“This new initiative from Oxfordshire Community Foundation allows local businesses to work collectively to address some of the county’s most serious social problems. For RWK Goodman it enables us to be a responsible business and have a positive impact in the communities we operate in.”
“OCF’s knowledge and resources drive real change. They unlock the power of community, allowing people to feel more connected to those around them, and for all who live in Oxfordshire to have better lives.”
The support from OCF was critical to cover our direct costs, without it we wouldn’t have been able to do this. The grant is a lot for us given our size.
I want to say a big thank you for OCF’s faith in Aspire to support our homelessness prevention service at a critical time. Good Exchange funds have enabled us to maintain the team in the interim phase and to appoint a part-time worker with lived experience onto the team.
“I opened a fund with OCF because of their knowledge, expertise and extensive contacts. I wanted to be part of it, to make my dream come true in helping the very young – the fund encompasses everything I’ve done in the past and expands the impact I’ve achieved”.
“As a partner, OCF provide a mechanism which allows us to channel our philanthropic investment directly into the heart of the projects we care about.”
“This is indeed timely, especially coming at a time when voices of intolerance and hate seem to be getting louder. The idea of building relationships between people of diverse backgrounds, through encouraging partnership working, is an excellent one, and I support it wholeheartedly.”
“Organisations are being forced to use precious time and resources writing proposal after proposal to countless trusts because they don’t have enough information”
“99% of 500 charities interviewed said the grant application process was too complicated and bureaucratic, calling for standardised and centralised forms.”
“We have been supported by your organisation since I started the club 22 years ago. You have helped us in hard times, keeping the kids on the straight and narrow. I would like to thank you for all your support – without groups like you we would struggle to survive.”
