Bookfest 2010

July 2009 saw the first ever Oxfam Bookfest – a fortnight packed with book events in Oxfam shops all over the country. It was so successful — with over 350 events, a 40% rise in book donations and hundreds of thousands of pounds of poverty-busting sales — that we are doing it again in 2010. We're adding even more events, and selling even more books to make even more money to fund our work.

This year the book-based fun will go far and wide, with activities, events and displays across hundreds of Oxfam shops, libraries, community centres and other venues around the country. From Inverness to Plymouth, Camarthen to Cambridge, Oxfam shops will host a myriad of book events, competitions, auctions and local family fun, celebrating all that the charity does with books.

From the Hertfordshire Mercury

Charity shop cutting down on its waste

A HERTFORD charity store has started recycling most products that come to it.

Oxfam Hertford Bookshop in Maidenhead Street has its books, cardboard and plastic recycled by Choice, which sends some of the material to Africa and India.

Shop manager Pauline Wilby said: “We’re reducing waste costs by not having so many bins outside.

We did have five bins emptied three times a week. Now it’s one bin emptied once a week.”

The store receives 80p for every bag of recyclables and saves £150 a week.

James Mayhew

James Mayhew, the well known illustrator and author of children's books will be visiting the Oxfam Hertford Bookshop on Thursday July 9th at 3.30 pm

Help Needed!

We need volunteers to help on Thursdays - either mornings or afternoons. Call in to the shop for an aplication form!

We also need volunteers to help with our Gift Aid scheme as well as someone to help with the on-line sales on Wednesday and Thursday mornings

Again, if either of these positions would suit you then do pleae come in to the shop for an aplication form.

Welcome to the Oxfam Hertford Bookshop

We are a specialist shop located in Maidenhead Street in the centre of Hertford and we sell a large range of quality, donated product.

We shall be using this news blog to keep everyone up to date with the latest news and requests for volunteers from Oxfam Hertford, to publicise any special events happening in the shop or locally and also to highlight any urgent appeals.