Grants totalling £36k have now been made to the hard-hitting charities, which tackle issues as diverse as mental health for young people, genetic health conditions, homelessness, sexual abuse, unemployment, cancer support, loneliness and isolation, and palliative care.
Christmas fundraiser, Raise’24, gives £36,000 boost to charities supporting Oxfordshire residents
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.
We are so grateful to law firm Mills & Reeve, whose Oxford office sponsored an event at Ditchley Park last week to engage local philanthropists, building on the pro bono support and donations they have already provided to Oxfordshire Community Foundation.
Wise Funds have donated over £1,600 to Oxfordshire Community Foundation’s (OCF) Collective Business Fund for a third year running, pooling funds with other Oxfordshire companies to have a greater reach across the Oxfordshire charitable sector.
Two new companies, B4 and Oxford PharmaGenesis, join OCF’s Collective Business Fund to support Oxfordshire’s dynamic charitable sector with grant funding.
Oxfordshire Homeless Movement has been hosted by Oxfordshire Community Foundation since its inception five years ago and is now ready to become an independent charity to take its work forward, filling gaps in homelessness provision and promoting partnership working.
In our new impact report, we look at some of the stories of change behind our grant-making total, which has exceeded £2m for the second year running. Accompanying our 2021-22 audited accounts, the report gives an update from our CEO and Chair on changes in 2022 and plans for 2023.
The new Oxfordshire Collective Business Fund is a way for local businesses to make a genuine difference to the communities in which they operate, by combining contributions in one fund from which grants are made annually to Oxfordshire charitable organisations.
The Didcot Powerhouse Fund, which is hosted by OCF, has confirmed that in its first year of grant-giving it has been able to make grants totalling £95,508 to 17 organisations, with grants ranging from £400 to £13,000.