The Didcot Powerhouse Fund – empowering the local community
The Didcot Powerhouse Fund – empowering the local community – read inspiring stories on the impact of the grants awarded to local organisations.
#DonateTheRebate to alleviate the cost-of-living crisis in Oxfordshire
The Government is giving every household a £400 rebate on their energy bills from October 2022. If you don’t need your rebate, or if you can afford to contribute more, we urge you to #DonateTheRebate to our Cost of Living Fund.
Join us to tackle the cost-of-living crisis in Oxfordshire
For some people in Oxfordshire, this winter will bring a stark choice between heating and eating. We are partnering with Oxfordshire County Council to make urgent grants available to charitable organisations already working to tackle the crisis. If you can help, now is the time to step up and give.
Maggie’s Day 2022 celebrates over ten years at The Story Museum
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
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
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.
“An impressive story well told”: OCF celebrates 21 years of community investment at Broughton Castle
Guests at the event were treated to a warm welcome from the Fiennes family in the stunning surroundings of the castle, as well as an exclusive preview of the new Oxfordshire Uncovered report, and a virtuoso keynote speech by philosopher A.C. Grayling.
Celebrating Maggie’s Day and the power of stories
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.