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An Asian mayor holds a drink amongst people of different faiths and ethnicities, with a mosque in the background

New grants round open focusing on community friendship

Groups, News, OCFBy adminApril 4, 2019

OCF has now opened the next round in our Delivering Impact grants programme, which will focus on community friendship. We are seeking to award grants that bring people from different backgrounds together. We will invest up to £10k.

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OCF boosts marketing communications team

News, OCFBy adminMarch 29, 2019

As Kate Parrinder, our Marketing Communications Manager, starts a year of maternity leave, we welcome three new staff to our OCF marketing team.

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Oxford Homeless Movement reviewing women-only provision

Groups, News, OCFBy adminMarch 22, 2019

The Oxford Homeless Movement partnership, which currently brings together 35 different organisations working with homeless people, is looking at solutions for groups of people that existing services find it difficult to engage with, such as women.

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OCF brings together early years experts to address educational inequality

Events, Groups, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderMarch 8, 2019

Earlier this week OCF had a fantastically well attended and lively discussion about narrowing the disadvantage gap for children in their early years.

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Financial and societal pressures driving rise in grant applications, say charity grantmakers

Groups, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderMarch 1, 2019

Research into ‘Technology in the Charitable Sector’ has found that hundreds of hours are wasted making unsuccessful grant applications, and that funders and charities are open to change.

Hand-drawn timeline showing progress on Age Friendly Banbury so far

Age Friendly partnership remains determined to make Banbury a great place to grow old

Financial, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderFebruary 18, 2019

The Age Friendly Banbury partnership has just learnt it has not been successful in bidding for Phase 2 funding from the DCMS and Big Lottery Place Based Social Action programme. Nonetheless, partners remain determined to continue the positive steps started.

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Community celebrates friendship between people of different backgrounds

Events, Groups, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderFebruary 14, 2019

OCF’s Community Integration Grants funded projects that nurture mutual understanding, trust and friendship between people of different ethnicities, ages or socio-economic backgrounds. At an event on Tuesday, all the charities funded came together to celebrate their work, alongside the donors who enabled the grants.

Partnership work on rough sleeping in Oxford shifts up a gear as homeless deaths shock the public

Impact, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderFebruary 10, 2019

The recent tragic deaths in Oxford have saddened everyone involved in the homeless sector and beyond. They come as the City Conversation partnership on rough sleeping becomes Oxford Homeless Movement, with a vision to ensure that nobody should have to sleep rough on our streets.

Tim Stockdale

Tim Stockdale Foundation to enable greater sports participation

Donors, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderJanuary 31, 2019

The Tim Stockdale Foundation has been set up under OCF’s umbrella, in memory of British showjumping star Tim Stockdale, who died in November. Now his family would like to use funds raised to help enable greater participation in sports.

Westgate Fund helps raise £86k for Oxford’s homeless as part of festive matching scheme

Donors, Groups, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderJanuary 28, 2019

The Westgate Fund has been instrumental in Oxfordshire Community Foundation raising an unprecedented amount to help homeless people in Oxford over the 2018–19 Christmas period.

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