We are delighted to be sponsoring the volunteer category at this year’s OCVA Awards ceremony. The awards recognise the many individuals who give thousands of hours of their time to helping others in Oxfordshire.
OCF’s Chief Executive Jayne Woodley contributed towards an event run by the Oxford Diocese on Wednesday about homelessness in Thames Valley. Attendees were asked to consider how the church can respond to rising numbers of rough sleepers and soaring rents and house prices.
The new High Sheriff Jane Cranston, who picks up the baton from Sarah Taylor, will focus her time and energies on a new theme for the coming year: that of justice and fairness of opportunity.
At the end-of-festival celebration dinner on Monday, Jayne paid tribute to some of the local women working with OCF to alleviate the suffering of others, from helping the children of prisoners, to promoting restorative justice, to addressing mental health issues.
Civic leaders, teachers and local charities joined the High Sheriff Sarah Taylor at Modern Art Oxford last week to celebrate the Getting Court project, which gives disengaged school pupils a new outlook by educating them about the criminal justice system.
In this timely book, John Nickson, one of Britain’s most experienced and successful fundraisers, argues that there will be catastrophic effects on our democracy unless we all commit to creating the social, cultural and intellectual capital we need to sustain society and our economy.
A packed audience of around 200 Oxfordshire business leaders were given an insight into how the John Lewis Partnership puts the happiness of its Partners (staff) at the centre of its business, at a high-profile OCF event in Oxford this week.
Sponsored by Allen Associates, OCF is hosting a Q&A over breakfast with Andy Street, former Managing Director of John Lewis. The event at Saïd Business School on the morning of 14th February is the chance for members of OCF responsible business group Reciprocate and other interested companies to hear from the man at the helm of one of the UK’s most recognised retail brands.
Medical communications company Oxford Pharmagenesis – a member of OCF’s responsible business group Reciprocate – is to run a free session for local charities upskilling them in the effective use of social media. The seminar takes place on 21st February at Freeths in Oxford Business Park.
The Charity Futures programme, led by Sir Stephen Bubb and funded by Woodford Investment Management, aims to improve the effectiveness of charities. OCF attended and presented at their event, which brought together representatives from the charity sector to understand challenges to its sustainability.