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Community Capacity Fund awards £347k to help people to live well

Grant-making services, Groups, Impact, NewsBy Susannah HobbsFebruary 10, 2025

Grants totalling £347,000 have been awarded to charitable organisations across Oxfordshire to help people to live well and healthily in their communities for as long as possible. The Community Capacity Fund has been able to fund a total of 30 grassroots charitable organisations.

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A woman sits, holding a newborn baby, a boy smiling and standing in front of a graffiti, wall and an elderly lady sitting in a chair with her arm outstretched.

OCF’s accounts reveal fourth consecutive year of giving around £2 million annually

Financial, NewsBy Susannah HobbsJanuary 28, 2025

OCF has just published it’s annual accounts for the financial year 2023-24. £1.9 million of grants were made during the year to support grassroots charities across Oxfordshire where the need for philanthropy has never been more strongly felt.

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People dressed in Christmas hats and jumpers enjoying the Raise'24 event.

Raise’24 fundraising extravaganza reaches over £36,000 for ten Oxfordshire charities.

Corporates, News, UncategorizedBy Susannah HobbsJanuary 8, 2025

Christmas fundraiser, Raise’24, gives £36,000 boost to charities supporting Oxfordshire residents

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Zoe Sprigings, CEO, speaking at a lectern, a group of people chatting at the event and the front cover of OCF's impact report.

Giving Tuesday celebrates OCF’s collective impact

Donors, Events, Impact, News, UncategorizedBy Susannah HobbsDecember 11, 2024

Giving Tuesday event celebrates Oxfordshire Community Foundation’s impact over the last year by bringing together volunteers, donors, supporters and charitable groups that have all played a crucial role in transforming lives in our county.

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Spread a little hope by donating to our Living Essentials Fund

Impact, Living Essentials Fund, NewsBy Kate ParrinderNovember 7, 2024

Our generous donors and other funding partners are stepping up to support this fund, which will help people with essential issues such as homelessness, food insecurity, fuel poverty and debt. We now have over £400k in applications, so have increased our fundraising target.

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Half a million in grants awarded to help local people thrive in nature

Groups, Impact, Thriving in Nature FundBy Kate ParrinderNovember 4, 2024

Thanks to the support of a committed cohort of donors and funders, OCF’s first ever round of Thriving in Nature grants were paid in August 2024, with multi-year grants totalling £494k given to 14 small local charities.

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Better Mental Health Fund awards £210,000 in partnership with statutory funders

Groups, ImpactBy Kate ParrinderOctober 24, 2024

OCF is pleased to announce the allocation of £210,000 in grants aimed at fostering mental wellbeing and addressing mental health inequalities across the county, in partnership with Public Health Oxfordshire and West Oxfordshire District Council.

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Local grant-makers build best practice at Oxfordshire Funders’ Forum

Donors, EventsBy Kate ParrinderOctober 20, 2024

This event brought together local funders to share best practice, explore challenges and showcase some of the solutions that could make them more effective. This included best-practice grant-making, succession planning and investment management.

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Living Essentials Fund opens for applications from local charitable organisations

Groups, NewsBy Susannah HobbsOctober 17, 2024

OCF’s Living Essentials Fund opens for applications from Oxfordshire’s grassroots charities. Grants will support charitable organisations that are helping people with unaffordable essentials such as homelessness, food insecurity and warmth as well as debt advice.

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OCF launches appeal to raise £60,000 for Living Essentials Fund

Donors, Living Essentials FundBy Susannah HobbsSeptember 23, 2024

Local individuals, businesses and colleges asked to support Oxfordshire Community Foundation’s Living Essentials Fund that will support people facing a daily struggle to provide the basics of shelter, food and warmth for themselves and their families.

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