Our generous donors and other funding partners are stepping up to support this fund, which will help people with essential issues such as homelessness, food insecurity, fuel poverty and debt. We now have over £400k in applications, so have increased our fundraising target.
Thanks to the support of a committed cohort of donors and funders, OCF’s first ever round of Thriving in Nature grants were paid in August 2024, with multi-year grants totalling £494k given to 12 small local charities.
OCF is pleased to announce the allocation of £210,000 in grants aimed at fostering mental wellbeing and addressing mental health inequalities across the county, in partnership with Public Health Oxfordshire and West Oxfordshire District Council.
This event brought together local funders to share best practice, explore challenges and showcase some of the solutions that could make them more effective. This included best-practice grant-making, succession planning and investment management.
OCF’s Living Essentials Fund opens for applications from Oxfordshire’s grassroots charities. Grants will support charitable organisations that are helping people with unaffordable essentials such as homelessness, food insecurity and warmth as well as debt advice.
Local individuals, businesses and colleges asked to support Oxfordshire Community Foundation’s Living Essentials Fund that will support people facing a daily struggle to provide the basics of shelter, food and warmth for themselves and their families.
We are delighted to be launching a third round of Community Capacity funding, thanks to £341,250 from Oxfordshire County Council. Grants will be made to help Oxfordshire’s residents to live independently and healthily for as long as possible in their lives. Community Capacity Fund applications are now invited from charitable groups in Oxfordshire. The Community Capacity grants support the Council’s Oxfordshire Way vision: “to support the people of Oxfordshire to live…
A panel of inspirational speakers from the football industry was a highlight of B4’s latest networking breakfast, where OCF spoke about the Raise’24 collective fundraising initiative.
OCF are looking for new grants assessors and panellists to support our grant-making, with a new package of benefits for volunteers.
We were delighted to welcome Oxfordshire Community Foundation’s (OCF) Friends and volunteers to a drinks event to thank them for their support over the last year.