Bereavement and Funeral Links

Business and Trading Standards Links

Community and Living Links

Local Community Organisations

• Barton Community Association
• Leys Online
  
• Citizens' Advice Bureau - National
• Citizens' Advice Bureau - Oxford
  
• Cutteslowe Community Centre
  
• Headington
• Jericho Community Centre
• North Oxford Association
• Oxford Credit Union
• Oxford Jewish Heritage
  
• Oxford Round Table
• Oxford Sikhs
• Oxfordshire Community Churches
• Oxfordshire CAGS
• Oxfordshire Community and Voluntary Action
• South Oxford Community Centre
• South Oxford Adventure Playground
  
• Summertown.Info
• West Oxford Community Association
• Communigate Oxfordshire
• Divinity Road Area Residents' Association
• Hill Top Road Residents' Association
• Friends of Warneford Meadow
• Oxfordshire Rural Community Council
• Oxfordshire Community Foundation
• Anglican Church of England, Oxford
• Cripley Meadow Allotments Association
• Elder Stubbs Allotments
• Spragglesea Mead and Deans Ham Allotments

Living

• Valuation Office Agency
• Valuation Tribunals
• TV Licensing
• Home Office Identity and Passport Service
• Post Office
• Royal Mail Post Code Finder
• U Switch
• Digital Television Switchover
• saveonyourbills
• Driving and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)
• Thames Water
• The Investing Site - Banks in Oxford
• Mediation in Action (Oxford)
• UK Deed Poll - information about legally changing your name by Deed Poll

Statistics

• National Statistics

Town Twinning

• Grenoble, France
• Bonn, Germany
• Leiden, Holland
• Perm, Russia
• Leon, Nicaragua

Other Oxford's Worldwide

Here are links to some of the many places that share our name. The smallest Oxford seems to be in Idaho with population of 44 (1990).

• Oxford Alabama  
• Oxford Connecticut
• Oxford Florida
• Oxford Georgia
• Oxford Indiana
• Oxford Kansas
• Oxford Kentucky
• Oxford County Maine
• Oxford Maryland
• Oxford Massachusetts
• Oxford Michigan
• Oxford Mississippi
• Oxford North Carolina
• Oxford New Jersey
• Oxford New York
• Oxford Ohio
• Oxford Town - Bob Dylan
• Oxford Ontario

Charities

• The Charity Library
• Self Help UK
• Oxfam
• The Samaritans

Other

• Making a Will
• British Humanist Association
• Oxford Development Abroad
• Volunteering England  
• Directgov - Volunteering 
  

Crime and Law Links

• Thames Valley Police
• Oxford Safer Communities Partnership - a partnership of agencies working together within Oxford city to reduce crime and disorder
• Nightsafe Oxford - information about staying safe on a night out in Oxford
• Home Office

Crime Related Initiatives

• Crimestoppers
• Neighbourhood Watch
• Victim Support

Domestic Violence and Abuse

• Oxford Rape Crisis and Abuse Centre
• Support Line - provide confidential emotional support to children, young adults and adults by telephone, email and post
• Hidden Hurt - a UK-based Abuse Information and Support Site
• Women's Aid - work to end violence against women and children, and co-ordinate and support domestic and sexual violence services across the country

Law

• Legal Services Commission
• National Centre for Citizenship and the Law
• Law on the Web
• Legal Action Group
• Crown Prosecution Service - Service is responsible for prosecuting criminal cases investigated by the police in England and Wales
• Her Majesty's Courts Service
• Youth Justice Board - work to prevent offending and reoffending by children and young people under the age of 18, and to ensure that custody for them is safe, and secure

Disability Links

• Able Magazine
• Ability Answers - provide disability and new technology products and telecare services to make life easier
• Ability Net
• British Red Cross - Short term support for independent living
• Direct Enquiries - nationwide Disabled Access Register of businesses
• Disability Now - the campaigning newspaper for disabled people
• Dogs for the Disabled
• Radar - national network of disability organisations and disabled people
• DirectGov - Information on Disability
• Disabled Information Advice Line (DIAL) UK
• English Federation of Disability Sport
• The Disabilities Trust
• Opportunity Partners - empowers people with developmental disabilities, brain injury, autism and other special needs
• Epilepsy Action
• Headway - charity that supports people with a brain injury and those who care for them
• The Mental Health Foundation
• National Society for Epilepsy
• Rethink - work to help everyone affected by severe mental illness recover a better quality of life
• Scope - disability organisation focusing on people with cerebral palsy
• Shaw Trust - charity that provides training and work opportunities for people who are disadvantaged in the labour market due to disability

Mobility

• National Federation of Shopmobility
• Motability
• Oxfordshire Special Transport Services

Organisations for Deaf People

• National Deaf Children's Society
• Royal National Institute for the Deaf

Organisations for Blind People

• Oxfordshire Association for the Blind
• Royal National Institute for the Blind
• Action for Blind People
• See Ability - enable individuals who are blind or partially sighted with additional disabilities to achieve their full potential

Learning Disabilities

• Oxfordshire Learning Disabilities Board
• Oxfordshire Learning Disability NHS Trust
• The Big Tree - internet resource for people with learning disabilities
• Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
• MENCAP - learning disability charity working with people with a learning disability and their families
• Working With Words - skills for people with learning difficulties

Carers

• Care Aware
• Mind - mental health charity
• Princess Royal Trust for Carers
• Directgov - Information for Carers

Education and Employment Links

Environment and Climate Change Links

• Arboricultural Association
• Environmental Information Exchange
• Envirowise
• Oxford Airwatch
• The Tree Advice Trust
• UK Air Quality Information Archive
• Women's Environmental Network
• Environment Agency
• Forestry Commission
• Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Local Countryside and Wildlife Groups

• The Ashmolean Natural History Society
• Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust
• British Trust for Conservation Volunteers
• Oxford Conservation Volunteers
• Oxford Fieldpaths Society
• Oxford Ornithological Society
• Oxford Urban Wildlife Group
• Bat Conservation Trust
• Oxfordshire Geology Trust
• Oxfordshire Nature Conservation Forum
• Oxfordshire Rare Plants Group
• Ramblers Association - Oxfordshire
• RSPB Oxford Local Members Group
• Shotover Preservation Society
• Shotover Wildlife
• West Oxford Wildlife Group

Climate Change

• Oxford is my World
• Oxfordshire Climate Exchange
• Carbon Sense
• Centre for Alternative Technology
• Climate Change Levy
• Climate Care
• Energy Saving Trust
• Thames Valley Energy Centre
• The Carbon Trust
• UK Climate Impacts Programme
• Carbon Descent
  
• The National Energy Foundation

Environment Website Series

• Recycling Expert
• Eco Friendly Living Advice
• Energy Saving Secrets
• Eco Friendly Kids
• Eco Travelling
• Eco Holidaying
• Sustainable Build
• Sustainable Stuff
• Vegetable Expert

Equality and Diversity Links

Family Links

Families

• The Leys Children's Centre
  
• Oxfordshire Children's Information Service - Helping people make informed choices about childcare, services for children, young people and families, and careers in childcare
• Activities Oxfordshire - database of positive activities for young people aged 13 - 19 in Oxfordshire
• Ideas for the Kids - comprehensive free online source of places to go and things to do with kids in the UK
• Baby Centre
• Child Accident Prevention Trust
• Families Online
• Family and Parenting Institute
• Working Families
• Parent Line Plus
• Practical Parenting Advice
• Maternity Action
• National Childminding Association
• Oxfordshire Family Planning - information about contraception, sexual health, pregnancy and a clinic search in the Oxfordshire area
• Women's Institute - provide educational opportunities for women and the chance to build new skills, to take part in a wide variety of activities and to campaign on issues that matter to them and their communities
• Down's Heart Group - a charity offering support and information relating to heart conditions associated with Down's Syndrome

Marriage

• Marriages in Oxfordshire - Oxfordshire County Council guidance
  
• hitched.co.uk - free service to help you with every aspect of getting married
  

Fostering and Adoption

• After Adoption
• Barnardo's - charity providing opportunities for the most vulnerable children and young people
• British Association for Adoption and Fostering
• The Fostering Network

Older People

• The Silversurfers Seventy
• Age UK
• The Alzheimers Society
• Abbeyfield Oxford Society - a small, independent charity that provides sheltered accommodation for ten individuals in St Clements
• Contact the Elderly
• Independent Age
• Action on Elder Abuse
• Seniors Discounts
• Oxfordshire Special Transport Services
• Essential Role of Sheltered Housing (EROSH)

Carers

• Care Aware
• Mind
• Princess Royal Trust for Carers
• Directgov - Information for Carers

Fire and Public Safety Links

Fire

• Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service
• The Fire Fighters Charity
  

Public Safety and Emergencies

• Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure
• MI5
• British Red Cross - Prepare for the unexpected
• Sandbag Suppliers - can provide sandbags to national organisations; businesses and homeowners

Food and Fairtrade Links

• Oxfordshire Food Group
• Garden Organic
  
• Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming
• Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens
• Food Standards Agency
• Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fair Trade

• Oxford Fairtrade Coalition
• Fairtrade Foundation

Farmers' Markets

• National Association of Farmers' Markets
• Thames Valley Farmers' Market Cooperative

Health Links

Local Health

• Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals
• Oxfordshire NHS
• Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health Trust
  
• Sir Michael Sobell House
• South East Public Health Observatory
• NHS South Central - Strategic Health Authority for Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight

National Health

• NHS Choices
• NHS Direct
• NHS - Find Local Doctor, Dentist, Pharmacy, Optician etc.
• BBC Health
• Net Doctor
• National Blood Service
• British Organ Donor Society
• National Eczema Society
• CLIC Sargent
• The Sick Children's Trust
• Patient UK
• Health Protection Agency
• Health and Safety Executive
• Department of Health
• Mind
• Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones
• Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
• Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
• Down's Heart Group - a charity offering support and information relating to heart conditions associated with Down's Syndrome

Smoking

• Smoke Free Oxfordshire

Drugs

• Oxfordshire Drug and Alcohol Action Team
• Talk to Frank
• Narcotics Anonymous
• DrugScope
• Ley Community Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation

Alcohol

• Alcoholics Anonymous
• Al-Anon UK
• Drink Sense
• Sober Recovery
• Drink Aware

HIV and AIDS

• UK Coalition of People Living with HIV and AIDS
• Terrence Higgins Trust

Housing Links

• Association of Residential Letting Agents - self-regulating body to be solely concerned with lettings
• Land Registry Property Prices
• The Empty Homes Agency - campaigning charity highlighting the waste of empty property in England
• UK Association of Letting Agents
• Tenant Participation Advisory Service - national tenant participation organisation working to promote tenant empowerment
• National Housing Federation
• Shelter - campaigning organisation for decent housing for all
• Citizens' Advice Bureau
• Turpin and Miller - solicitors specialising in immigration, asylum and human rights, housing, community care, personal injury, employment, education and family
• Daily Info - accommodation search

Housing Associations

• A2Dominion Group
• Anchor Trust
• Bromford Housing Group
• Catalyst Housing Group
• Housing 21
• Jephson Housing Association
• Oxford Citizens Housing Association
• Co-op Homes

Planning and Building Control Links

Planning

• Oxford Civic Society
• Planning Portal
• Mast Action UK
• Mast Sanity
• Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research
• National Land Information Service
• English Heritage
• Online Planning Offices
• The Planning Inspectorate
• Royal Town Planning Institute
• Council for British Archaeology
• Oxfordshire Archaeological Service

Building Control

• Sitelines
• Chartered Institute of Building
• ELECSA Limited
• Institute of Civil Engineers
• Local Authority Building Control
• National Federation of Roofing Contractors
• NICEIC Certification Services Limited
• Royal Institute of British Architects
• Chartered Institution of Building Service Engineers
• Federation of Master Builders
• The Landscape Institute
• FENSA
• SEDBUK Boiler Database

Politics and Government Links

Councillor Blogs

• Antonia Bance Blog
• David Rundle Blog
• Stephen Brown Blog
• Headington Ward Councillors Blog - Ruth Wilkinson and David Rundle

Political Parties

• Labour Party
• Liberal Democrats
• Green Party
• Independent Working Class Association
• Conservative Party
• Oxford Lib Dems

Members of Parliament

• MP Search - find out who your MP is
• Andrew Smith MP - Oxford East
• Nicola Blackwood MP - Oxford West and Abingdon

Other Local Authorities in Oxfordshire

• Oxfordshire County Council
• Cherwell District Council
• South Oxfordshire District Council
• West Oxfordshire District Council
• Vale of White Horse District Council

Parish Councils in Oxford

• Blackbird Leys Parish Council
• Old Marston Parish Council
• Littlemore Parish Council
• Risinghurst and Sandhills Parish Council

Government Bodies

• Department for Communities and Local Government
• Legislation.gov.uk
• Directgov - public services all in one place
• Government Gateway - website used to register for online government services
• Local Government Ombudsman - investigate complaints about councils and certain other bodies
• Standards for England - responsible for promoting high ethical standards and investigating allegations that members' behaviour may have fallen short of the required standards
• Electoral Commission
• HM Revenue and Customs
  
• IDeA (The Improvement and Development Agency)
• Information Commissioner's Office
• Local Government Association
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Cabinet Office - centre of government, making government work better

Recycling Links

Local Recycling

• Orinoco - The Oxfordshire Scrapstore
• Oxford Freecycle
• Oxfordshire Community Action Groups

National Recycling

• Recycle Now
• Recycle Zone
• Recycle-more
• Waste Watch

Composting

• Community Composting Network
  

Tourism, Culture and Sport Links

Tourism

• Visit Oxfordshire website, the official tourism website for Oxfordshire
• Blenheim Palace
• Bodleian Library
• Botanic Garden
• Christ Church Cathedral
• City Sightseeing Oxford - bus tours
• Environment Agency - Visit Thames
• Natural England
• Oxford Castle
• Oxford River Cruises
• Oxfordshire Narrowboats
• The River Thames Guide
• Salters Steamers
• Skål International - Oxford - an association of tourism professionals worldwide
  
• Visit South East England - official tourism website for South East England
• Visit Britain - official tourism website for Britain
• Visit London - official tourism website for London

Culture

• Oxfordshire Artweeks - Oxfordshire's visual arts festival
• Clarendon Shopping Centre
• Fusion - Oxford's community arts agency
• OxOnArts
• Location Oxfordshire
  
• Direct Publicity - display and distribution company for leaflets in Oxford
• Modern Art Oxford - largest gallery devoted to modern and contemporary art in the South East
• Ovada - Oxfordshire Visual Arts Development Agency exists to facilitate and promote access to visual arts for all the residents of and visitors to Oxfordshire
• Oxford Dance Forum
• Oxford Inspires - the cultural development agency for Oxford and Oxfordshire
• Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society
• Templars Square - shopping centre
• The OYAP Trust - Oxfordshire Youth Arts Partnership
• Department of Culture, Media and Sport

Cinema and Theatre

• Burton Taylor Theatre
• Creation Theatre Company
• New Theatre
• Odeon Cinemas
• Oxford Playhouse
• Oxford Shakespeare Company
• Oxford Studio Theatre Club
• Oxford Theatre Guild
• Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Company
• Vue - Oxford
  
• Pegasus Theatre
• Phoenix Picture House Cinema
• Sheldonian Theatre
• Ultimate Picture Palace
  

Museums, Galleries and Music

• Ashmolean Museum
• Coffee Concerts
• Christ Church Gallery
• Museum of Oxford
• Museum of the History of Science
• Music at Oxford
• Oxford Contemporary Music
• Oxford Philomusica - Oxford's Professional Symphony Orchestra in Residence at the University of Oxford
  
• Oxford University Museum of Natural History
• Pitt Rivers Museum

Tickets

• Ents 24
• Ticketmaster

Sport and Leisure

• Bowlplex Oxford
• Cherwell Boathouse
• City Of Oxford Swimming Club
• David Lloyd Leisure
• The Oxfordshire Health and Racquets Club
  
• Hinksey Heights Golf Club
• Kassam Stadium
• LA Fitness - Oxford
• North Oxford Golf Club
• North Oxford Lawn Tennis Club
• Oxford City Athletic Club
• Oxford City Tennis Club
• Oxford Greyhound Stadium
• Oxford Stars Ice Hockey  
• Oxford United Football Club
• Oxford Wheels Project
• Ramblers Association
• Sport England
• National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners
• The Oxfordshire Golf Club
• London 2012 - official Olympics website for London 2012
• Sport Development - collection of resources for students about sports development in the United Kingdom
• Royal Horticultural Society
• Waterscape.com - guide to enjoying life on Britain's rivers, lakes and canals
• British Waterways
• Oxfordshire Sports Partnership - promoting everyone in Oxfordshire enjoying a more active lifestyle and achieving personal success through sport

Transport Links

Young People Links

• Bullying Online
• CBBC Newsround
• ChildLine
• Eco Schools
• gapyear.com
• NSPCC
• Ollie Recycles
• UCAS
• UK Youth Parliament
• Young Minds
• Young People's Trust for the Environment
• The Kidz Page
• The Big Bus
• Brook
• Oxfordshire Youth Service
• MySpace
• Facebook
• YouTube
• DirectGov - Kids
• Oxfordshire Dark Archivist