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Match funding sought for £500k Age Friendly Banbury bid

Donors, Financial, Groups, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderAugust 24, 2018

The Age Friendly Banbury partnership is collecting feedback from local people about what it is like to grow old in the town. The consultation results will be used to create a proposal for some tangible initiatives to make Banbury more age friendly, with significant funding on the table.

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Community foundations welcome new Civil Society Strategy

Groups, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderAugust 17, 2018

The Government’s long awaited Civil Society Strategy was published last week. Community foundations inputted into the consultation, and the strategy sets out a positive relationship between charities, government and businesses.

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OCF uses Local Insight data to inform grant-making

Donors, Financial, Groups, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderAugust 10, 2018

With the opening of our Education and Skills grants round this week, OCF is continuing to adopt a more intelligent and granular approach to grant-making. The round’s priorities are informed by needs and trends data provided by OCSI’s Local Insight tool.

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City Conversation agrees partnership approach for tackling homelessness in Oxford

Groups, Impact, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderJuly 17, 2018

The City Conversation is a coalition of people whose mission is “To ensure that nobody has to sleep rough on the streets of Oxford.” The steering group has now agreed a new partnership approach that will improve collaboration in working towards this goal.

Older people outside the Clockhouse community centre in Blackbird Leys

Life expectancy differs by 15 years between men in North Oxford vs Northfield Brook

Groups, Impact, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderJuly 9, 2018

Latest information published by the Office for National Statistics shows that the gap in life expectancy for men in different parts of Oxford city has increased by 11 years since 2007.

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Banbury gets behind ‘age friendly’ initiative

Events, Groups, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderJune 25, 2018

On Wednesday over 100 people attended the launch of the new Age Friendly Banbury partnership at Banbury Town Hall. They were invited to share their views and ideas about what the town is like as a place to grow old – and gave overwhelming support for the project.

£5 million boost to Thames Valley charities

Financial, Groups, Impact, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderJune 21, 2018

Small local charities across the Thames Valley have received almost £5 million from four community foundations following a record-breaking year.

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Oxford Early Years to address priority needs for children under 5 in Oxford

Events, Groups, Impact, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderJune 11, 2018

Oxford Early Years is a bold new initiative bringing together parents, professionals, educators, local representatives and funders to work together and take action to tackle lack of social mobility. OCF is a member of the action group known as the Lab Team.

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OCF joins partnership to tackle homelessness in Oxford

Events, Groups, Impact, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderMay 31, 2018

The City Conversation on Rough Sleeping began with an event in November that brought together over 100 stakeholders to form a shared approach to combatting homelessness. Now a steering group and OCF project manager are taking the initiative forward.

Banbury Cross and the Fine Lady

OCF joins local partnership to make Banbury age friendly

Donors, Financial, Groups, Impact, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderMay 11, 2018

OCF is at the heart of a new Banbury partnership that has received seed funding from the Placed Based Social Action programme, initiated by the Big Lottery Fund and Department of Digital, Culture Media and Sport (DCMS).

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