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Claire Dowan

Third OCF Funders’ Forum focuses on homelessness

Donors, Events, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderNovember 13, 2017

At OCF’s latest Funders’ Forum on 31st October 2017, local trusts and foundations heard from a leading Oxford homeless charity, and found out more about how they could fund projects collaboratively on The Good Exchange.

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High Sheriff welcomes county leaders and opens online auction

Donors, Events, Groups, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderNovember 3, 2017

High Sheriff of Oxfordshire Jane Cranston took the opportunity to showcase the work of the voluntary sector and criminal justice system at her event last night at St Helen and St Katharine School in Abingdon.

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OCF receives “exemplar” rating in official Quality Accreditation

Corporates, Donors, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderOctober 13, 2017

During the past six months OCF’s processes, governance and business planning mechanisms have been evaluated by an independent assessor, achieving an overall Quality Accreditation score of 53 out of 55.

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New report challenges charities to embrace technology to access more funding

Corporates, Donors, Groups, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderOctober 6, 2017

The report is published by The Good Exchange and investigates how technology can help the charitable sector overcome key modern-day challenges – in particular the changes to government funding and the increasing demand for the services provided by charities.

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Anticipation builds for High Sheriff’s charity auction with brilliant lots donated

Donors, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderSeptember 29, 2017

This year’s High Sheriff Jane Cranston is running an online auction in association with Mallam’s, with a series of exciting lots already donated in aid of three local charities working to reduce the effects of crime. Jane is seeking more donations before the auction goes live in October.

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Berinsfield community rallies to reopen children’s centre

Donors, Events, Groups, Impact, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderSeptember 11, 2017

The Berin Centre is a new facility serving the village of Berinsfield, which houses many low-income families. The new centre is the culmination of a year of work by the community to replace and improve on services that were previously provided by the local government-funded children’s centre.

Anthony Stansfeld and Francis Habgood

Thames Valley community foundations work to distribute proceeds of crime

Donors, Financial, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderSeptember 1, 2017

Community foundations in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Milton Keynes are working together to turn the proceeds of crime into grants that reduce reoffending, prevent social problems and build community resilience.

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OCF to pilot homelessness funding with The Good Exchange

Donors, Financial, Groups, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderAugust 3, 2017

The Good Exchange is an online platform that enables the auto-matching of grant applications to a funder’s specific grant giving criteria. Starting with a focus on homelessness, applications to OCF’s grants programmes will soon be automatically shared with other funders on The Good Exchange.

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OCF backs pilot project to engage teenagers, in memory of Martha Fernback

Donors, Impact, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderJuly 19, 2017

Anne-Marie Cockburn’s daughter Martha Fernback died four years ago this week of an MDMA overdose. Now she is building on her work on restorative justice and forgiveness by piloting a new project that will teach teenagers to make good decisions.

A victim of crime being counselled by SAFE

High Sheriff to hold online auction to prevent crime and reduce reoffending

Donors, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderJuly 12, 2017

High Sheriff of Oxfordshire Jane Cranston will hold an online auction in association with Mallams to raise money for local charities that are tackling crime prevention, offender rehabilitation and victim support. She is now seeking donations of auction lots to help raise as much as possible.

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