Oxford City Council is continuing its partnership with The Good Exchange, the online funding and fundraising platform, to offer £76,000 of grants to help more people get access to arts and culture and to get more active and healthier.
In 2018 Oxford City Council began a partnership through The Good Exchange to maximise the impact of the local authority’s funding in the community. Since then, the partnership has supported a range of projects with Council funding, from supporting low income families to access Blackbird Leys Adventure Playground, to educational projects at Oxford City Farm, to helping Oxford Food Bank with annual costs of keeping their delivery vans running, and a variety of other culture, leisure, and equality projects.
The pandemic has put pressure on local government budgets, just as communities are asking for more support from charities and community groups. The Good Exchange provides an online service that helps organisations use local government grant offers to attract extra funding and donations, so that they can do more with their projects.
The funds all support the Council’s primary objective of supporting smaller organisations, disadvantaged people, young people, health and well-being and mental health. These include the popular Culture Fund, Small Community Grants programme, and the Youth Ambition Fund Holiday Activities Fund (Youth Ambition), as well as a new fund supporting getting people active, Leisure For All are available for charitable organisations operating within Oxford city.
Full details of the grants available and new applications should be made via the Oxford City Council Funder Page on The Good Exchange here.
