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The Music Circle is a group of key women from the music industry working in conjunction with Oxfam to raise money and awareness to help abused women and victims of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Watch a video about the women we are raising money for: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-_xzGS1YW0

We are raising money in a number of ways: in 2012 we held various bake sales and sponsored night walks and, so far in 2013, we have thrown a celebrity jumble sale with Radio 1's Gemma Cairney, with donations from the likes of Paloma Faith, Fearne Cotton, Bat For Lashes and Tinie Tempah, and held a raffle, with prizes including VIP festival tickets and designer handbags.

Like us: www.facebook.com/themusiccircle
Follow us: www.twitter.com/themusic_circle

ABOUT THE CIRCLE

The Music Circle is a subsidiary of Annie Lennox’s The Circle, which was set up in 2008 by Annie Lennox and Oxfam. The Circle is a partnership of influential women who work with Oxfam, bringing ideas, skills and resources to the table to help Oxfam fight poverty and inequality. to date, The Circle has raised almost a million pounds for Oxfam to date.

ABOUT OXFAM'S WORK IN THE CONGO

 

The Music Circle is a subsidiary of Annie Lennox’s The Circle.  Set up in 2008 by Annie Lennox and Oxfam, The Circle is a partnership of influential women who work with Oxfam, bringing ideas, skills and resources to the table to help Oxfam fight poverty and inequality. to date, The Circle has raised almost a million pounds for Oxfam to date.

The aim of the Music Circle is to collectively raise £50,000 to support women in the DRC; strengthening the work Oxfam already do with communities on protection and working on women's and men's strategies for ensuring that women's concerns are addressed through the project. Targeting 56,000 direct beneficiaries of which half are women, the project aims to support protection committees for a to better ensure women’s right to protection in Eastern DRC.

FULL LIST OF RAFFLE PRIZES (FEB 2013)

VIP pair of Bestival tickets + Sunday Best goody bag
Dinner for two at The Modern Pantry
A day's recording at Red Bull Studios London
Pair of balcony tickets to the NME Awards 2013 - Feb 27th
Pair of FIELD DAY tickets - May 25th
Dinner at THE HAWKSMOOR - £150 voucher
Vicki McClure's Sophie Hulme bag RRP £580 - as new
Alison Mosshart’s DKNY shoes - see pics on our Facebook page
Fearne Cotton’s Mulberry dress - see pics on our Facebook page
Florence and the Machine rare screenprint - see pics on our Facebook page
RAOUL bag from Daisy Lowe, RRP £300 - as new
Moschino Cheap & Chic Leopard Clutch RRP £290, courtesy of Coggles
Ally Capellino Wallis Dark Brown Bag RRP £380, courtesy of Coggles
Joe’s Tea Company Hamper
Klipsch headphones from The Broken Hearts
Gold Swatch Watch from Will Best
Moxham 'Anubis' necklace
Zoe & Morgan necklace
Pair of FOALS Royal Albert Hall matinee tix - 28th March
Pair of Miista 'Sali' shoes - size 6
One year's Mixmag subscription
Marshall Amps goody bag featuring headphones + mini amps
1 x pair of tickets to the next Electric Minds club
Pioneer headphones
Smashbox make up goody bag
The 'Two Suns' sign from Bat For Lashes' album artwork
Billie Piper's Burberry trench coat
Chanel handbag from Anna Calvi
GUCCI bracelet from Anna Calvi
Hamper of goodies from The Sanctuary
Pair of tickets to Emeli Sandé at Hammersmith Apollo, April 8

To see pictures of the prizes, visit the Facebook photo album.

 

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Hey everyone. Thank you so much for buying a raffle ticket. The raffle has now been drawn and the winners have been announced on our Twitter: www.twitter.com/themusic_circle. Check it out and see whether you've won!

07/02/13 13:34

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Charity Registration No. 202918

Oxfam is a vibrant global movement of dedicated people fighting poverty. From saving lives and developing projects that put poor people in charge of their lives and livelihoods, to campaigning for change that lasts. Oxfam is a registered charity in England and Wales (no 202918) and Scotland (SCO 039042).

Donations 447

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Donation by Joshua Lechley on 24/01/13

£10.00

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Lucky 3 please!

Donation by Tania on 24/01/13

£9.00

+ £2.25 Gift Aid

I'm feeling lucky. But even if I don't win anything this is an amazeballs cause. Well done all.

Donation by Claire Palmer on 24/01/13

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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I love the cause and the raffle prizes are amazing so fingers and toes crossed!

Donation by Aurore Plavis on 24/01/13

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 24/01/13

£9.00

+ £2.25 Gift Aid

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Strip of five (winning!) tickets please!

Donation by Raena on 24/01/13

£15.00

+ £3.75 Gift Aid

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Fantastic cause and best raffle prizes ever! Hope one of my five tickets is a winner :)

Donation by Kate Watts on 24/01/13

£15.00

+ £3.75 Gift Aid

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Great idea! 5 tickets please!

Donation by caitlin on 23/01/13

£15.00

+ £3.75 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 23/01/13

£30.00

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Great cause! 7 Raffle tickets please

Donation by Jenni Block on 23/01/13

£21.00

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good luck at the Rumble ~ hope the visitors spendspendspend: shame we can't be there!

Donation by dee & liberty on 23/01/13

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 23/01/13

£6.00

+ £1.50 Gift Aid

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Donation by Jo on 23/01/13

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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best raffle ever! strip of five tickets for me please...too many amazing prizes. can't wait for saturday x

Donation by hannah c on 23/01/13

£15.00

+ £3.75 Gift Aid

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Donation by Rebecca Nicholson on 23/01/13

£15.00

+ £3.75 Gift Aid

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Here's the extra! 4 tickets please! xxxx

Donation by Emily Sills on 23/01/13

£2.00

+ £0.50 Gift Aid

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Will hopefully make it down to show my support in person on Saturday, but here's some dosh for 5 raffle tickets just in case. x

Donation by Rebecca Cosgriff on 23/01/13

£15.00

+ £3.75 Gift Aid

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I'm away that weekend, but I'll have a 4 tickets anyway! (just realised I did my maths wrong.... £2 more coming up!) good work Gem! xxxx

Donation by Emily Sills on 23/01/13

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Hope i can make it but 6 tickets just incase.

Donation by jenny western on 23/01/13

£18.00

+ £4.50 Gift Aid

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looking forward to this on saturday, 3 tickets please :D

Donation by lauren pothecary on 23/01/13

£9.00

+ £2.25 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 23/01/13

£3.00

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Good luck on saturday! Great cause, sorry i can't pop down and grab some juicy bargains too.

Donation by Zoe Grisedale on 22/01/13

£15.00

+ £3.75 Gift Aid

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All best with the Rumble on Saturday, it's a fab cause xx

Donation by Kay P on 22/01/13

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

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Three tickets please!

Donation by Laura Snapes on 22/01/13

£9.00

+ £2.25 Gift Aid

A good cause, please put me down for one raffle ticket :)

Donation by Rahul Shah on 22/01/13

£3.00

+ £0.75 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations£11,460.08
  • Offline donations£19,760.98
  • Text donations£408.00
  • Total raised£31,629.06
  • Gift Aid£1,320.40

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