Since joining Oxfordshire Community Foundation (OCF) in a new philanthropy role last autumn after working almost exclusively for single...

In a note to my trustees today I mentioned we could do with  a large dose of ambition and confidence as we embark on what we see as our...

So it's Sunday and I am preparing to head up to Glasgow for the UKCF conference 'to design our role as community leaders..'   I can't...

Delighted to read Lord John Bird, founder of the Big Issue has commented on this week's budget.   I remember meeting him in Bristol a few...

Something always matters to someone, but I sense there is a growing need for a civic movement that looks beyond our individual needs to...

It's not just footballers whose first philanthropic instinct is to set up a trust or foundation in their own name. This is the legal...

Good to see the expansion of Bicester getting a mention in today's Sunday Times.  Interesting to read too that in a recent YouGov poll...

I have just spent my weekend reading not a work of fiction on the latest best sellers list but a book I'd like to think definitely...

Brilliant tongue in cheek article, suggesting the world of philanthropy is somewhat secretive like M15...but it doesn't have to be that...

Pioneering the Possible is a book recommended to me last week by an inspirational businesswoman, who I feel privileged to know and never...

I bought my copy of the Big Issue today and was shocked by a map of London showing the route of the Number 25 bus.  The headline stated...

At our board away day in January,  we reflected on the current lack of affordable housing across Oxfordshire, and ever since it seems I...

Today, someone I never had the pleasure of knowing should have been celebrating their 18th Birthday, Martha Fernback. However, I count...

Just about to go to Birmingham for flight to Belfast and looking forward to an inspiring few days learning from other Community...

I know some people will be cynical about this but I think it's absolutely great when business looks at itself and tries to find a...

Donna OKell, I was delighted to have read her LinkedIn post today as it's great to feel I am no longer a lone wolf and at risk of...