11/12/2021 3:32:19 PM Don't throw stones in greenhouses By Simon Barnard As COP26 comes to a close today I thought I'd comment on what it made me feel and how we, in Oxfordshire, can do our bit. I apologise for...
9/3/2021 3:25:28 PM A collaborative response to the Afghan refugee situation By Adrian Sell The humanitarian repercussions of the removal of British and US armed forces from Afghanistan dominated the news last week and we were...
7/5/2021 3:10:06 PM Modern Grantmaking By Adrian Sell Just started reading this book by Gemma Bull and Tom Steinberg and think it is going to be a thought-provoking and interesting read. They...
6/17/2021 2:28:13 PM The case for change in children's social care By Suzy Donald Today an independent report on the Social Care system in England was published with shocking statistics about the picture over the last...
6/11/2021 2:14:58 PM A Challenge from the US By Adrian Sell An interesting open letter from GroundSwell who are a grassroots, US-based organization that seek to support movements for social...
5/11/2021 9:18:09 AM A Global Perspective on Children and the Pandemic By Adrian Sell This interesting report from UNICEF is a reminder of how lucky we are in so many ways to live in a country that has a good vaccine...
4/27/2021 12:00:00 AM My personal commitment to ensuring diverse voices are heard in the local charity sector By Adrian Sell This article is the result of conversations Oxfordshire social sector CEOs and leaders are having about equity, diversity and inclusion....
4/22/2021 1:10:58 PM "Simplify, then add lightness” By Adrian Sell Interesting article from the Economist about how humans* can struggle to see how to add value from taking away rather than adding to what...
3/26/2021 2:15:48 PM Connecting and Learning By Adrian Sell I've started sharing a link at meetings that enables people to book a slot in my calendar. It's a straightforward way for me to try and...
3/24/2021 11:38:19 AM The economics of literacy By Oxfordshire Community Foundation If every child left primary school with the reading skills they needed, our economy could expand by over £32.1 billion by 2025. This...
3/18/2021 5:04:13 PM Join the Marmalade 2021 conversation By Sara Fernandez How can Oxfordshire work together to recover and rebuild after Covid-19? How can we prepare for what comes ahead? How can we use...
3/15/2021 12:00:00 AM Mind your language! By Simon Barnard Jim Jefferies, the (often highly offensive) Australian comedian, explained in one of his stand-up routines how every generation has been...
3/12/2021 2:01:01 PM International Women's Day, COVID-19 and widening inequalities By Adrian Sell An interesting, if worrying, set of statistics from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation originally published on International Women's Day (I...
3/11/2021 7:55:00 PM Three things we have learned during a year of Oxford Together By Sara Fernandez 12th of March 2021 marks the one-year anniversary of Oxford Together, the volunteering programme launched to support everyone during the...
3/4/2021 12:00:00 AM Another reason to tackle digital exclusion? By Olwen Lintern-Smyth Over recent years, more and more services and parts of our day-to-day life assume that everyone has online access, an email account and...
2/19/2021 9:48:22 AM MacKenzie Scott and Emily Dickinson By Adrian Sell Going slightly under the radar in the UK as her giving is US-focused, MacKenzie Scott is doing very interesting things in the world of...