Accepting our responsibility to support the local community
Directors at accountancy firm Chapman Robinson and Moore (CRM) have committed to giving every staff member three hours per month to become regular volunteers at a charity of their choice.
Charities
Community foundations across the UK launch Tampon Tax Community Fund
Oxfordshire Community Foundation is helping to allocate funds generated from the VAT on sanitary products to charitable projects that improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls.
Government and National Lottery backed #iwill Fund supported by Oxfordshire Community...
Oxfordshire Community Foundation (OCF), funded through the #iwill Fund, is working in partnership with not-for-profit, online matching cloud platform.
Celebrations at Carter Jonas’ Oxford Summer Party
More than 150 people attended Rhodes House in the heart of Oxford last month for Carter Jonas’ annual summer party. This year, the event was held in aid of regional charity, SeeSaw, which provides grief support for children and young people in Oxfordshire.
Community foundations support Office for Civil Society in revitalising trusts to...
The Revitalising Trusts initiative, announced yesterday in the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, will provide a huge boost to local charities by distributing funds from inactive trusts to good causes.
Help The Environment & Raise Money For A Local Charity
What do you do with your old cartridges? If you’re not currently involved in a collection or recycle scheme, why not consider Aston & James’s free ink and toner recycling service? You’ll help the environment and raise funds for local charity SeeSaw who offer vital grief support for young people and their families in Oxfordshire.
Join the 40 Club and Support Sobell House
Sobell House cares for people at the end of their lives and supports their families, friends and carers. They have been doing this throughout Oxfordshire for over 40 years.
£5 million boost to Thames Valley charities
Small local charities across the Thames Valley have received almost £5 million from four community foundations following a record-breaking year.
Banbury citizens invited to have their say to make the town...
Banbury needs you – to help ensure the town is doing the best it can for older people.
We are raising funds for Women v Cancer – by riding...
Would you be able to help us on our mission to raise £3k for these three amazing charities – Breast Cancer Care, Ovarian Cancer Action and Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust.
Corporate supporters Spotlight: Polythene UK
This month we are focusing on one of Sobell’s great corporate supporters, Polythene UK.
Step Change Fund boosts infrastructure of three more leading community organisations
Oxfordshire Community Foundation’s Step Change Fund has just awarded a total of £146,690 to three local charitable organisations that are leading the way in their fields. The grants will support infrastructure developments that will create radical improvements to the groups’ ability to address issues such as mental health and social cohesion.
Whole community comes together to celebrate diversity
The High Sheriff congratulated 12 different charities and local groups at OCF’s Community Integration Awards last night. The event was a vibrant celebration of different communities coming together.
Law firm’s Secret Santa initiative gives children a christmas present this...
A Secret Santa scheme run by Oxford law firm Blake Morgan, in collaboration with Social Services and Children Heard and Seen, a charity providing support to children affected by parental imprisonment, has given over 700 disadvantaged children in the local area a Christmas present this year.
Sobell House News
Meet Dan Channer Managing Director of Finders Keepers who are supporting Sobell House as their Charity of the Year