Community Notice boards

Oxford City Council's Communities and Neighbourhoods team have helped to establish 75 community notice boards throughout the city which are managed by Tenant and Resident Associations, community groups and other local organisations.

The aim of community notice boards is to inform local people about what is going on in their area; providing information from Oxford City Council, the Police and other partner organisations as well as information on activities run by local communities and organisations.

Priorities and Guidelines

Notices are displayed at the discretion of the organisation managing the board based on a set of priorities for display:

Display Priorities

As space is limited the display of posters and other information is based on the following five priorities (1 being the highest and 5 the lowest priority):

1.    LOCAL community organised events, courses and general information.
2.    Oxford City Council and neighbourhood policing information and activities (for example Local Councillors contact details, City Council events, police neighbourhood teams etc.)
3.    Details of community organisations, activities and meetings.
4.    Statutory information (for example electoral register notices, notice of elections).
5.    Local commercially organised events where there is deemed to be an over riding benefit to the local community and where the aims coincide with those of Oxford City Council.

Presentation and Content guidelines

We welcome posters with:

• tidy and uncluttered layout
• a clear title and legible text
• the contact details of the person/organisation responsible for mounting it clearly displayed
• a 'display until' date (we suggest a three week maximum although notices may be removed earlier if there is pressure for space)
• lawful and morally inoffensive content which adheres to commonsense standards of taste and decency

WE ARE UNABLE TO DISPLAY COMMERCIAL MARKETING AND PARTY POLITICAL CAMPAIGNING MATERIALS.

Sending Notices for Display

The list of community notice boards is broken down into the six areas of Oxford. This means you can tailor your notices to the most relevant area.

To send notices for display, please follow these steps:

• Ensure your notice is within the maximum size stated on the list;
• Address an envelope care of the Community Noticeboard Manager at the correspondence addresses of your chosen board/s;
• Add a covering note with more information on what the activity/event is and how long the notice needs to be displayed for;
• Provide your contact details, should there be any questions;
• Ensure that you have paid sufficient postage.

While every attempt will be made to accommodate requests to display information, we reserve the right not to display a leaflet or poster which falls outside of the stated guidelines.

Contacts List

Community Notice boards List (344kB PDF)

Page last reviewed 14 May 2012