Thanks to the support of a committed cohort of donors and funders, OCF’s first ever round of Thriving in Nature grants were paid in August 2024, with multi-year grants totalling £494k given to 12 small local charities.
OCF is pleased to announce the allocation of £210,000 in grants aimed at fostering mental wellbeing and addressing mental health inequalities across the county, in partnership with Public Health Oxfordshire and West Oxfordshire District Council.
OCF’s Living Essentials Fund opens for applications from Oxfordshire’s grassroots charities. Grants will support charitable organisations that are helping people with unaffordable essentials such as homelessness, food insecurity and warmth as well as debt advice.
We are delighted to be launching a third round of Community Capacity funding, thanks to £341,250 from Oxfordshire County Council. Grants will be made to help Oxfordshire’s residents to live independently and healthily for as long as possible in their lives. Community Capacity Fund applications are now invited from charitable groups in Oxfordshire. The Community Capacity grants support the Council’s Oxfordshire Way vision: “to support the people of Oxfordshire to live…
On International Women’s Day, we want to celebrate four amazing charitable organisations in Oxfordshire that are transforming the lives of women in our county.
We will launch a second grants round in early summer to alleviate the ongoing 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. To ensure our funding has impact and targets the current challenges linked to the cost of living, we are running both a survey and an online workshop to consult with the local delivery organisations working directly in our communities.
Summer 2022 saw the launch of our Cost of Living Fund, bringing local funders together to take action on this critical and urgent issue. A large round of grant funding has been distributed – but the crisis is not over, and local charitable organisations still need philanthropic support to continue their life-saving work.
A second round of Community Capacity grants are now available for community groups and organisations supporting people to live well and independently within their own communities. Find and more and hear about how one community group is using their funding.
In our new impact report, we look at some of the stories of change behind our grant-making total, which has exceeded £2m for the second year running. Accompanying our 2021-22 audited accounts, the report gives an update from our CEO and Chair on changes in 2022 and plans for 2023.
The Didcot Powerhouse Fund launched its 2022 Impact Report at an event on 2nd February, sharing the positive outcomes of their grant-giving last year. Chair Elizabeth Paris thanked OCF for their help in administering the fund and pulling the report together.