We support any type of non-profit group that’s taking action to make life better for local people, from urban to rural, everywhere in Oxfordshire. Our typical grant is between £500 and £5,000.

We provide grants for all kinds of activities or equipment that will help people to help themselves and to build stronger communities. During 2010, our particular focus is on projects in any of these five areas:

• Enriching the lives of young and elderly people
• Improving community facilities
• Encouraging local sporting activity
• Enabling events to involve as many people as possible
• Relieving deprivation, disability or social exclusion

We raise our money locally within the county, through encouraging social philanthropy, legacy gifts and general fundraising.

In addition, the Government has given us responsibility to distribute their Grassroots Grants to voluntary groups throughout Oxfordshire.