Grant requests from Oxfordshire charities soar during third lockdown
AN Oxfordshire organisation has been ‘overwhelmed’ with the amount of applications it has received from local charities seeking funding help during lockdown. Oxfordshire Community Foundation (OCF) has distributed more than £730,000 in grants during 2020, with a focus on helping charities and community organisations across the county reach all neighbourhoods and families in need. It set up its Community Resilience Fund in April 2020 in response to the pandemic and has funded 140 projects enabling food distribution, maintaining support and advice services, and moving essential work o...
Source: oxfordmail.co.uk