For the past decade, Oxfam Books and Music in Olney has been selling 'pre loved' items and it has just celebrated its most profitable year so far.
“We have raised an amazing £51,878 in the financial year April 2015 to March 2016. This is the most money that this shop has ever raised in its ten year history," said shop manager Debbie Taylor.
“This would just not be possible without the hard work and dedication of the volunteers that work with me.
“It takes hours of work to keep the shop full and vibrant. It has also taken years of knowledge to get us the reputation for music that we now have," she added.
Highlights over the past 12 months have been the 10th Anniversary tea party; the Dickens Christmas, where £100 was raised by guessing the name of the Oxfam Goat and a quiz that was held to help raise money for store volunteer Kate Rowland, to help her run the London Marathon for Oxfam.
Ministry of Sound radio DJ Arielle Free also visited, snapping up vinyl to make a mix that was played on her drive time show.
During all of these fun events, Oxfam has been tirelessly working on emergencies, like the Nepal Earthquake and on long term projects around the world, which will help lift people out of extreme poverty.
“This £51,878 will provide clean water for 51,000 families who have had their supply compromised by war or climate change. Or it could provide 10200 mosquito nets in areas where Malaria kills a child every 5 minutes. This is what motivates us to carry on working to sell as many books and music as we can,” Debbie added.
“We would also like to pay tribute to our donors, who constantly surprise us with what they donate to us.
“We get fantastic books and brilliant music donations, but we could always use more!”
