Community grants for voluntary and community groups

What grants does the council offer?

One of the ways we support voluntary and community organisations (CVO's) is through grant aid.

We have a limited amount of funds avaliable to help community and voluntary groups, which provide a project or service that benefit residents and communities in the city.

You can apply for a grant if your project does one or more of the following:

Promotes community activities
Encourages healthy lifestyles
Gets more people involved in the arts
Tackles antisocial behaviour and improves community safety
Promotes and protests the natural environment/biodiversity
Tackles social inequality

Annual Round of Community Grants for 2008/09

All the grant funding allocated for the annual round of grants to Community and Voluntary Organisations (CVO's) this year has been allocated. See the link below to find out which groups have been funded:

List of Groups supported in 2008/2009

Small Community Grants available for 2008/09

During the year, commencing 1st April 2008, there are several opportunities for Community and Voluntary organisations (CVO's) to apply for a small grant, area committee grant or an emergency grant. The closing dates are listed below:

7th April 2008
5th June 2008
7th August 2008
2nd October 2008
4th December 2008
5th February 2009

Applications forms plus the criteria can be found to the right of this page.

Grants Programme Prospectus for 2008-2010.

Grants Programme Prospectus 2008-2010

If you would like help or advice on completing your application contact the funding advisor at Oxfordshire Community and Voluntary Agency by emailing funding@ocva.org.uk.

Where can I find more information?

To help you look for funding for your group, this online service is available free of charge:

Grantnet website

We produce a guide to funding opportunities in conjunction with the other Districts, the County Council and Oxfordshire Community and Voluntary Action (OCVA). The guide is available to download from this page: