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OCF gives £286k boost to charities tackling the cost-of-living crisis

Donors, Groups, Impact, News, OCFBy Louise SloanJanuary 25, 2023

In December 2022 The Cost of Living Fund awarded its first set of grants, totalling £286,165 to 43 local organisations, supporting charitable organisations working to help the most disadvantaged in our county cope with this unprecedented crisis. 

OCF reflects on 2022: changes, challenges and community

Impact, News, OCFBy Kate WalkerDecember 14, 2022

As we come to the end of 2022, OCF reflects on a year of changes, challenges and community. Thank you for all of your support throughout 2022. We are taking a break for Christmas, closing our office (and laptops!) from the end of Thursday 22nd December. We will be back in January 2023 with further details on our plans for the year ahead. 

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OCF supporters gather to celebrate Giving Tuesday at the Story Museum

Donors, Impact, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderDecember 1, 2022

We have received 86 applications to our Cost of Living Fund totalling more than £600,000. With the effects of recession looming, can you help us empower grassroots charities supporting people to make ends meet?

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The Didcot Powerhouse Fund – empowering the local community

Donors, Groups, Impact, News, OCFBy Kate WalkerNovember 16, 2022

The Didcot Powerhouse Fund – empowering the local community – read inspiring stories on the impact of the grants awarded to local organisations.

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OCF team reflects on the future at UK Community Foundations Conference

Events, Impact, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderOctober 18, 2022

Staff and trustees from OCF attended the UKCF Conference in Manchester last week, which brought together nearly 400 people from over 40 community foundations across the UK and worldwide. The conference focused on how we can act now to shape a better tomorrow for our communities.

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Grants awarded to support older people and reduce loneliness or isolation

Groups, Impact, News, OCFBy Kate WalkerSeptember 26, 2022

OCF is delighted to have awarded grants totalling over £21,000 from the Sir George Earle Benevolent Fund. These grants are enabling local organisations to support older people and reduce loneliness or isolation. 

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Grants awarded totalling £300,000 to continue delivery of vital services to the community

Groups, Impact, News, OCFBy Kate WalkerJuly 27, 2022

Oxfordshire Community Foundation (OCF) is delighted to have awarded grants worth £300,000, from Oxfordshire County Council’s Contain Outbreak Management Fund, to enable local organisations to continue to deliver vital services to our communities and their residents. 

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Step Change marks another year building core capacity in voluntary sector

Donors, Groups, Impact, NewsBy Kate ParrinderJuly 21, 2022

The Step Change annual review celebrates the 12 months to April 2022, when four new infrastructure grants were made to the tune of over £208k, and project managers supported the ongoing implementation of 12 active projects.

Some of the groups awarded grants for community integration projects

Over £58,000 of grants awarded to bring people from different backgrounds together

Groups, Impact, News, OCFBy Kate WalkerJuly 20, 2022

OCF has recently awarded Community Integration grants, worth more than £58,000, to bring people from different backgrounds together around the place where they live.

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Age Friendly Banbury moves closer to frontline partners as Age UK Oxfordshire takes on hosting

Groups, Impact, NewsBy Kate WalkerMay 11, 2022

The key partners, that have been part of the leadership group for Age Friendly Banbury since it formed in 2018, are still actively involved and committed to its success. Age Friendly Banbury now moves closer to these frontline partners, as Age UK Oxfordshire takes on the hosting of the project and co-ordinator Bee Myson. 

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