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.

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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.

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Home-Start

Community cohesion, Mental health and physical wellbeingBy Kate Parrinder September 28, 2017

Home-Start is a voluntary organisation that promotes the welfare of families with young children.

“An impressive story well told”: OCF celebrates 21 years of community investment at Broughton Castle

Donors, Events, News, OCFBy Kate Parrinder June 20, 2016

Guests at the event were treated to a warm welcome from the Fiennes family in the stunning surroundings of the castle, as well as an exclusive preview of the new Oxfordshire Uncovered report, and a virtuoso keynote speech by philosopher A.C. Grayling.

Celebrating Maggie’s Day and the power of stories

Donors, Events, Groups, Impact, Maggie Evans, News, OCFBy Kate Parrinder June 4, 2015

A group of enthusiastic school children took part in an interactive workshop with author-illustrator Emily Gravett as part of the annual Maggie’s Day event at The Story Museum on Thursday. The day is a chance for Maggie Evans’ family and friends to remember her and to celebrate her love of books and stories.