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Community Foundation planning cost-of-living crisis grants
30/08/2022
A workshop and survey will ensure the funding has an impact
In the face of the cost-of-living crisis the Oxfordshire Community Foundation is looking at what it can do to provide funding to the local charities and community organisations who help those in need in the county.
The Oxfordshire Community Foundation is a charity itself, and annually awards grants exceeding £1million to Oxfordshire’s charitable sector.
They are planning to launch a grants round later this year to help alleviate the cost of living crisis across the county. Ahead of that they are looking for input from those groups who may be applying for funding, to help them design the scheme.
Oxfordshire Community Foundation said: “The cost-of-living crisis is impacting those who were already struggling the hardest. Although Oxfordshire is relatively affluent on average, our county still has a large number of households living at or near the poverty line.
“Following our webinar on this topic in May, bringing in subject-matter experts as well as the views of two charitable organisations, we know that the local charitable sector is seeing an increase in demand.”
An online workshop is due to be held on September 7th with interested charities and organisations invited to join in, so the terms of reference for the cost-of-living grants round can be finalised.
Its hoped the output from the workshop, together with a survey, will ensure the funding has an impact. It will also help the Oxfordshire Community Foundation raise more money from their donor community for the round of funding.
Published: by Banbury FM Newsteam