Kate Parrinder, Author at Oxfordshire Community Foundation

Yellow Submarine runs a variety of projects across Oxfordshire for young people with mild or moderate learning disabilities and autism, and provides workplace training in two cafés.

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SOFEA

Community Resilience Fund, Education and employability, Featured, Poverty and inequalityBy Kate Parrinder October 20, 2017

SOFEA’s mission is to enable the transformation of people’s lives, and their communities, with a major focus on young people. They enable people to fulfil their potential through work, wellbeing, study and purpose projects, providing the means of reducing the immediate effects of disadvantage by relieving food insecurity in the wider community.

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Good Food Oxford (GFO)

Featured, Poverty and inequalityBy Kate Parrinder October 20, 2017

Good Food Oxford supports the existing work of many organisations in and around the city working to make our food system more nourishing, less wasteful and more sustainable.

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Creative Dementia Arts Network (CDAN)

Mental health and physical wellbeingBy Kate Parrinder October 20, 2017

The Creative Dementia Arts Network (CDAN) helps artists, arts organisations and arts venues to adapt their work for people with dementia and their carers.

Inspiring young people celebrated at Thrive’s Young Achievers Dinner

Corporates, Groups, Impact, News, OCFBy Kate Parrinder October 17, 2017

Barton and Blackbird Leys based charity Thrive develops young people to bring hope and lasting change to disadvantaged communities. Their annual Young Achievers Dinner and awards was a testament to the power of investing in young people.

OCF receives “exemplar” rating in official Quality Accreditation

Corporates, Donors, News, OCFBy Kate Parrinder October 13, 2017

During the past six months OCF’s processes, governance and business planning mechanisms have been evaluated by an independent assessor, achieving an overall Quality Accreditation score of 53 out of 55.

New report challenges charities to embrace technology to access more funding

Corporates, Donors, Groups, News, OCFBy Kate Parrinder October 6, 2017

The report is published by The Good Exchange and investigates how technology can help the charitable sector overcome key modern-day challenges – in particular the changes to government funding and the increasing demand for the services provided by charities.

Anticipation builds for High Sheriff’s charity auction with brilliant lots donated

Donors, News, OCFBy Kate Parrinder September 29, 2017

This year’s High Sheriff Jane Cranston is running an online auction in association with Mallam’s, with a series of exciting lots already donated in aid of three local charities working to reduce the effects of crime. Jane is seeking more donations before the auction goes live in October.

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Thrive

Education and employability, Featured, Poverty and inequalityBy Kate Parrinder September 28, 2017

Thrive offers activity clubs and mentoring for young people in two of Oxford’s most deprived areas – Blackbird Leys and Barton. Their clubs and activities are countering the effects of social exclusion.

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Survivor Space Oxfordshire

Didcot Powerhouse Fund, Mental health and physical wellbeing, Step ChangeBy Kate Parrinder September 28, 2017

Survivor Space Oxfordshire is a feminist organisation committed to supporting survivors of sexual abuse, rape, domestic abuse, and harassment.