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Families dance to folk music being played on a stage behind them

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.

Lucy Beaumont wearing a red nose

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.

Annette and Kate at Banbury volunteering fair

OCF showcases grant-making at Banbury volunteering fair, with the support of Dijon Designs

Groups, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderJanuary 23, 2015

OCF staff meet many inspiring people working at the heart of their community, accompanied by a beautiful banner supplied by friends at Dijon Designs!

A group of elderly people participate in a chair-based exercise class

OCF supports Generation Games, keeping older people active this winter

Groups, Impact, NewsBy Kate ParrinderJanuary 14, 2015

Unique activity network Generation Games provides fitness classes and information to make Oxfordshire’s elderly population happier and healthier.

John Lubbock OBE

Music for Autism founder John Lubbock awarded OBE

Groups, NewsBy Kate ParrinderJanuary 9, 2015

We were delighted to learn that John Lubbock, artistic director of the Orchestra of St John’s, has received an OBE in the 2015 New Year’s Honours List.

Community foundations manage multiple gifts of £1 million and above

Donors, Financial, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderJanuary 2, 2015

Last year, 13 community foundations across the UK received gifts of £1 million and above, working with private donors, corporations and trusts and foundations.

Four OCF staff with Christmas hats

We wish you a Merry Christmas!

News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderDecember 17, 2014

The Oxfordshire Community Foundation team wishes you all a very merry Christmas, full of warmth and happiness. Our office will be closed from Wednesday 24th December to Thursday 1st January inclusive.

Three donors enjoying a Philanthropy Fellowship event

UK-wide Philanthropy Fellowship inspires £25 million in charitable gifts

Donors, Financial, News, OCFBy Kate ParrinderDecember 16, 2014

The Philanthropy Fellowship, a network of community philanthropists set up to inspire a greater culture of giving in the UK, hits a milestone this December as a new report documenting great British philanthropy is published.

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