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The Miss Lawrence Trust, has been announced as a new funder on The Good Exchange. The national grant-giving charitable trust was originally established in 1973 by Miss Winifred Lawrence, a local resident who left an estate in trust to benefit local and national charities. The Trust typically provides approximately £100,000 worth of grants per annum, with on average £2,000-3,000 being allocated per applicant. A wide range of charitable projects are supported, from youth and disability services, education, employment and training, poverty, deprivation and homelessness.

Oxford City Council has made a further £10,000 of small grants available for local charities and community groups through the innovative online matching platform The Good Exchange. Following a successful pilot earlier this year, the City Council will offer further grants of up to £1,000 through the second round of its 2018 Small Grants Scheme on the platform. Grants will be available to organisations based in Oxford that promote equality, community cohesion, healthy living, or that tackle poverty and deprivation.

The results of new research into the key drivers and challenges involved in charitable giving within UK organisations found that the majority (58%) supported between just 1 and 5 charities/good causes in the last 12 months, with most of this funding donated to national charities (42%), compared with just 20% to local charities.

The Good Exchange, has provided key support to Ark Cancer Centre Charity’s mission to raise £5 million to help build a state-of-the-art cancer treatment centre.