Jane Cranston is sworn in as High Sheriff of Oxfordshire
The new High Sheriff Jane Cranston, who picks up the baton from Sarah Taylor, will focus her time and energies on a new theme for the coming year: that of justice and fairness of opportunity.
OCF brings multiple funders together to help SOFEA dramatically scale up operation
SOFEA, a social enterprise that employs disadvantaged young people in its food redistribution centre, benefited from collaborative funding coordinated by OCF. The equipment purchased has enabled them to triple the amount of food they can pass on to local charities.
OCF to build joint funding for groups alongside The Good Exchange
Oxfordshire Community Foundation is working with funding platform The Good Exchange in a bid to forge new partnerships with charitable trusts, local authorities and social investment partners, and provide complementary funding to charities doing great work in the county.
OCF Board learns more about homeless need and provision in Oxford
OCF’s volunteer trustees held their Board meeting at Oxford Homeless Pathways last night, allowing them to see and hear more about why so many people locally become homeless, and what can be done to help them.
Inspiring female philanthropists celebrated at Oxford International Women’s Festival
At the end-of-festival celebration dinner on Monday, Jayne paid tribute to some of the local women working with OCF to alleviate the suffering of others, from helping the children of prisoners, to promoting restorative justice, to addressing mental health issues.
High Sheriffs and judge congratulate school pupils on turning round behaviour
Civic leaders, teachers and local charities joined the High Sheriff Sarah Taylor at Modern Art Oxford last week to celebrate the Getting Court project, which gives disengaged school pupils a new outlook by educating them about the criminal justice system.
Thank you to Wally Cox, OCF staff member and volunteer since 2003
Former police officer Wally Cox started working with OCF as Grants Officer in 2003, later leaving paid employment and becoming a volunteer grants assessor. Now he is retiring and OCF will miss his friendship and expert eye, which has helped our grants panel direct funding judiciously for the past 14 years.
John Nickson launches his new book, asking “if the State provides less, who will provide more?”
In this timely book, John Nickson, one of Britain’s most experienced and successful fundraisers, argues that there will be catastrophic effects on our democracy unless we all commit to creating the social, cultural and intellectual capital we need to sustain society and our economy.
Insight from former John Lewis Managing Director: staff happiness is key to the company’s success
A packed audience of around 200 Oxfordshire business leaders were given an insight into how the John Lewis Partnership puts the happiness of its Partners (staff) at the centre of its business, at a high-profile OCF event in Oxford this week.
OCF continues support for Good Food Oxford as charity celebrates third birthday
Good Food Oxford was launched in December 2013 in order to help support the existing work of many organisations in and around the city working to make our food system more nourishing, less wasteful and more sustainable. OCF continues to support GFO as they grow.