Latest Oxfam Unwrapped

Actor and comedian Peter Rowsthorn is encouraging Australians to make some extra room under their Christmas tree for a goat this year.

While 15 – 29 year-olds are often branded as the apathetic Generation Y, Oxfam Australia has seen the number of young people buying charitable gifts double since it started its Oxfam Unwrapped program in 2005.

With the global financial crisis creating a $2 million hole in its 2008 budget, Oxfam Australia is urging Australians to consider charitable gift giving this Christmas.

Oxfam Australia today announced its alternative gift catalogue Unwrapped had raised over $4 million, breaking all previous Christmas sales records.

Christmas gift shoppers have six days left to purchase Oxfam Unwrapped gifts so that cards will be sent in time for Christmas.

Sales of Unwrapped gifts are up fifty percent on last year indicating that Australians are increasingly generous.

Corinne Grant launches Oxfam Unwrapped with a ‘live’ stall at the Victoria Market