Collage of images of the Evans family and friend, Zoe Sprigings, Jo Cotterill and Lucy Webber at The Story Museum

Maggie’s Day 2025 celebrates ten years of supporting children’s storytelling

Donors, Impact, Maggie Evans, News, OCF

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.

An older black man talks supportively to a younger white man in front a of mural in Barton, Oxford

Take action to make someone’s life better this winter with OCF’s Living Essentials Fund

Living Essentials Fund, News

Your donation will help people with homelessness, food insecurity, fuel poverty and debt. Having a place to call home, which is warm and with readily available food, is something many of us take for granted. Yet for the most vulnerable in our county, these essentials are unaffordable. In Oxfordshire, general affluence hides deep inequality, and…

A young female adult sitting in a wheelchair painting in an art studio.

OCF hosts new arts fund to continue legacy of OYAP Trust

Grant-making services, Named Funds, News, Professional Advisors, Uncategorized

Young people will continue to benefit from the creative arts thanks to a donation of £10,000 following the closure of OYAP Trust. OYAP Trust was an award-winning arts charity in Bicester that gave vulnerable young people access to the creative arts, education and training opportunities, helping them develop skills, confidence and self-esteem. Their work with…