Oxfam GB

The world has changed. The challenges communities face are evolving faster than ever – and so are the expectations placed on businesses to create meaningful, measurable impact. Yet much of the funding that powers social change remains rooted in outdated models.

Join Richard Hawkes (CEO, Oxfam GB) and our partners to explore how companies can unlock greater impact by taking a more flexible approach to their giving.

At its heart, flexible funding is about trust. It enables resources to reach the people closest to the challenges, empowering communities and local organisations to shape solutions, build resilience and create lasting change. For companies, it offers an opportunity to have a deeper, more sustainable impact while supporting the partners who make that impact possible.

This immersive, interactive event will showcase three of Oxfam's flexible funding models and explore how they can play an increasingly important role for those looking to maximise the value of their social investment while generating compelling, story-led reporting that resonates with employees, customers and other stakeholders.

We'll be in touch nearer the time with details of speakers and a full agenda, but please RSVP as soon as possible as spaces are limited.

On June 24, 2026, Venezuela was struck by two consecutive earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 on the Richter scale, followed by multiple aftershocks. According to the most recent official information (June 26), there are over 1,750 casualties and thousands more injured. The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator stated that "more than 50,000 people remain missing." Oxfam will respond to this emergency through its partner organizations in Venezuela.

Your donation could make a vital difference!

Challenge

This event is unfolding against a very difficult backdrop, marked by a complex humanitarian crisis driven by political, economic, environmental, and geopolitical factors, which has become chronic and spread to a large portion of the population. As of early 2026, at least 7.9 million people required humanitarian assistance.

The worst damage is concentrated in La Guaira and Caracas, with impacts also reported in Miranda, Aragua, Carabobo, Falcón, and Lara. The earthquakes caused structural damage to homes, public buildings, and critical infrastructure, as well as disruptions to electricity, drinking water, and telecommunications services.

Simón Bolívar International Airport (Maiquetía) remains closed due to damage to its infrastructure, limiting access to the country by air. The main needs identified so far include emergency medical care, the restoration of basic services, temporary shelter for the affected population, and rapid needs assessments to guide the humanitarian response.

Solution

Oxfam’s local partners will deliver a coordinated, multi-sector response to meet the immediate and early recovery needs of earthquake-affected communities in Venezuela, with a strong focus on the most vulnerable households. Overall, the response aims to reach 20,000 people in the first six months, not only to meet urgent humanitarian needs but also to lay the groundwork for recovery and increased resilience among earthquake-affected communities. The response will focus on the following areas:

Safe water and sanitation - Distributing hygiene kits, supporting sanitation facilities, and ensuring access to safe, clean water to prevent disease outbreaks.

Food security and nutrition - Providing emergency food assistance tailored to the needs of vulnerable groups, including children and pregnant or breastfeeding women.

Protection - Expanding safe spaces, case management, and referral services to ensure people—especially women, children, and older people—are protected and supported with dignity.

Long-Term Impact

Living conditions have not improved, nor has investment in public services increased. The majority of the population remains trapped in a situation of extreme deprivation. New resources will be key to scaling up assistance in WASH, food security, protection, and accountability.

At Oxfam, we believe that to end poverty, all human rights must be respected and upheld. In June, Pride month offers us an opportunity to proudly support our LGBTQIA+ colleagues, volunteers, partners, and communities.

More than a celebration, Pride is a protest against systemic inequality and injustice that keeps LGBTQIA+ folk marginalised. It is a call for solidarity and empathy, especially for those in the community who are too often targeted and punished simply for being who they are. Oxfam GB’s CEO Halima Begum published this blog highlighting the horrifying rollbacks of LGBTQIA+ rights.

In Fiji, Oxfam have partnered with a local organisation, Rainbow Pride Foundation (RPF), who run initiatives that challenges queer stereotypes and harmful narratives. PRIDE farms is a project helping to address the food insecurity issues that many queer people in Fiji face.

RPF have also established a “Queerpreneurs” project where they provide seed funding and financial literacy training to LGBTQIA+ people to establish small businesses as a form of social and economic empowerment.

“The people who used to be against us, their perceptions of us have now changed. It’s completely changed their views. Now when we walk by their houses, they call out to us to come and have something to eat. That’s how things have changed.” - Porsha, pictured above, who oversees the PRIDE farm in Nakavu village, Western Fiji.

Because of discrimination, LGBTQIA+ people globally are more likely than others to:

Live in poverty

Experience unemployment

Experience homelessness

Lack access to healthcare

Experience violence

Experience sexual assault

Experience mental health issues

Oxfam is also proud that our stores can be a safer space for LGBTQIA+ customers, colleagues and volunteers to exist in their full authenticity. Meet Dollie, who shares their experience as a non-binary person volunteering in an Oxfam store.

We work with communities and organisations globally toward a just world - a world where people can live with dignity, have their basic needs met and their fundamental rights respected. We work for a world where people can speak up for their rights, their needs and their concerns, so people in power listen and act. Supporting LGBTQIA+ rights is a core part of Oxfam’s work to end poverty and inequality.