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Requests for COVID-19 funding soar in response to lockdown 3 – can you help OCF support the community?

Donors, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderJanuary 14, 2021

OCF’s latest grants round, opened last week in response to lockdown 3, has been overwhelmed with applications, indicating a great continued frontline need. We are therefore appealing for donations to help support this response.

Taking stock of 2020: playing to our strengths as well as adapting when needed

Donors, Financial, Impact, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderDecember 18, 2020

Our annual impact report argues that COVID-19 is creating a whole new world – and we must make sure it is one that we want to live in. This is why our work on the priorities identified long before the pandemic has never been more needed.

Christmas homelessness campaign aims to avoid the tragedy of a return to the streets in Oxfordshire

Donors, Financial, News, OCF, Oxford Homeless MovementBy Kate ParrinderDecember 8, 2020

Oxfordshire Homeless Movement (OHM) is appealing to local residents, visitors and workers to help them ensure no-one has to sleep rough in our county in 2021 and beyond.

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OCF celebrates philanthropy on Giving Tuesday

Donors, Financial, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderDecember 3, 2020

Around 60 donors and supporters gathered on Zoom for our first ever online Giving Tuesday event. They heard from philanthropists who have chosen to support OCF, such as Will and Fran Perrin, about the importance of giving locally, and discovered more about our COVID response and strategic programmes.

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Help close the education gap on Giving Tuesday with our match fund

Donors, Financial, Growing Minds, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderNovember 30, 2020

Every pound donated up to £30,000 will be doubled to help disadvantaged communities improve children’s school readiness with our match-funding initiative on The Good Exchange. The match starts on Giving Tuesday and runs for the next 10 months.

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Growing Minds picks up the pace to close the education gap

Donors, Groups, Growing Minds, Impact, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderOctober 29, 2020

After the initial shock of lockdown, families taking part in OCF’s Growing Minds early years programme are adapting to the ‘new normal’: social distancing, fewer face-to-face services, and rapid acceleration in the development of online services.

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OCF appeals to public to plug £30k funding gap for local grassroots COVID response

Donors, Financial, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderSeptember 22, 2020

In August, we invited small charities and community groups to apply for up to £2,000 of grant funding to support grassroots responses to the pandemic. The scale of applications received shows that the immediate crisis is far from over, and that communities urgently need more financial support.

Active Oxfordshire calls on local community to take on 26-minute challenge on 26th May

Donors, Groups, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderMay 21, 2020

Local charity Active Oxfordshire is promoting the ‘Mayathon’ challenge, which encourages people to take on 26 minutes of activity every day throughout May, ending with a ‘Finish Line Finale’ on 26th May at 2pm. Sponsorship funds are being raised towards OCF’s Community Resilience Fund.

Step Change Fund celebrates bumper year of infrastructure funding that will help charities recover stronger

Donors, Impact, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderMay 14, 2020

Donors to the Step Change Fund were to gather on 7th May to hear from Project Managers and charity leaders about the impact of their philanthropy. Instead, an annual review and impact summary celebrate the achievements of the fund.

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Oxford University shows its support for OCF

Donors, News, OCFBy Kate WalkerApril 24, 2020

Oxford University shows its support for OCF with a cyber security presentation at a recent webinar and by providing community support and funding. 

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