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 1 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 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 2 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 3 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, 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 4 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 5 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 6 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) 7 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