Staff and trustees from OCF attended the UKCF Conference in Manchester last week, which brought together nearly 400 people from over 40 community foundations across the UK and worldwide. The conference focused on how we can act now to shape a better tomorrow for our communities.
At our webinar in September, Public Health Oxfordshire explained their approach to tackling health inequalities.
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.
Join us on Wednesday 21st September from 2 to 3pm to hear how the public and charitable sectors are improving mental and physical health in Oxfordshire.
We will launch a grants round in the autumn/winter to alleviate the cost of living crisis across the county. We are working with local charities and community organisations to help us direct funding where it is most needed.
At our cost of living crisis webinar, we explored the data behind the headlines and how local charitable organisations are responding.
OCF curated a panel session at the Marmalade social change conference on 7th April, bringing in different perspectives on the question of how to share power within grant-making structures and processes.
At this webinar we will explore the impact of the cost of living crisis on those local communities that were already disadvantaged and struggling, and understand the priorities of local charitable organisations as they face this next challenge.
Please join us at Marmalade, a week of discussions and events happening in Oxford from 5–9 April 2022. Marmalade is a platform for collaboration, focused on relationships, power and place.
High Sheriff Imam Monawar Hussain gathered locals and county dignitaries together at Mughlai Manor restaurant in Garsington on Sunday to plant a tree for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. It was the chance to thank more Oxfordshire heroes who have gone above and beyond during the pandemic.