Alison McGardle first contacted Oxfam Ireland in July to say she had just booked The Ambassador, Dublin - whose capacity is 1000 – to say that she was organising an ‘all ages’ gig for Oxjam with about 10 bands playing.

From that moment she got sponsors on board to help with designing and printing posters, got Phantom FM on board to help with the publicity and was interviewed by both the Irish Times and Hot Press which each featured lengthy articles about her 18th of October gig.

Not only did she sell over 600 tickets but also sold Oxjam t-shirts and had a stand in the venue where young people could sign up to become campaigners with Oxfam. Well done Ali & the team!! Go girls!!