# Oxfam celebrates life of Joe Mitty

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/11/08/oxfam-celebrates-life-joe-mitty/
- Published: 2007-11-08T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Oxfam is celebrating the life of Joe Mitty, its first paid employee, who died on
30 September, with a page about him and his achievements on its website. Joe set
up Oxfam’s first shop in Oxford in 1949, worked for the organisation for over 33
years, and is widely credited for founding the modern day charity shop.
Oxfam’s ‘
Remembering Joe’ page includes a video of him receiving a lifetime achievement award
in 2006 from then-Prime Minister Tony Blair at the ITV Daily Mirror Pride of Britain
ceremony.

 

 

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The charity credits Joe with leaving “an extraordinary legacy.” He made “an immense
contribution to making the Oxfam shop network what it is today: 750 outlets across
the UK, generating an annual profit of around £20 million, staffed by more than 
20,000 volunteers, and frequented by an estimated 17 million customers a year.”

 

 

The page includes a link to Oxfam’s announcement of his death, and another video
about Joe’s life and success.

 

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