# £10,000 extra available in small grants from Oxford City Council

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/05/22/10000-extra-available-small-grants-oxford-city-council/
- Published: 2018-05-22T09:35:47+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Oxford City Council has made a further £10,000 of small grants available for local
charities and community groups through online matching platform The Good Exchange.**

Following a successful pilot earlier this year, the City Council will offer 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.

Local charities and community groups can apply for the grants [via The Good Exchange](https://app.thegoodexchange.com/funders/10835/oxford-city-council)
website. Those that meet the criteria will be automatically matched and shortlisted
to the City Council. In addition, their application will be matched to all other
eligible grant givers on the platform.

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During the pilot, which took place between January and March this year, the City
Council awarded £4,000 via The Good Exchange to the following groups:

 * £590 to the [Oxfordshire Play Association](http://www.oxonplay.org.uk/) to contribute
   towards the delivery of a Level 2 Diploma in Playwork for up to nine people who
   are long-term unemployed or in low skilled, low paid work
 * £1,200 to My Life My Choice to contribute towards three social sessions of the
   Stingray Club for people with learning disabilities
 * £2,241 to the Young People’s Puppet Theatre to work with 35 children at Wolvercote
   Primary School to make marionettes, and specifically fund the rehearsal and performance
   of a show with the marionettes for the local community.

Oxford City Council provides £1.4m of grants every year to local charities and community
groups. The grants are provided to organisations to help tackle inequality, deprivation
and homelessness, and promote arts and culture.

![Logic Lane, Oxford. Photo: Howard Lake](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2021/
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Logic Lane, Oxford. Photo: Howard Lake

Councillor Marie Tidball, Executive Board Member for Supporting Local Communities,
said:

> “We are very pleased to open the second round of the Small Grants Scheme to local
> charities and community groups through The Good Exchange.
> “This online platform
> demonstrates the City Council’s commitment to seek innovative ways of supporting
> groups and organisations in Oxford, allowing them to fundraise more effectively.”

All [applications](https://app.thegoodexchange.com/funders/10835/oxford-city-council)
for the City Council’s Small Grants Scheme 2018 – Second Round, should be made through
The Good Exchange. Applications will be decided upon by the City Council as they
come in, and will not be accepted after the closing date, 1 March 2019, or once 
the funding has been fully allocated, if earlier.

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