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OCF celebrate 30th birthday at joyful evening

Events, News, OCFBy Susannah HobbsDecember 3, 2025

OCF’s 30th birthday brought together our wonderful community of donors, funders, grantees, volunteers and supporters to celebrate at The Randolph Hotel in Oxford.

Group of guests in the Randolph ballroom holding up Raise'25 signs

OCF secures £50k match fund for B4’s Raise’25 initiative

Donors, Events, News, UncategorizedBy Susannah HobbsOctober 3, 2025

A generous anonymous match-funder has agreed to donate £1 for every £1 raised for collective fundraising initiative Raise’25, up to £50k. The match creates a target of £100k to be distributed to 12 local charities that support people from cradle to grave.

Thanks given to OCF supporters at summer drinks event

Donors, Events, Friends, Named Funds, News, PatronsBy Susannah HobbsJune 16, 2025

Oxfordshire Community Foundation thanks its supporters at a Summer Celebration event, helping OCF to deliver its work and transform lives across the county.

A room of people sitting at tables listening to a speaker

Thriving in Nature Fund celebrates first year of grantmaking at Asthall Manor

Events, News, Thriving in Nature Fund, UncategorizedBy Susannah HobbsMay 13, 2025

OCF brought together Thriving in Nature grantees and donors for a celebration and learning event at Asthall Manor, to recognise the impact already being seen from the inaugural 2024 grants.

Zoe Sprigings, CEO, speaking at a lectern, a group of people chatting at the event and the front cover of OCF's impact report.

Giving Tuesday celebrates OCF’s collective impact

Donors, Events, Impact, News, UncategorizedBy Susannah HobbsDecember 11, 2024

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.

Collage of images: panel session on stage; two people chatting in workshop; "Sponsored by CCLA" logo; Peter Frumkin's address; exterior view of Gradel Institute

Local grant-makers build best practice at Oxfordshire Funders’ Forum

Donors, EventsBy Kate ParrinderOctober 20, 2024

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.

Collage of images from the event, including Kate speaking and groups holding up the Raise '24 logo

Football provides inspiration for Raise’24, which will nurture collaboration as well as competition

Corporates, Events, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderAugust 13, 2024

A panel of inspirational speakers from the football industry was a highlight of B4’s latest networking breakfast, where OCF spoke about the Raise’24 collective fundraising initiative.

Zoe Sprigings, Chief Executive of Oxfordshire Community Foundation, The Vice Lord-Lieutenant and Ian Busby, Chair of Trustees at OCF

Friends and volunteers thanked at Summer Celebration event

Donors, Events, NewsBy Susannah HobbsAugust 1, 2024

We were delighted to welcome Oxfordshire Community Foundation’s (OCF) Friends and volunteers to a drinks event to thank them for their support over the last year.

People are dressed up in Christmas outfits, standing next to a Christmas tree

Lift off for B4 festive fundraising extravaganza ‘Raise’24’!

Events, News, UncategorizedBy Susannah HobbsJuly 31, 2024

B4 launches Raise’24, uniting Oxfordshire’s leading businesses and charities, including OCF, for social impact. This brand new annual fundraising event will bring together teams from across Oxfordshire businesses for a very different Christmas celebration.

Collage of images of Ditchley Park, donors at the event, Mills and Reeve/OCF banners and staff; skills workshop being run by M&R

Mills & Reeve walk the talk on local philanthropy

Corporates, Donors, Events, Financial, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderJune 26, 2024

We are so grateful to law firm Mills & Reeve, whose Oxford office sponsored an event at Ditchley Park last week to engage local philanthropists, building on the pro bono support and donations they have already provided to Oxfordshire Community Foundation.

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