£270,000 has been distributed to 33 charitable organisations with funding from Oxfordshire Community Foundation’s Living Essentials Fund. This is empowering them to deliver their work through the winter months to Oxfordshire residents who are struggling to provide the essentials for themselves and their families.
Oxford-based charity, St Michael’s and All Saints’ Charities has partnered with Oxfordshire Community Foundation (OCF) for its 2024 grants awards, donating £30,000 to benefit people with the most pressing needs
OCF has just published it’s annual accounts for the financial year 2023-24. £1.9 million of grants were made during the year to support grassroots charities across Oxfordshire where the need for philanthropy has never been more strongly felt.
Christmas fundraiser, Raise’24, gives £36,000 boost to charities supporting Oxfordshire residents
Giving Tuesday event celebrates Oxfordshire Community Foundation’s impact over the last year by bringing together volunteers, donors, supporters and charitable groups that have all played a crucial role in transforming lives in our county.
Our generous donors and other funding partners are stepping up to support this fund, which will help people with essential issues such as homelessness, food insecurity, fuel poverty and debt. We now have over £400k in applications, so have increased our fundraising target.
Thanks to the support of a committed cohort of donors and funders, OCF’s first ever round of Thriving in Nature grants were paid in August 2024, with multi-year grants totalling £494k given to 14 small local charities.
OCF is pleased to announce the allocation of £210,000 in grants aimed at fostering mental wellbeing and addressing mental health inequalities across the county, in partnership with Public Health Oxfordshire and West Oxfordshire District Council.
This event brought together local funders to share best practice, explore challenges and showcase some of the solutions that could make them more effective. This included best-practice grant-making, succession planning and investment management.
OCF’s Living Essentials Fund opens for applications from Oxfordshire’s grassroots charities. Grants will support charitable organisations that are helping people with unaffordable essentials such as homelessness, food insecurity and warmth as well as debt advice.