4/26/2022 11:20:59 AM Why should you give through a community foundation? By Oxfordshire Community Foundation Since joining Oxfordshire Community Foundation (OCF) in a new philanthropy role last autumn after working almost exclusively for single...
11/5/2019 6:53:11 PM Ambition and Confidence in equal measures By Oxfordshire Community Foundation 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...
9/8/2019 8:35:05 AM Empowering Communities Together By Oxfordshire Community Foundation 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...
11/26/2017 9:48:52 AM Prevention has to be the Big Picture By Oxfordshire Community Foundation 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...
10/25/2017 9:33:30 PM Because it matters By Oxfordshire Community Foundation Something always matters to someone, but I sense there is a growing need for a civic movement that looks beyond our individual needs to...
4/12/2017 10:16:40 AM The case for the tried and tested over the flashy and new By Kate Parrinder 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...
3/5/2017 9:34:20 PM From Nimby to Yimby? By Oxfordshire Community Foundation 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...
2/20/2017 9:05:29 AM For the Common Good By Oxfordshire Community Foundation 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...
11/7/2016 4:26:01 PM Name's Bond, James Bond 007 By Oxfordshire Community Foundation Brilliant tongue in cheek article, suggesting the world of philanthropy is somewhat secretive like M15...but it doesn't have to be that...
8/5/2016 6:31:58 PM Pioneering the Possible By Oxfordshire Community Foundation Pioneering the Possible is a book recommended to me last week by an inspirational businesswoman, who I feel privileged to know and never...
6/10/2016 9:00:34 PM Fancy a good night's sleep? By Oxfordshire Community Foundation 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...
3/2/2016 7:59:53 AM Home = the promise of a safe place to shelter By Oxfordshire Community Foundation At our board away day in January, we reflected on the current lack of affordable housing across Oxfordshire, and ever since it seems I...
10/30/2015 10:57:39 AM Women who fight for a cause... By Oxfordshire Community Foundation Today, someone I never had the pleasure of knowing should have been celebrating their 18th Birthday, Martha Fernback. However, I count...
9/23/2015 5:13:57 AM How to encourage philanthropy for the common good? By Oxfordshire Community Foundation Just about to go to Birmingham for flight to Belfast and looking forward to an inspiring few days learning from other Community...
8/26/2015 8:54:34 AM H&M - looking good out of doing good? By Oxfordshire Community Foundation 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...
7/29/2015 3:21:52 PM Such a great picture & thank you thankyou to By Oxfordshire Community Foundation 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...