List of groups awarded Community Impact Fund grants

List of groups awarded Small and Medium grants 2024-25

Below is a list of groups who have been awarded grants from the Oxford Community Impact Fund, starting with the most recent rounds of funding at the top of the page.

Round 3 - Small and Medium Grantees 2024-25

  • Arts at the Old Fire Station - To support the expansion of services Arts at the Old Fire Station offers, including workshops, events, and training in partnership with Crisis.
  • Aspire Oxford - To support the funding of repair costs for the roof of their building in Osney, so that the building can be turned into an Aspire charity shop.
  • AT The Bus - To support the delivery of art-as-therapy to students at Sandhills Community Primary School.
  • Be Free Young Carers - To support the provision of a volunteer befriending service, which provides young carers with regular respite for six months.
  • Blackbird Leys 4 Life - To support the organisation of the Blackbird Leys in Lights for Christmas, which featured carol singing, a family fun quiz, lighting of the Christmas tree, and performances by local residents.
  • Blackbird Leys Adventure Playground - To support the utilisation of a small garden for children to grow fruit and vegetables, and to move this so that there is also room for the children to play football while Blackbird Leys Community Centre is redeveloped.
  • Cruse Bereavement Support - To support the running costs of providing support to bereaved people within the LGBTQIA+ community, including a free, specialist 1-2-1/group support for Oxford residents.
  • Cutteslowe District and Community Association - To support the Sunnymead Minnows provision for children under 5 and their families to develop support networks in the community and promote school readiness.
  • Drone City CIC - To support the provision of an afterschool programme in a social housing community in Oxford, offering access to Drone City’s STEM careers programme.
  • Home-Start Oxford - To support the funding of free support to disadvantaged families with children under 5. This includes 1:1 home visits, and inclusive, nurturing groups.
  • IF Oxford - To support the provision of grassroots outcome-led programmes aimed at helping diverse communities develop technical and creative skills, particularly in deprived areas of Oxford.
  • Iranian Community Network - To support the provision of ‘Digital Skills and English Classes’ for asylum seekers and refugees throughout the year.
  • Modern Art Oxford - To support the provision of adult evening classes. The classes will be interdisciplinary, give visibility to diverse identities and experiences, and create a safe space for inclusion.
  • MyVision Oxfordshire - To support the offer of a bespoke counselling services to local blind and visually impaired people in Oxford.
  • Nigerian Community Oxfordshire - To support the provision of several courses, including Nigerian language courses, revision, and mental health awareness sessions.
  • Oxford Community Action - To support a holiday camp in the winter half term for children from families experiencing food poverty, where they can take part in sports and culture activities, learn new skills and receive a hot home-made meal each day.
  • Oxford Grenoble Association - To support the ‘Reaching Out’ project, a dance project involving dancers from Oxford and Oxford’s twinned cities, which will provide free workshops to disadvantaged groups in Oxford.
  • Oxford Opera Trust - To support the launch of the Youth Company at the Old Fire Station to give the opportunity for young people in Oxford to discover opera, while developing their confidence and their singing skills.
  • Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra - To support the funding of the FUNomusica Family Concerts, ‘Whatever the Weather’ and ‘The Incredibles Voyage of Alasdair Malloy’, which is designed to introduce the next generation of children to orchestral music.
  • Oxford Youth Enterprise - To support the project ‘One Step Forward’, which will deliver workshops, and provide activities and refreshments to young people in the local parks/green spaces.
  • Oxfordshire Asian Women’s Voice - To support the provision of art workshops which focus on improving women’s mental health and wellbeing, which will include painting, drawing and sculpting.
  • Oxfordshire Breastfeeding Support - To support the provision of ‘Preparing to Breastfeed’ online sessions for teenage parents, parents with physical and mental health difficulties, people who have experienced traumatic births and those who can’t afford transport to other sessions, to help them approach parenthood with confidence and information.
  • Oxfordshire Chinese Community and Advice Centre – Lunar New Year - To support the funding for Oxfordshire Chinese Community and Advice Centre to hold Lunar New Year celebrations at Oxford Town Hall.
  • Oxfordshire Chinese Community and Advice Centre – Tri-lingual Advice - To support the funding of tri-lingual advice sessions, workshops and coffee afternoons throughout the year.
  • Oxfordshire Youth - To support the Mental Health Ambassadors programme, empowering 18–25-year-olds to develop their confidence, knowledge around mental health and their leadership skills.
  • Peeple - To support the Peep Learning Together multi-language group, for anyone who doesn’t speak English as their first language, where they can complete the Peep Pathway qualification.
  • Rose Hill Community Larder - To support the Social Club at Rose Hill Community Centre, which provides a café, an advice centre and various classes and activities open to everyone.
  • Shed Oxford - To support the installation of machinery in their new North Hinksey workshop.
  • Syrian Community Oxfordshire - To support the food parcel delivery service that Syrian Community Oxfordshire continues to offer throughout Oxford.
  • The City of Oxford Choir - To support the funding of a concert in collaboration with the Museum of Natural History, where a new composition will be premiered through a competition for emerging composers.
  • The North Wall Trust - To support the delivery of The Cutteslowe Light Trail, where the local community will be asked to take part in creating their own art installations, engage with arts in the park, and connect with the community around them.
  • The Porch - To support an Engagement and Development Coach so that they can continue to provide one-to-one support to homeless and vulnerably housed members with housing and employment.
  • The Story Museum - To support the provision of ‘Story Connectors’, a free-to-access skills development programme for teenagers in Rose Hill and Barton, which helps them to build confidence in new skills, such as podcasting, film making and marketing.
  • Yellow Submarine Holidays - To support the provision of ‘Reach’, a personal development project for adults with learning disabilities, which covers themes such as communication, assertiveness, cooking, wellbeing and an introduction to the workplace.
  • Young Women’s Music Project - To support the provision of weekly workshops which support the mental health of participants by providing an opportunity to make and record music.

Round 2 - Small and Medium Grantees 2024-25

  • Anne Griffiths - To support the provision of BOX workshops, a collaboration between Bonn and Oxford artists.
  • Arts at the Old Fire Station - To support new training schemes for Crisis clients and people facing barriers to employment.
  • Arts Uplift Community Interest Company - To support “Rewind: 1970’s” programming, a professional dance and music performance at Oxford Museum and workshops for vulnerable adults.
  • AT The Bus - To support the continued delivery of art therapy sessions to children and young people at Greyfriars School.
  • Autism Family Support Oxfordshire - To help provide a weekly group for autistic young people aged 18-25 in Oxford.
  • Be Free Young Carers - To support the Mindfulness Movement Programme, which focuses on addressing preventable mental health issues among young carers.
  • Climate Collective Oxford - To fund a web designer to create a website for Climate Collective Oxford to provide more information to a wider group of people.
  • Counselling Carers - To fund the subsidisation of some counselling sessions for unpaid carers.
  • EMBS Community College - To develop an immersive English language learning programme for 50 adult students from vulnerable communities in Oxford.
  • Emmaus Oxford - To support the continuation of the Resettlement Support Project, which helps homeless and other vulnerable people in Oxford by providing a free ‘starter pack’ of furniture.
  • Falcon Boat Club - To support the expansion of provision of beginner and intermediate kayak lessons, primarily for young people as a source of fitness, social engagement and life skills.
  • Friends of South Park - To fund the purchase of signs to be added at the entrances to South Park.
  • Gal Hope Inspired - To support the funding to provide swimming lessons to women, to help them build confidence and learn to swim.
  • Gatehouse – Homeless People and the Oxford Churches - To support the provision of self-care medical supplies to homeless people in Oxford.
  • Hazara Association Oxford - To support the funding of educational and community activities, including a homework club, CV workshops and application advice surgeries.
  • Home-Start Oxford - To support the funding of Rosebuds – a free baby/toddler group held at Rose Hill Community Centre once a week.
  • International Tree Foundation - To support the Oxfordshire 2024 Garden Tree Giveaway, which distributes trees to communities that have low tree cover.
  • Iranian Community Network - To support the provision of ‘Digital Skills and English Classes’ for asylum seekers and refugees throughout the year.
  • Jacari - To support the running costs of a free English language learning progrramme for children in disadvantaged areas whose first language is not English.
  • Kuumba Nia Arts - To support the provision of a series of events, performances, screenings and activities themed around important national and international dates for the African-Caribbean community.
  • Mark Devereux Projects - To support the delivery of a public engagement programme to exhibit the new solo exhibition and social art project Motimai in Sagra by Oxford-based artist Saroj Patel.
  • MyVision Oxfordshire - To support the new Get Online Get Connected project, which will expand on an existing technology training course for visually impaired Oxfordshire residents.
  • Oxford Jewish Congregation - To support the community maintenance of Cumnor Hurst Woodland, clearing around young trees and pruning them so that they grow successfully.
  • Oxford Lieder (Oxford International Song Festival) - To support the delivery of a SongPath event and workshops as part of the Oxford International Song Festival 2024.
  • Oxford Opera Trust - To support the development and delivery of the ‘Scratch Opera’ series of workshops dedicated to engaging children and young people of Oxford.
  • Oxford People’s Theatre - To support the growing public engagement activities supporting the 2024/25 production ‘From the Sea’ including workshops for adults and children.
  • Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra - To support the provision of workshops at Windale Community Primary School to deliver the ‘Noah’s Flood – Opera in a Week’ programme.
  • Oxford Youth Enterprise - To support the community-based research project which focuses on young women identifying enablers and barriers they face in accessing green spaces.
  • Oxfordshire Asian Women’s Voice - To support the provision of activities over the school summer holiday period at weekly sessions held at Rose Hill Community Centre.
  • Oxfordshire Chinese Community and Advice Centre – Lunar New Year - To support the funding for Oxfordshire Chinese Community and Advice Centre to hold Lunar New Year celebrations at Oxford Town Hall.
  • Oxfordshire Chinese Community and Advice Centre – Tri-lingual Advice - To support the funding of tri-lingual advice sessions, workshops and coffee afternoons throughout the year.
  • Oxfordshire Community Churches (Edge Housing) - To support the organisation in finding affordable accommodation and employment for highly marginalised people in Oxford.
  • Pam Foley - To support the final phase of the arts installation ‘Routes of Sorrow: like the phoenix from the flame’ in January 2025.
  • PCC of South with New Hinksey (Church of St Laurence, South Hinksey; and the Church of St John the Evangelist, New Hinksey) - To support the funding of new heating and replace lighting to LED lights to work towards Net Zero.
  • Risinghurst Playing Fields with Risinghurst and Sandhills Parish Council - To support the provision of a footpath from London Road to Shotover to make the park more accessible.
  • Riverside Counselling Services - To support the provision of Action for Youth Service, a bespoke counselling service for young people aged 12-26 whose experiences create additional barriers for them in accessing mental health services.
  • SHARE Oxford - To support the funding of an additional librarian to scale up SHARE’s Library of Things, which can be accessed by the wider community.
  • Shed Oxford - To support the provision of a community workshop in North Hinksey and to support the funding of insulation, lighting, power and security.
  • South Oxford Arts - To support the funding of subsidized art classes for low-income residents, free community art workshops, and the organisation’s investment in promotional materials to raise awareness of the benefits of arts on health and wellbeing.
  • St Columba’s Oxford United Reformed Church - To support the provision of ‘Oxford Di-Verse Poetry Festival’, a grassroots initiative to provide workshops and recitals for marginalised, minority or oppressed people and groups.
  • Syrian Community Oxfordshire (SYRCOX) - To support the funding of Emergency Food Project, which delivers food parcels to people in Oxford living in poverty.
  • The Porch - To support an Engagement and Development Coach so that they can continue to provide one-to-one support to homeless and vulnerably housed members with housing and employment.
  • Thomson Terrace Allotments - To support the ‘TTACIC Off-Grid’ project, which will convert a site shop/storage facility to solar power with battery storage, working towards Net Zero.
  • Yellow Submarine Holidays - To support the traineeship programme for young adults with learning disabilities and/or autism, which teaches transferable skills and provides employability qualifications.
  • Young Women’s Music Project - To support the provision of weekly workshops which support the mental health of participants by providing an opportunity to make and record music.

Round 1 - Small and Medium Grantees 2024-25

  • Afrikan Caribbean Kultural Heritage Initiative (ACKHI) - To support the Windrush Day Weekend Events, a free-to-all public programme to celebrate the contribution of the Windrush Generation in Oxford
  • Arts at the Old Fire Station - To support the delivery of ‘Offbeat’, a performing arts festival by early career artists brought to non-traditional audiences.
  • Asylum Welcome - To fund the Sanctuary Wheels project, which donates refurbished bikes, with helmets and locks to people on a low income.
  • AT The Bus - Funding support for the delivery of group art therapy sessions to children and families at New Marston Primary School
  • Be Free Young Carers - To support the organisations recent expansion into Oxford, delivering respite,  befriending, outreach and counselling services
  • Bullingdon Community Centre - To support the organisation of talks at the new community centre, and to increase available space for groups such as Citizens Advice Oxford
  • Cowley Road Works - To support the delivery of Cowley Road Carnival
  • Donnington Doorstep - To support the provision of cooking session (in partnership with Oxford Community Action) to promote healthy eating, budgeting, and reducing food waste
  • Emmaus Oxford - To help homeless and other vulnerable groups, including people fleeing domestic abuse, refugees, and asylum seekers once they have been housed
  • FarmAbility - To support an 8-week pilot project at two sites in Oxford for 4 adults and young people with learning disabilities who are currently seeking asylum
  • FloFest - The Florence Park Festival - To support the 90th anniversary of the opening of Florence Park, and an extended programme for the Florence Park Festival
  • Grandpont Nursery School Association - To support the provision of nursery sessions for local low-income families, who may have English as a second language, or have special educational needs
  • Helen Edwards (Individual) - To support ‘Breathing of Life’, an art and ecology project, which aims to bring Oxford communities and ecology groups together
  • Homeless People and the Oxford Churches (Gatehouse) - To support the provision of trauma informed therapy to people managing past trauma and long-term mental health challenges
  • Home-Start Oxford - To support a free baby/toddler group, Rosebuds, which runs every week, including school holidays to support local low-income families
  • Hope Vineyard Church Oxford (Hope Oxford, Small Steps) - To support existing and new staff resources, which will help the Small Steps project to become self-sustainable
  • Iranian Community Network - To support the provision of online digital skills, English classes for speakers of other languages and wellbeing reflexology classes
  • Justice in Motion - To support the commissioning of a detailed impact report covering Justice in Motion’s impact over 10 years
  • Mandala Theatre Company - Funding to support the International Youth Symposium and Festival entitled ‘Uncaging our World’, which focuses on the climate crisis, and environmental sustainability
  • Mark Devereux Projects - To support a new solo exhibition and social art project, Motimai in Sagra, by Oxford based artist Saroj Patel, which will highlight experiences of migration, home, belonging and community.
  • MyVision Oxfordshire - To support MyVision’s Information and Advice Centre, and its work helping visually impaired people access vital resources
  • One-Eighty - Grant support for sessions to young people with complex mental health and educational needs, who are from low-income backgrounds
  • Open Door - To support the provision of a free cooked meal every Thursday at St Clements Centre, East Oxford
  • OVADA - To support ‘Chai and Create’, a series of participatory creative sessions for the local community
  • Oxford Churches Debt Centre - To support the ongoing costs of Oxford Community Debt Centre, enabling the organisation to continue to provide support to the local community
  • Oxford International Links - To support the costs of bus passes for young people visiting from Oxford’s twinned cities, and to perform orchestral music at Oxford Town Hall
  • Oxford Mutual Aid - To support staffing capacity so that Oxford Mutual Aid can continue to support the local community
  • Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra Trust - To support the FUNomusica Family Concert, ‘Music on the Menu’ an inclusive concert designed to teach children about orchestral music
  • Oxfordshire Asian Women’s Voice - To support an IT course for the members who have few or no IT skills, so that they can learn how to send emails, and use the internet
  • Oxfordshire Chinese Community and Advice Centre - To appoint a Tri-Lingual Co-Ordinator to provide bilingual advice sessions and peer support coffee afternoons and to support the Lunar New Year Celebration at Oxford Town Hall
  • Oxfordshire Community Land Trust - To support the organisation’s advocacy for working together to secure more high-quality, sustainable, and permanently affordable housing through a series of face-to-face workshops
  • Oxfordshire Play Association - To support a two free Play and Activity Days in Oxford for local families
  • Peeple - To support Peep Learning Together SEND Group, a group open to all families in Oxford, whose children and/or a family member have additional needs
  • Refugee Education UK - To support the provision of a class that promotes the wellbeing and inclusion of young refugees while teaching English
  • Rehabilitation Services Trust for Oxfordshire Re-Employment (Restore) - To support the costs of providing therapeutic activities, coaching and training to individuals members of Restore
  • Syrian Community Oxfordshire (SYRCOX) - To support the provision of emergency food every Thursday to local residents who are facing food insecurity
  • T(ART) Productions - To support the staffing costs of the organisation so that more events can be organised in the future
  • Tandem in Oxfordshire - To support a Social Group for people awaiting access to Tandem’s befriending partnerships programme.
  • Tandem Oxford - To support peer-sharing workshops with a global folk community band, Starling Sessions.
  • Thea Gomelauri (Individual) - Support for the World Interfaith Harmony Week event, and to publish and distribute a Harmony Manual
  • The Cutteslowe Seniors - To support the costs of providing transport for members to talks and events, enabling them to socialise on a regular basis
  • The Parasol Project - To support the organisations storage needs due to a significant increase in demand for their community services
  • The Story Museum - To support ‘Audio Tales’, a collaborative project working with Blind, Partially Blind, and Non-Blind young people to co-create Audio Descriptive Guides for the museum’s galleries
  • Tiny Ideas Oxford - To support the development of free sessions of a new sensory Early Years show, Material Monsters, Fabric Friends
  • Wendy Aldiss - To support the production of a free to visit outdoor photography exhibition for the 400th anniversary of St Giles’ Fair
  • West Oxford Community Association - To support the staff’s digital services, and to enhance the digital services available to the community
  • Wild Boor Ideas - To support a Christmas production – The Elves and The Shoemaker - with Special Access Performance for school and families with Special Educational Needs.
  • Wild Oxfordshire - To support a Community Ecology Programme which delivers surveys, advice, and support to the community
  • Wood Farm Parent and Toddler Group - To support the costs of running the Wood Farm Parent and Toddler Group, including providing refreshments, arts and crafts supplies, and new toys and equipment
  • Yellow Submarine Holidays - To support evening social clubs and activity days, which will be organised by Yellow Submarine’s learning disabled members
  • Young Art Oxford - To support the costs of the annual exhibition held by Young Art Oxford

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