One World Centre Isle of Man





	Raising awareness of issues of global poverty, inequality and injustice and encouraging a response Registered Charity No 911. Open Weekdays 1 - 5pm Saturdays 10 - 12:30

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	Current Campaigns

	Over the last 2 years the One World Centre has run awareness raising campaigns on the issues of climate change and contemporary slavery. We've encouraged the reduction of carbon emissions and ethical consumerism. This year we are developing both themes in our Hey Big Spender campaign.

Past Campaigns

Shopping to make a difference is a Campaign by the One World Centre working in conjunction with Amnesty International IoM to raise awareness about how our life choices can help to liberate people from slavery. Shop to make a difference asks individuals to make a personal pledge to become a more ethical shopper

Signed pledges on thin strips of paper were woven into a giant shopping basket to remind shoppers at Christmas that their choices can really make a difference.


	For the Shopping to make a difference Posters

	For the Shopping to make a difference press release

“Think Freedom” was a campaign by the One World Centre which celebrated the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade, whilst recognising that slavery is still a huge global problem today.

1807 was a remarkable turning point in the ethical consciousness of the history of humankind, and a much cited example of the effectiveness of people power. It succeeded because of the impact of a constant and unrelenting voice prepared to speak out for human rights and justice against the economic and trading

standards of the day and against the social expectations of the day. A movement that threatened peoples livelihoods, and profit margins, a movement that affected the lives of many people here on the Isle of Man.
But Slavery has not been abolished. Whilst we celebrate the abolition of the slave trade as such, slavery is still rife in almost every country in the world. It just takes a different and sometimes a more subtle form than of the past.

It is estimated that between 12 and 27 million people are still in slavery worldwide, the majority in Asia and Latin America. It is certain that some aspects of slavery are generated by the demand for cheap services and products by the developed world.
Through our campaign we highlighted what people can do to make their voices heard against poverty on the International stage, and how we can alter our shopping habits to ensure that the way we each live on a daily basis is not part of the problem, but part of the solution in stopping this immoral trade.”


	For the Think Freedom poster


	For the slavery pack posters

The Big Switch
Working in conjunction with Manx environmental and aid organisations The One World Centre helped to coordinate the Big Switch Campaign. It was a campaign of two halves, beginning with ‘Switch off!’- which highlighted the ways in which everyone can reduce their own personal carbon emissions by cutting down on the energy they use - switching off unnecessary lights, computers, standby, machines, boilers and engines!
On November 4^th, the International Day of Action to Stop Climate Chaos, and ‘Switch On!’ began. This second part of the campaign suggested ways you can proactively reduce your carbon emissions - by switching on to recycling, public transport, planting trees or alternative technology. This was an opportunity for individuals to share what energy saving devices they have found... and how they are saving money.


	For the Switch On posters

Hot Air
The Hot Air campaign ran throughout the summer encouraging people to reduce their personal carbon emmissions.
It is estimated that each of us create the equivalent of 5 hot air balloons of carbon emissions per person per year - this is 3 too many! To represent this 60% reduction, 3 balloons were made from a mosaic of personalised stickers... pledges from members of the public who realise the importance of switching off from energy guzzling life styles and switching on to alternative options. They were made up of approximately 812 pledges toreduce

electricity usage 456 Pledges to reduce car emissions and 262 Pledges to reduce air miles. The good news is that people are concerned, so concerned that they are personally doing something about it!”


	For the Hot Air primary posters

	For the Hot Air secondary posters

Climate Chain Challenge
The Climate Chain Challenge was also focussed on encouraging people to make sacrifices in their lifestyle to help combat climate change.
Colourful strips of paper were used as pledges to make a commitment to reduce electricity usage, car usage or heating which were then joined together to form a paper chain of signatures.This activity was part of the International Day for Call for Action on Climate change taking place across the world on December 3rd 2005 as

the 3rd Kyoto discussions got under way. The campaign ran for a week and over 2300 people sent in pledges which were presented to MHK John Rimmington at a public talk.

Go Woolly this Winter…
“Go Woolly this Winter” was a combined challenge from IOM Friends of the Earth working in conjunction with the One World Centre which offered a positive response to Global Climate Change. This campaign was aimed at encouraging people to take the first step in reducing their energy consumption by turning down their central heating, and putting on another sweater. It was that simple! Reducing the temperature of your heating reduces cost, reduces consumption and helps reduce global climate change.

For the Go Woolly facts and figures


	For the Go Woolly posters


Make Poverty History
	The MakePovertyHistory / JeanBoghtynidShennaghys. campaign ran throughout 2005, and the One World Centre co-ordinated the Manx response. Manx white wristbands and T-shirts were sold, over 2000 signed strips of white cotton and over 2000 ‘Send my Friend to School’ buddies were collected. On 22 June, Tynwald unanimously approved 27-0 a resolution proposed by David Anderson, and seconded by Phil Gawne, supporting the ‘Make Poverty History’ campaign. The resolution was handed into a representative of the G8 by a group from the Isle of Man at the Make Poverty

History rally in Edinburgh on 2nd July. The members of the Manx group wore cloaks made from the signatures collected on the Island.


	The Butterfly Campaign

		The One World Centre’s first campaign in 2004 was The Butterfly campaign, asking the Manx Government to increase their spending on the Overseas Aid Budget from 0.02% of national income to the UN recommended level of 0.7%. Over 4000 postcards were distributed to the public to send to their MHK’s in a two month period. On the 15 December Tynwald voted for Phil Gawne MHK’s motion "for there to be a


	significant increase in the amount donated by the IOM Govt to Overseas Aid, with a target to increase the amount given by stages to 0.7% of national income by the year 2013." !!!! The vote was 26-2 (20-1 in the Keys; 6-1 in the Legislative Council)

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