Grants awarded 2014 to 2015

What follows is a full list of the grants awarded to local causes by Community Foundation (OCF) in the financial year running from April 2014 to March 2015. We are proud to have supported a wide variety of deserving local community initiatives, benefiting Oxfordshire residents of all ages, ethnicities and abilities.

OCF manages a wide range of grant-making programmes, each of which vary in the amount of funding available, criteria and size of grant possible.

Grant recipient Amount Location Theme Primary beneficiaries

28th Scouts £2,000.00 Community cohesion Children and young people

54th Oxford Scouts £2,000.00 East Oxford Education and skills Ethic minority groups

Abingdon and District CAB £1,443.00 Abingdon Poverty alleviation Low income families

Access Sport £25,000.00 All of Oxfordshire Health and wellbeing Children and young people

Access Sport £25,000.00 All of Oxfordshire Health and wellbeing Children and young people

Adderbury Over 60s Club £500.00 Adderbury, Twyford, Bodicote Health and wellbeing Older people

ADHD Oxfordshire £100.00 All of Oxfordshire Health and wellbeing People with disabilities

Age UK (Generation Games) £1,500.00 South Oxfordshire Health and wellbeing Older people

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Oxfordshire Community Foundation

Grant recipient Amount Location Theme Primary beneficiaries

Age UK (Generation Games) £1,417.26 South Oxfordshire Health and wellbeing Older people

Age UK (Generation Games) £1,500.00 South Oxfordshire Health and wellbeing Older people

Age UK (Generation Games) £600.00 South Oxfordshire Health and wellbeing Older people

Alexandra Tomlinson £6,300.00 All of Oxfordshire Environment Local residents generally

ARCH (Assisted Reading for Children in £3,000.00 All of Oxfordshire Education and skills Children and young people Oxfordshire)

Archway Foundation £2,000.00 Oxford city Health and wellbeing Older people

Aspire £5,000.00 Oxford city Education and skills People with addictions

Bicester Green £1,990.00 Bicester Environment Local residents generally

Blackbird Leys Adventure Playground £1,648.00 and Greater Leys Community cohesion Low income families

Blackbird Leys Neighbourhood Support £3,811.00 Blackbird Leys Poverty alleviation Low income families

Blackbird Leys Neighbourhood Support £44,588.74 Blackbird Leys Poverty alleviation Low income families

Bloxham, Milcombe, Banbury, Bloxham Senior Citizens £1,000.00 Health and wellbeing Older people Twyford, Kings Sutton

Bookfeast £2,000.00 All of Oxfordshire Arts and culture Children and young people

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Grants awarded in financial year 2014–15

Grant recipient Amount Location Theme Primary beneficiaries

Brand New Start £1,000.00 Cowley/East Oxford Education and skills Homeless people

Breathe Easy Banbury £400.00 Banbury Health and wellbeing People with disabilities

Bright Sparks £1,000.00 The Leys, Littlemore Education and skills Low income families

Charity Mentors £426.00 All of Oxfordshire Community cohesion Local residents generally

Charity Mentors £672.00 All of Oxfordshire Community cohesion Local residents generally

Charity Mentors £702.00 All of Oxfordshire Community cohesion Local residents generally

Charity Mentors £1,052.00 All of Oxfordshire Community cohesion Local residents generally

Charity Mentors £517.50 All of Oxfordshire Community cohesion Local residents generally

Charity Mentors £1,095.00 All of Oxfordshire Community cohesion Local residents generally

Chipping Norton Skater Hockey Club £1,000.00 West Oxfordshire Health and wellbeing People in rural areas

Bicester, Banbury, Upper Clean Slate £1,000.00 Health and wellbeing Local residents generally Heyford

Community Emergency Foodbank £2,000.00 Oxford city Poverty alleviation Low income families

Cutteslowe Community Association £2,000.00 and Community cohesion Children and young people

Cutteslowe Seniors Group £500.00 Cutteslowe and Sunnymead Poverty alleviation Older people

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Oxfordshire Community Foundation

Grant recipient Amount Location Theme Primary beneficiaries

Deddington On Air £1,000.00 North Oxfordshire Education and skills Local residents generally

Didcot, including Great Western Didcot Baptist Church £350.00 Community cohesion Local residents generally Park and Harwell

Dovecote Voluntary Parent Committee £2,000.00 Blackbird Leys Environment Children and young people

Berinsfield and surrounding Employment Action Group £1,510.00 Education and skills Low income families areas

Enchanted Marketing £400.00 All of Oxfordshire Community cohesion Local residents generally

FAI Farms £20,712.00 All of Oxfordshire Environment Local residents generally

FAI Farms £19,512.00 All of Oxfordshire Environment Local residents generally

FAI Farms £25,512.00 All of Oxfordshire Environment Local residents generally

FAI Farms £67,512.00 All of Oxfordshire Environment Local residents generally

FAI Farms £79,512.00 All of Oxfordshire Environment Local residents generally

Falcon Rowing and Canoe Club £1,100.00 East Oxford, , Rose Hill Health and wellbeing Children and young people

Farmability £1,500.00 North , Health and wellbeing People with disabilities

First North Leigh Scout Group £1,000.00 Witney, North Leigh Education and skills Children and young people

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Grants awarded in financial year 2014–15

Grant recipient Amount Location Theme Primary beneficiaries

Folk Arts Oxford £2,000.00 Oxford city Arts and culture People with disabilities

Friends of O.S.C.A.R. £2,000.00 All of Oxfordshire Health and wellbeing Children and young people

Fritwell Forget Me Nots £1,000.00 Fritwell, Ardley, Souldern Health and wellbeing People in rural areas

Oxford South East (EiC) Schools Full Circle £2,000.00 Community cohesion Low income families Partnership

Full Circle (Funding Network Oxford South East (EiC) Schools £250.00 Community cohesion Low income families sponsorship) Partnership

Grove Challengers FC £1,000.00 Grove Health and wellbeing Local residents generally

Grove, Wantage and surrounding Grove Village Hall £2,000.00 Community cohesion Local residents generally villages

Henley Town FC £1,920.00 Henley-on-Thames Health and wellbeing Children and young people

Henley-on-Thames and Henley Youth Festival £375.00 Arts and culture Children and young people surrounding villages

Hinksey Park Football Club £500.00 South and East Oxford Health and wellbeing Children and young people

Homestart Oxford £4,099.00 Oxford city Health and wellbeing Children and young people

HopeThruHorses £1,250.00 South Oxfordshire Health and wellbeing People with disabilities

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Oxfordshire Community Foundation

Grant recipient Amount Location Theme Primary beneficiaries

Hub Ventures £4,500.00 All of Oxfordshire Education and skills Local residents generally

Hub Ventures £9,250.00 All of Oxfordshire Community cohesion Local residents generally

Hub Ventures £26,750.00 All of Oxfordshire Community cohesion Local residents generally

ITA Professional CIC £34,070.00 All of Oxfordshire Environment Local residents generally

ITA Professional CIC £11,040.00 All of Oxfordshire Environment Local residents generally

Jacari £5,700.00 Oxford areas of most deprivation Poverty alleviation Children and young people

Jericho Community Association £1,690.00 Jericho Health and wellbeing Low income families

Julian Koenig £60.00 Oxford city Health and wellbeing Older people

Kidlington and District Information £750.00 Kidlington Poverty alleviation Low income families Centre

Kirtlington Youth Club £1,000.00 Kirtlington, Bletchington Education and skills Children and young people

Ley Community £5,661.00 All of Oxfordshire Health and wellbeing People with addictions

Leys CDI £1,000.00 The Leys Poverty alleviation Older people

Music for Autism £28,500.00 All of Oxfordshire Health and wellbeing People with disabilities

Music for Autism £10,000.00 All of Oxfordshire Health and wellbeing People with disabilities

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Grants awarded in financial year 2014–15

Grant recipient Amount Location Theme Primary beneficiaries

My Life My Choice £2,295.00 All of Oxfordshire Education and skills People with disabilities

New Yatt Riding for the Disabled £2,000.00 West Oxfordshire and Cherwell Health and wellbeing People with disabilities

NOMAD Youth & Community Project £2,000.00 Henley-on-Thames Education and skills Low income families

North Leigh Youth Project £1,400.00 North Leigh Education and skills Children and young people

North Leigh Youth Project £2,000.00 North Leigh Community cohesion Children and young people

Our Community Time Bank £1,500.00 East Oxford Community cohesion Local residents generally

Oxford, Didcot, Abingdon, Oxford Food Bank £1,850.00 Poverty alleviation Low income families Bicester

Oxford Friend £900.00 All of Oxfordshire Poverty alleviation LGBT

Oxford Hindu Temple and Community £1,000.00 All of Oxfordshire Community cohesion Local residents generally Centre Project

Oxfordshire Association for the Blind £14,490.00 All of Oxfordshire Health and wellbeing People with disabilities

Oxfordshire Book Award £2,000.00 All of Oxfordshire Education and skills Children and young people

Oxfordshire Cruse Bereavement Care £2,000.00 Oxford city Poverty alleviation Homeless people

Oxfordshire Oesophageal and Stomach £1,000.00 All of Oxfordshire Health and wellbeing People with disabilities Organisation (OOSO)

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Oxfordshire Community Foundation

Grant recipient Amount Location Theme Primary beneficiaries

OXSRAD £5,100.00 Oxford city Health and wellbeing People with disabilities

Pegasus Theatre £3,000.00 East Oxford Arts and culture Children and young people

Precision Prospecting Ltd £11,388.00 All of Oxfordshire Environment Local residents generally

Radio Cherwell £2,000.00 All of Oxfordshire Health and wellbeing People with disabilities

Resource Futures £105,186.00 All of Oxfordshire Environment Local residents generally

Rose Hill Junior Youth Club £2,500.00 Rose Hill Community cohesion Children and young people

Steeple Aston Village Hall £500.00 Steeple and Middle Aston Community cohesion People in rural areas

Stonesfield Pre-School £500.00 Stonesfield Poverty alleviation Low income families

Summer Playscheme at Fitzwaryn Wantage, Grove, Faringdon, £697.00 Health and wellbeing Low income families School Didcot

Summer Playscheme at Fitzwaryn Wantage, Grove, Faringdon, £1,015.00 Health and wellbeing Low income families School Didcot

Tandem in Oxfordshire £2,000.00 Oxford city, Bicester Health and wellbeing People with disabilities

Northfield Brook, Littlemore, Tandem in Oxfordshire £4,300.00 Health and wellbeing People with disabilities Bicester

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Grants awarded in financial year 2014–15

Grant recipient Amount Location Theme Primary beneficiaries

Northfield Brook, Littlemore, Tandem in Oxfordshire £700.00 Health and wellbeing People with disabilities Bicester

Thame Players £2,000.00 Thame, South East Oxfordshire Arts and culture Local residents generally

The Porch Steppin' Stone Centre £2,000.00 Oxford city Poverty alleviation Homeless people

The Story Museum £4,500.00 All of Oxfordshire Arts and culture Children and young people

TRAX £15,000.00 All of Oxfordshire Education and skills Children and young people

TRAX £2,500.00 All of Oxfordshire Education and skills Children and young people

TRAX £3,000.00 All of Oxfordshire Education and skills Children and young people

TRAX £33,000.00 All of Oxfordshire Education and skills Children and young people

TRAX £2,500.00 All of Oxfordshire Education and skills Children and young people

Valentine Club £1,000.00 Steeple Aston and The Heyfords Health and wellbeing Older people

Visually Impaired But Not Old (VIBNO) £500.00 All of Oxfordshire Health and wellbeing People with disabilities

WEL Medical/Legacy for a Legend £4,040.40 West Oxfordshire Health and wellbeing Local residents generally

WEL Medical/Legacy for a Legend £609.90 West Oxfordshire Health and wellbeing Local residents generally

WEL Medical/Legacy for a Legend £2,439.60 West Oxfordshire Health and wellbeing Local residents generally

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Oxfordshire Community Foundation

Grant recipient Amount Location Theme Primary beneficiaries

WEL Medical/Legacy for a Legend £1,620.60 West Oxfordshire Health and wellbeing Local residents generally

Wesley Memorial Methodist Church £1,000.00 Oxford city Community cohesion Local residents generally

West Hagbourne Village Association £300.00 West Hagbourne Health and wellbeing People in rural areas

Witney Buttercross Scout Group £1,000.00 Witney Education and skills Children and young people

Wolvercote, Cutteslowe, Jericho, Young People's Club £1,000.00 Education and skills Children and young people Waterways

Wood Farm Parent and Toddler Group £1,920.00 Wood Farm Estate in Poverty alleviation Low income families

Wood Farm Parent and Toddler Group £1,400.00 Wood Farm Estate in Headington Community cohesion Low income families

Wroxton, Banbury and Wroxton Village Hall £900.00 Community cohesion People in rural areas surrounding villages

Wychwood Football Club £1,100.00 The Wychwoods Health and wellbeing Children and young people

Yellow Submarine £2,000.00 Oxford city Education and skills People with disabilities

Yellow Submarine £45,000.00 Oxford city Education and skills People with disabilities

Grants returned from previous year -£2,250.00

TOTAL GRANTS AWARDED £825,149.00

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