Financial Archives - Oxfordshire Community Foundation

Amanda Ponsonby celebrates a year as High Sheriff with awards to community groups across Oxfordshire

Donors, Financial, Groups, News, OCFBy Kate Parrinder April 9, 2021

As she reaches the end of her year as High Sheriff of Oxfordshire, Amanda has been touring the county presenting awards to the many grassroots community groups and charities she has met since April 2020. Despite the pandemic, Amanda has succeeded in raising awareness and funds for a huge number of causes, and used her awards as a chance to recognise the hard work and dedication of the voluntary sector.

Delivering better futures with Made By Sport as ‘Clubs In Crisis’ fund launches

Financial, Groups, NewsBy Kate Walker March 29, 2021

Made By Sport officially launches its ‘Clubs In Crisis’ fund to coincide with the date that sports clubs can begin to meet outdoors again. UK Community Foundations have teamed up with Made By Sport to offer local sports clubs and organisations the opportunity to apply for a grant which can help support young people as they start to recover from the effects of the latest lockdown.

Taking stock of 2020: playing to our strengths as well as adapting when needed

Donors, Financial, Impact, News, OCFBy Kate Parrinder December 18, 2020

Our annual impact report argues that COVID-19 is creating a whole new world – and we must make sure it is one that we want to live in. This is why our work on the priorities identified long before the pandemic has never been more needed.

Christmas homelessness campaign aims to avoid the tragedy of a return to the streets in Oxfordshire

Donors, Financial, News, OCF, Oxfordshire Homeless MovementBy Kate Parrinder December 8, 2020

Oxfordshire Homeless Movement (OHM) is appealing to local residents, visitors and workers to help them ensure no-one has to sleep rough in our county in 2021 and beyond.

OCF celebrates philanthropy on Giving Tuesday

Donors, Financial, News, OCFBy Kate Parrinder December 3, 2020

Around 60 donors and supporters gathered on Zoom for our first ever online Giving Tuesday event. They heard from philanthropists who have chosen to support OCF, such as Will and Fran Perrin, about the importance of giving locally, and discovered more about our COVID response and strategic programmes.

Help close the education gap on Giving Tuesday with our match fund

Donors, Financial, Growing Minds, News, OCFBy Kate Parrinder November 30, 2020

Every pound donated up to £30,000 will be doubled to help disadvantaged communities improve children’s school readiness with our match-funding initiative on The Good Exchange. The match starts on Giving Tuesday and runs for the next 10 months.

OCF small grants support local community COVID-19 response

Financial, Groups, News, OCFBy Kate Walker October 8, 2020

OCF has awarded grants, totalling over £58,000 and supporting nearly 32,000 people, as part of a funding round to support COVID-19 response and recovery. These grants, funded from our Community Resilience Fund, aimed to give smaller organisations vital funding as they continue to respond to the pandemic, or enter the recovery phase.

OCF appeals to public to plug £30k funding gap for local grassroots COVID response

Donors, Financial, News, OCFBy Kate Parrinder September 22, 2020

In August, we invited small charities and community groups to apply for up to £2,000 of grant funding to support grassroots responses to the pandemic. The scale of applications received shows that the immediate crisis is far from over, and that communities urgently need more financial support.

OCF celebrates transformational CEO Jayne Woodley, who leaves after 10 years

Financial, Impact, News, OCFBy Kate Parrinder June 29, 2020

After leading Oxfordshire Community Foundation for 10 years as Chief Executive, Jayne Woodley steps down on 30th June 2020. She has led the transformation of OCF from a small grant-making body with extremely limited resources to the ambitious, sector-leading organisation of today.

OCF’s top ten stories of 2019

Donors, Events, Financial, Groups, Impact, News, OCFBy Kate Walker December 19, 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!