Donate your old laptop ready for the new term!
School children going back to school will need laptops to support them with their learning.
COVID-19 grants awarded continue to support local community effort through 2021
OCF continues to support the local community into 2021 with COVID-19 grants for tackling the causes of homelessness and supporting the recovery of young families. Grants, totalling over £268,000, were made from our Community Resilience Fund, set up in April 2020.
Trustee Nick Case reflects on his time as OCF Chair
Nick Case formally took the Chair in March 2020, in an interim capacity, just days after COVID-19 was identified as a global pandemic and shortly before OCF was set to launch a range of events to celebrate our 25th anniversary. Here he reflects on his time in the role.
OHM partners rally round to prevent five people from returning to the streets
As temporary accommodation at Canterbury House had to be handed back, five people with no recourse to public funds were at risk of returning to rough sleeping. Thanks to a rapid response from University College and other partners in Oxfordshire Homeless Movement, these people are now safely housed.
One of our longest serving trustees, Glyn Benson, steps down from OCF Board
Glyn Benson has stepped down from the OCF Trustee Board after 17 years. All of the team and Board wish to thank Glyn for her huge contribution to OCF and for continuing in her voluntary role on our Grants Panel.
Bishop of Oxford Steven Croft joins OCF as a Vice President
The Bishop takes up the honorary role in support of OCF’s work to improve lives by addressing social and economic disadvantage in Oxfordshire, and is committed to building stronger relationships between the Anglican Diocese and local communities.
UK Community Foundations launches new report on the impact of the pandemic
UK Community Foundations launches report on the impact of the pandemic on local Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations and their communities.
Ian Busby joins OCF as Chair of Trustees
Ian will bring extensive business and consultancy experience to OCF, alongside his passion for local communities, which was cemented in his roles on the boards of the local Clinical Commissioning Group and a school academy trust.
Welcome to our new intern, Mundher Ba-Shammakh
We are pleased to welcome Mundher to OCF, who has just completed his first year at Oxford University. He will work primarily on our Getting Oxfordshire Online initiative during his five-week placement.
Making Banbury a great place to grow old – join the Age Friendly Banbury Pledge
We are encouraging Banbury businesses, groups and organisations to become age friendly and adopt the Age Friendly Banbury Pledge to unite the town in being mindful of its older residents and how they access services local to them.