OCF marks #GivingTuesday 2018 with friends at Makespace
OCF’s annual #GivingTuesday event was held last night at new social enterprise hub Makespace Oxford, where around 80 donors and supporters heard from beneficiaries of our work.
The Westgate Fund: 12 months on
Oxford is celebrating one year since the new Westgate shopping centre opened in 2017. The charitable fund established to mark the opening has since made nearly £14,000 in grants to projects in the city.
City Conversation sets priorities to tackle rough sleeping in Oxford
Today, on World Homeless Day, the City Conversation partnership has set out collaborative actions to address rough sleeping in Oxford.
Oxford celebrates becoming a Sustainable Food City with Bronze Award
At a packed event at the Town Hall this week, local food network Good Food Oxford hosted a celebration of their Bronze Award, which recognises the charity’s work to promote healthy, sustainable and local food and to tackle some of today’s greatest social challenges.
The Story Museum receives #iwill funding from OCF
Funding of £5,000 has been awarded as part of OCF’s first ever incremental grants round administered through online matching platform The Good Exchange.
City Conversation agrees partnership approach for tackling homelessness in Oxford
The City Conversation is a coalition of people whose mission is “To ensure that nobody has to sleep rough on the streets of Oxford.” The steering group has now agreed a new partnership approach that will improve collaboration in working towards this goal.
Life expectancy differs by 15 years between men in North Oxford vs Northfield Brook
Latest information published by the Office for National Statistics shows that the gap in life expectancy for men in different parts of Oxford city has increased by 11 years since 2007.
£5 million boost to Thames Valley charities
Small local charities across the Thames Valley have received almost £5 million from four community foundations following a record-breaking year.
Banbury citizens invited to have their say to make the town a great place to grow older
Banbury needs you – to help ensure the town is doing the best it can for older people. A special launch event takes place next Wednesday, June 20, open to everybody interested in helping Banbury become one of Britain’s first age-friendly towns.
Oxford Early Years to address priority needs for children under 5 in Oxford
Oxford Early Years is a bold new initiative bringing together parents, professionals, educators, local representatives and funders to work together and take action to tackle lack of social mobility. OCF is a member of the action group known as the Lab Team.