VOLUNTEERS at Tavistock's Oxfam Shop beat off stiff opposition to win a national competition for their window display as part of a global hunger campaign.

The window of the shop in West Street was decorated in support of the 'IF Campaign' — a campaign for change against poverty and hunger.

The Tavistock shop was crowned the winner out of 730 others for its window depicting a giant 'IF Campaign' supportive wristband and ideas for change. The window was designed by volunteer Aaron Rowe and created with the help of other volunteers from the shop.

Shop manager Jackie Theobald said: 'I'm so pleased and proud of the team. It's nice to have people that really care about what happens with poverty around the world.'

A petition created by the 'IF Campaign' and signed by 1.4-million people, was handed to Prime Minister David Cameron at the beginning of the G8 Summit in Northern Ireland, calling on the G8 to act on hunger and tax-dodging. At the end of the summit, world leaders had made progress on some of the 'Big Ifs' campaigners had been demanding action on.

The campaign called on world leaders to help people in poor countries to have enough nourishing food, and support for families to grow their own food.?It also called for the closure of tax havens to stop the billions of pounds that flow out of poor countries that could be used to end hunger and for poor people in developing countries to have more control over their land by protecting farmers from land grabs and using land to grow food not biofuels.

The 'IF Campaign' is still running and people can show their support by purchasing a supportive wristband from Oxfam shops.