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Jo Cotterill shares the joy of storytelling at Maggie’s Day 2025

Donors, Impact, Maggie Evans, News, OCFBy Sophie Grant October 9, 2025

Maggie’s Day returned to The Story Museum on Thursday 2nd October, bringing donors and supporters together for a joyful celebration of reading, imagination and creativity. The event is held each year to showcase the impact of the Maggie Evans Fund, a memorial fund held and managed by Oxfordshire Community Foundation that helps bring the joy of reading to children from all backgrounds and supports projects with local schools, including those in less affluent areas.

Joseph Elliott brings monster-hunting fun to Maggie’s Day 2024

Donors, Impact, Maggie Evans, News, OCFBy Sophie Grant October 10, 2024

Maggie’s Day 2024 welcomed donors, supporters and family members of the Fund back to The Story Museum on Thursday 3rd October, for a vibrant celebration of storytelling and creativity. Each year, the event highlights the work of the Maggie Evans Fund, which helps children across Oxfordshire discover the joy of reading and supports projects with schools, particularly those in less affluent areas.

Maggie’s Day 2023 inspires more children with a love of stories

Donors, Impact, Maggie Evans, News, OCFBy Kate Parrinder November 15, 2023

Maggie’s Day is an annual event at The Story Museum showcasing the impact of grants made by the Maggie Evans Fund, which is hosted by Oxfordshire Community Foundation. This year, poet and children’s author Patience Agbabi brought her science fiction novels to life for a group of local school children.

Maggie’s Day 2022 celebrates over ten years at The Story Museum

Donors, Events, Maggie Evans, News, OCFBy Matthew Hearne August 11, 2022

Maggie’s Day 2022 was held on Tuesday 12th July and celebrated over ten years of activities at The Story Museum. Maggie’s Day showcases the collaboration between the Maggie Evans Fund and The Story Museum, to engage school children across Oxfordshire with a love of books and stories and into their Extreme Reading Adventures programme.

Celebrating Maggie’s Day by sharing poems of hope

Donors, Events, Maggie Evans, News, OCFBy Matthew Hearne November 4, 2021

The tenth Maggie’s Day took place on 2nd November 2021. Maggie’s Day is a collaboration between the Maggie Evans Fund and The Story Museum in Oxford to engage schoolchildren across the county with books and stories, culminating in an event with a children’s author. The fund commemorates the life of Maggie, a literary agent who died at the age of 29.

Poet Joseph Coelho inspires schoolchildren for Maggie’s Day

Donors, Events, Maggie Evans, News, OCFBy Kate Parrinder April 19, 2018

On Tuesday the Evans family remembered their daughter and sister Maggie, who took her own life ten years ago, aged 29. The annual Maggie’s Day event is a celebration of the power of the arts, and this year was no exception, with Joseph Coelho showing children how easy it can be to express yourself through poetry.

Celebrating Maggie’s Day and the power of stories

Donors, Events, Groups, Impact, Maggie Evans, News, OCFBy Kate Parrinder June 4, 2015

A group of enthusiastic school children took part in an interactive workshop with author-illustrator Emily Gravett as part of the annual Maggie’s Day event at The Story Museum on Thursday. The day is a chance for Maggie Evans’ family and friends to remember her and to celebrate her love of books and stories.