We take an increasingly proactive role through our strategic programmes, which facilitate strong cooperation between organisations wanting to improve communities, regardless of their sector.

This creates unique partnerships between the charity, private and public sector that enable more progress to be made, more effectively.

In creating these initiatives, we use our strong, independent voice to drive social change through a rigorous process:

• Research the key issues
• Analyse the steps needed for significant change
• Design a partnership programme
• Fund the solution
• Deliver the activities, and
• Measure the impact.

In our Oxfordshire Uncovered research report we identified three key priority areas for Oxfordshire: homelessness, educational inequality, and loneliness and isolation. Through our strategic programmes we aim to ensure that everyone has a place to call home, every child has an opportunity to thrive, and everyone feels a sense of belonging to the community where they live.

Oxfordshire Homeless Movement is a partnership of organisations choosing to come together to cooperate, to kickstart a new approach to tackling rough sleeping and homelessness on our doorstep. Find out more

Give to Oxfordshire Homeless Movement this Christmas and have your gift doubled* by OCF. Donate here

* We will match the first £20,000 of donations pound for pound from 8th December.

Growing Minds is an innovative and ground-breaking initiative to improve school readiness in disadvantaged communities. The project combines tested interventions to multiply impact. Find out more

OCF will match up to £30,000 of donations made to Growing Minds via fundraising platform The Good Exchange. Donate here

Age Friendly Banbury is a partnership between local organisations with an interest in making Banbury an age-friendly town. It brings together older people, community leaders, local charities, businesses, and local councils. Find out more