Tampon Tax funding awarded for Oxfordshire groups
More than 400 local projects across the UK working with some of society’s most vulnerable women and girls have received a much-needed funding boost from their local community foundation.
Over £150k raised for the homeless in Christmas match fund appeal
Over £150,000 has been raised for the homeless in a Christmas match fund appeal. All donations made to Oxford Homeless Movement between Sunday 1st December and Monday 6th January were doubled by OCF.
The OCF office is closed for Christmas
Wishing you a restful Christmas. Please note the OCF office is closed for the Christmas holiday, from Friday 20th December at 5.00 pm and re-opens at 9.00 am on Thursday 2nd January 2020.
OCF’s top ten stories of 2019
We wish all of our supporters and partners a very happy and restful Christmas. Before we close for the holidays, here are our highlights of 2019!
Double the difference – Oxford Homeless Movement Christmas match fund
Donations to Oxford Homeless Movement are being doubled this Christmas by OCF.
OCF celebrates #GivingTuesday 2019
OCF’s annual #GivingTuesday event was held last week at Maggie’s Oxford, with over 80 donors and supporters.
Growing Minds
Helping disadvantaged children to be school ready. Growing Minds is an innovative and ground-breaking initiative to improve school readiness in disadvantaged communities. The project combines tested interventions to multiply impact.
OCF funding boosts community friendship across Oxfordshire
OCF awarded grants, totalling over £92,500 and supporting over 33,000 people, as part of a funding round aimed at bringing people from different backgrounds together to build long lasting community friendships.
The experience to ‘solve’ homelessness in Oxford
As OCF welcomes the official launch of Oxford Homeless Movement this week on World Homeless Day, we highlight the difference personal experience can make.
Oxford Homeless Movement
Age Friendly Banbury is a partnership between local organisations with an interest in making Banbury an age-friendly town. It brings together older people; community leaders, local charities, businesses, and local councils (Banbury Town, Cherwell and South Northants Districts and Oxfordshire County).