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The first permanent Oxfam gift shop was on Broad Street, Oxford; it opened in 1947.[{{cite web |title=Our history |url=https://www.oxfam.org/en/our-history |website=Oxfam International |access-date=2 February 2024 |language=en |date=10 July 2023}}] Oxfam's first paid employee was [[Joe Mitty]], who began working at the Oxfam shop on Broad Street, Oxford, on 9 November 1949. Engaged to manage the accounts and distribute donated clothing, he originated the policy of selling anything people were willing to donate, and developed the shop into a national chain.[{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7024049.stm |title=Oxfam shop founder dies aged 88 |publisher=BBC News |work=News |date=2 October 2007 |access-date=26 February 2012 |archive-date=4 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804173658/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7024049.stm |url-status=live }}] |
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The first permanent Oxfam gift shop was on Broad Street, Oxford; it opened in 1947.[{{cite web |title=Our history |url=https://www.oxfam.org/en/our-history |website=Oxfam International |access-date=2 February 2024 |language=en |date=10 July 2023}}] Oxfam's first paid employee was [[Joe Mitty]], who began working at the Oxfam shop on Broad Street, Oxford, on 9 November 1949. Engaged to manage the accounts and distribute donated clothing, he originated the policy of selling anything people were willing to donate, and developed the shop into a national chain.[{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7024049.stm |title=Oxfam shop founder dies aged 88 |publisher=BBC News |work=News |date=2 October 2007 |access-date=26 February 2012 |archive-date=4 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804173658/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7024049.stm |url-status=live }}] |
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Fundraising innovations led by advertising adviser [[Harold Sumption]], including rigorous testing of advertising campaigns, direct mail, the trading catalogue, and the first multimedia fundraising campaign the "Hunger £ Million",[{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=George |title=Harold Sumption (obituary) |work=The Independent |date=21 April 1998}}] helped Oxfam become, for a time, the largest charity in the UK.[{{cite web |last1=Pegram |first1=Giles |title=Has fundraising moved forwards, or backwards, in the last 50 years? And where next? |url=https://101fundraising.org/2017/02/fundraising-moved-forwards-backwards-last-50-years-next/ |website=101 Fundraising |date=22 February 2017 |access-date=10 February 2022 |archive-date=9 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209223112/https://101fundraising.org/2017/02/fundraising-moved-forwards-backwards-last-50-years-next/ |url-status=live }}] By 1960, it was an international [[non-governmental organization|nongovernmental aid organization]].Cite web |date=2025-06-28 |title=Our History |url=https://www.oxfam.org/en/our-history |access-date=2026-04-18 |website=Oxfam International |language=en}} |
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Fundraising innovations led by advertising adviser [[Harold Sumption]], including rigorous testing of advertising campaigns, direct mail, the trading catalogue, and the first multimedia fundraising campaign the "Hunger £ Million",[{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=George |title=Harold Sumption (obituary) |work=The Independent |date=21 April 1998}}] helped Oxfam become, for a time, the largest charity in the UK.[{{cite web |last1=Pegram |first1=Giles |title=Has fundraising moved forwards, or backwards, in the last 50 years? And where next? |url=https://101fundraising.org/2017/02/fundraising-moved-forwards-backwards-last-50-years-next/ |website=101 Fundraising |date=22 February 2017 |access-date=10 February 2022 |archive-date=9 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209223112/https://101fundraising.org/2017/02/fundraising-moved-forwards-backwards-last-50-years-next/ |url-status=live }}] By 1960, it was an international [[non-governmental organization|nongovernmental aid organization]].{{citation needed|date=November 2014}} |
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The first overseas committee was founded in Canada in 1963, and in 1965, the organization changed its name to its [[telegraphic address]], OXFAM. The Oxford committee became known as [[#Oxfam GB|Oxfam GB]].{{citation needed|date=November 2014}} |
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The first overseas committee was founded in Canada in 1963, and in 1965, the organization changed its name to its [[telegraphic address]], OXFAM. The Oxford committee became known as [[#Oxfam GB|Oxfam GB]].{{citation needed|date=November 2014}} |
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In 1995 Oxfam International was formed by a group of independent non-governmental organizations. Stichting Oxfam International was registered as a non-profit foundation at [[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]], in 1996.[{{cite web|title=Stitching Oxfam International|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/FC019279|publisher=Companies House|access-date=16 February 2018|archive-date=17 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217082505/https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/FC019279|url-status=live}}] |
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In 1995 Oxfam International was formed by a group of independent non-governmental organizations. Stichting Oxfam International was registered as a non-profit foundation at [[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]], in 1996.[{{cite web|title=Stitching Oxfam International|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/FC019279|publisher=Companies House|access-date=16 February 2018|archive-date=17 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217082505/https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/FC019279|url-status=live}}] |
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