
Previously, we have done a blog post all about our wonderful volunteers who contribute to making Oxfam Magdalen Street the well-oiled machine that it is. But who is the person behind all our volunteers? Who is the person keeping them all in line? I asked shop manager Ben some questions, and in true Ben style he wrote back with answers and said, “I...
It took a whole army of volunteers to make the UEA Vintage Fair a success, but I think we can all agree it was worth it. Let us start by taking you through the journey of getting to UEA… Ever since the date was booked and the stall was reserved by the president of UEA Oxfam Society, our deputy-manager Emma was on...
After the previous blog post in which we met just a small fraction of the volunteers here at Magdalen Street, it was clear that several of our volunteers also attend university. As a university student myself, I always receive the question “Does it not take up a lot of your time?” or, “You work, volunteer and go to university? Do you have much...
