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Anne Davies and Nick Case

OCF appoints new trustees with IT and finance specialisms

Financial, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderApril 1, 2015

We are delighted to welcome Anne Davies and Nick Case to our Board of Trustees, who bring a wealth of business expertise to the organisation from their work in the private sector and long experience of information systems and financial management.

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New RAISE Challenge Fund aims to encourage charitable innovation across the South East

Groups, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderMarch 23, 2015

Has your organisation been planning a new and bold initiative but lacked the necessary funding? The RAISE Challenge Fund is looking to support innovation, piloting, testing and development in the voluntary sector to help local organisations make a step change and achieve greater results.

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Comic Relief funding supports Trax social enterprise with £30,000 grant

Events, Groups, Impact, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderMarch 16, 2015

OCF has awarded a large grant to Trax, an Oxford-based charity that provides training opportunities and counselling to disadvantaged and disengaged young people. The group, which specialises in bike refurbishment, is using the grant to create a social enterprise model that will allow them to be self-sufficient.

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Community foundations lobby for philanthropy incentives in the next General Election

Donors, Financial, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderMarch 11, 2015

Community foundations UK-wide are now collectively in the top 15 for charitable endowments held in the UK, with the second fastest growing endowment in the country. As we approach the General Election, umbrella organisation UKCF is lobbying for the next government to make local philanthropy one of its key strategic priorities.

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High Sheriff’s Award for OCF Chair Anna Moon

Events, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderMarch 3, 2015

Oxfordshire Community Foundation is delighted and very proud to see dedicated Chair Anna Moon win the prestigious High Sheriff’s Award for Contributions to Community Life.

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Future-Building Fund supports infrastructure projects to help local charities flourish

Donors, Groups, Impact, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderFebruary 25, 2015

The Future-Building Fund takes a ground-breaking approach to supporting the local charitable sector, providing large grants to help ambitious charities significantly scale up their operation. The fund has recently awarded grants to Trax and Yellow Submarine, with more in the pipeline.

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Community folk festival uses OCF grant to provide activities for participants with special needs

Groups, Impact, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderFebruary 19, 2015

Annual festival Folk Weekend: Oxford will be held on 17th-19th April 2015, and holds events throughout the city centre. This year, funding from OCF will help them include a Makaton project in the event, aimed at people with communication difficulties.

Members of the Valentine Club enjoy a day out on a boat, and OCF has placed a red heart on top of their photo!

Rural seniors: OCF will be your Valentine!

Groups, Impact, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderFebruary 13, 2015

Steeple Aston’s seniors group The Valentine Club has received a metaphorical red rose from OCF, as they are awarded a £1,000 grant from the Surviving Winter appeal to help them share friendship and activities for rural over-60s.

Yellow Submarine staff and participants with their OCVA Charity of the Year award

Oxfordshire’s voluntary sector out in force at the OCVA Charity Awards

News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderFebruary 5, 2015

The prestigious event at Oxford’s Town Hall gave well deserved recognition for many individual volunteers and hard-working groups who are the lifeblood of Oxfordshire’s communities – and many of whom have received funding from OCF.

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Short window opens for Red Nose Day Community Cash grant applications

Groups, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderJanuary 29, 2015

Community groups in Oxfordshire now have the chance to apply for Comic Relief funding via OCF, with new online forms now available for this and other funds. This grants round will be open on a one-off basis for 2015, and will close on Monday 23rd February, so groups only have three weeks to apply.

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