Winter grants are available for people and community groups in Oxford. Pictured: The frosty Oxfordshire countryside in 2017. Picture: Steve Parsons/PA Wire. Families and households in hardship in Oxford will get a boost this winter from Oxford City Council’s Winter Support Grant scheme. The scheme is part of the Government’s £170m funding to support vulnerable people across the country this winter. Oxford has received £133,690 on top of the funding that will support free school meals through Christmas and February school holidays. As well as the Winter Support Grants and free school meals vouchers, there is also financial assistance for those on low-income who need to self-isolate.