Grants awarded 2014 to 2015
What follows is a full list of the grants awarded to local causes by Oxfordshire 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 Oxford Scouts £2,000.00 Littlemore 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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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 Blackbird Leys 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 Cutteslowe and Sunnymead Community cohesion Children and young people
Cutteslowe Seniors Group £500.00 Cutteslowe and Sunnymead Poverty alleviation Older people
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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, Iffley, Rose Hill Health and wellbeing Children and young people
Farmability £1,500.00 North Hinksey, Wytham 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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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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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, Wolvercote 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 Headington 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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