Winter campaign to put people in touch

Freda and Joy

3:00pm Friday 9th November 2012

THIS month Oxfordshire Community Foundation (OCF) launches its third Surviving Winter Campaign, to help people in the city, and across the county, cope with the winter weather.

Fair puts out call for volunteers

1:00pm Thursday 1st November 2012

A CHARITY fair in support of the Jubilee Fund for Oxfordshire was held this week.

Working in Tandem is the best way to grow

Sue Brown, left, and Reah Debank

5:00pm Monday 29th October 2012

EXPERIENCING mental ill-health can leave some people lacking confidence and feeling isolated.

Jubilee Fund could give children a bit of fresh air

Children from the Comper Foundation Stage School, in East Oxford, pictured during a lesson in a forest classroom run by the Nature Effect charity

12:00pm Thursday 18th October 2012

THE Nature Effect charity is on a mission to get children out from behind television screens and into the fresh air.

‘Fund could give us room to grow’

Cassington Pre-School fundraiser, Julie Bignone reads to children in the pre-school’s temporary building

4:00pm Friday 12th October 2012

LEARNING supposedly knows no bounds. And the children at St Peter’s tiny Pre-School and CofE Primary in Cassington are hoping the Jubilee Fund will give them some much-needed space to grow.

Ever-growing youth club to get £5k boost

2:00pm Thursday 4th October 2012

A YOUTH club which started out with just a handful of members and now offers sports, crafts and fun to 86 youngsters a week, is the latest cause to benefit from a cash boost in the Queen’s Jubilee year.

Community shop gets lump sum to keep tills ringing

Customer Roger Thewlis, left, is the first customer served by Rich Weinhold and shop assistant Stacey Williams

2:00pm Thursday 13th September 2012

WITH rural shops continuing to close at a rate of 500 a year, Leafield Community Shop is determined to weather the storm, and is looking forward to a more productive future, thanks to the Jubilee Fund for Oxfordshire.

Jubilee Fund grant aids play days

2:00pm Thursday 9th August 2012

A PLAYSCHEME for disadvantaged children in Oxford is £2,000 better off this summer, thanks to a Jubilee year grant from the Oxfordshire Community Foundation.

Much-needed relief for dementia carers

Allan Bishton, left, with his wife Anne and Rosewood Day Club organiser Graham Hooper. Picture:OX53076 Denis Kennedy

7:00am Thursday 19th July 2012

A GROUP that offers a lifeline to those suffering from dementia is hoping Jubilee cash will help keep it afloat.

Helping the disabled get away for holiday

3:00pm Friday 13th July 2012

AS the summer holidays approach, most of us will be planning a break away with family.

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