The Oxford Committee for Famine Relief met for the first time on 5 October 1942. Among its founding members were Canon T R Milford of the University Church and Professor Gilbert Murray, a member of the national Committee and former Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford, and Dr Henry Gillett, a prominent local Quaker. (Members of the Society of Friends (the Quakers) were to play a significant part in Oxfam’s development.) The commitment of Cecil Jackson-Cole, a London businessman appointed Honorary Secretary in December 1942, drove the Committee’s work for many years.
Many of the Relief Committees were wound down after the war, but the Oxford Committee saw a continuing need and enlarged its objectives to include ‘the relief of suffering in consequence of the war’. Activity then centred on the provision of food parcels and clothing to Europe including Germany. From 1948 grants were made to projects in Europe and elsewhere and in 1949 the Committee’s objectives were again broadened to ‘the relief of suffering arising as a result of wars or of other causes in any part of the world.’ The Committee gradually became known as ‘Oxfam’ (created as an appeals ‘reply code’ and later used as the organisation’s telex address); this name was formally adopted in 1965.
In 1951, Howard Leslie Kirkley was appointed General Secretary. Registered as a conscientious objector in 1939, Kirkley had helped found and run the Leeds Famine Relief Committee. He remained with Oxfam for 24 years, latterly as Director, and his own presence in disaster situations, the swift response of his organisation and his work as Chairman of the UK Publicity Committee for the UN World Refugee Year in 1959-60 brought Oxfam to the attention of a wide audience
The Oxford Committee for Famine Relief met for the first time on 5 October 1942. Among its founding members were Canon T R Milford of the University Church and Professor Gilbert Murray, a member of the national Committee and former Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford, and Dr Henry Gillett, a prominent local Quaker. (Members of the Society of Friends (the Quakers) were to play a significant part in Oxfam’s development.) The commitment of Cecil Jackson-Cole, a London businessman appointed Honorary Secretary in December 1942, drove the Committee’s work for many years. Many of the Relief Committees were wound down after the war, but the Oxford Committee saw a continuing need and enlarged its objectives to include ‘the relief of suffering in consequence of the war’. Activity then centred on the provision of food parcels and clothing to Europe including Germany. From 1948 grants were made to projects in Europe and elsewhere and in 1949 the Committee’s objectives were again broadened to ‘the relief of suffering arising as a result of wars or of other causes in any part of the world.’ The Committee gradually became known as ‘Oxfam’ (created as an appeals ‘reply code’ and later used as the organisation’s telex address); this name was formally adopted in 1965.In 1951, Howard Leslie Kirkley was appointed General Secretary. Registered as a conscientious objector in 1939, Kirkley had helped found and run the Leeds Famine Relief Committee. He remained with Oxfam for 24 years, latterly as Director, and his own presence in disaster situations, the swift response of his organisation and his work as Chairman of the UK Publicity Committee for the UN World Refugee Year in 1959-60 brought Oxfam to the attention of a wide audience
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