Emergency beds for people experiencing rough sleeping to open tonight
Published: Monday, 18th November 2019 in Homelessness newsOxford City Council has activated its severe weather emergency protocol (SWEP) and is opening emergency beds for people experiencing rough sleeping tonight (Monday 18 November).
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Can't get to a polling station?
Published: Friday, 15th November 2019 in About Oxford newsIf you're registered to vote in the forthcoming General Election but you won't be able to make it to a polling station on the day, don't worry. There are other options.
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Oxford named as top UK city for economy and wellbeing for fourth year in a row
Published: Friday, 15th November 2019 in Business newsOxford has been named as the top UK city for economic success and wellbeing of the community for the fourth year in a row.
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Winners announced for Shout Out for the Covered Market poetry competition
Published: Thursday, 14th November 2019 in Communities newsOxford City Council has announced the winners for the Shout Out for the Covered Market competition.
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Oxford United agrees long-term lease of Oxford Sports Park from Oxford City Council
Published: Thursday, 14th November 2019 in Leisure and Culture newsOxford United has agreed a transfer of lease for Oxford Sports Park to secure a long-term training base for the club and for the continuation of community sports activities, with the agreement of site
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Oxford City Council marks Living Wage Week with business forum for employers
Published: Wednesday, 13th November 2019 in Business newsTo mark Living Wage Week, Oxford City Council held a business forum to recognise and celebrate Oxford Living Wage employers, and provide information about the benefits of paying a living wage.
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Celebrating local government on OurDay
Published: Tuesday, 12th November 2019 in Your Council newsFrom emptying bins to maintaining parks, licensing taxis to administering elections, the hundreds of vital services that a council does will be brought to life when Oxford City Council takes part in a national social media marathon on Tuesday 19 November.
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New Oxford Living Wage rate for 2020-21 announced
Published: Monday, 11th November 2019 in Welfare Reform newsOxford City Council has announced a new Oxford Living Wage rate of £10.21 an hour, which will apply from April 2020.
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City Council sets out draft proposals to build new social housing and children’s play areas around Bertie Place
Published: Friday, 8th November 2019 in Housing newsOxford City Council has set out draft proposals to build new social housing and children’s play areas around Bertie Place off Abingdon Road.
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Oxford trials world’s first residential ‘pop-up’ on-street electric vehicle charging points
Published: Friday, 8th November 2019 in Environment newsThe world’s first residential ‘pop up’ on-street electric vehicle charging points is being trialled in Oxford.
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Poverty and deprivation across Oxford have reduced but the city remains starkly unequal - new figures
Published: Friday, 8th November 2019 in About Oxford newsRelative poverty and deprivation levels across Oxford have reduced over the last four years but the city remains starkly unequal, new national figures have shown.
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Barton residents setting up Barton Community Partnership with City Council support
Published: Friday, 8th November 2019 in Communities newsBarton residents have been looking at what they love about their area and what they want to change as steps towards setting up their own Community Partnership, planning to launch in December
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City Council to consult on acceptable behaviours in Oxford city centre to help create wider vision
Published: Friday, 8th November 2019 in Communities newsOxford City Council has launched a public consultation to define the behaviours that residents, business owners and visitors think are acceptable and unacceptable in Oxford city centre.
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Curiouser and curiouser: City Council fills Covered Market with Alice in Wonderland sculptures
Published: Friday, 8th November 2019 in Business newsOxford Covered Market is getting curiouser and curiouser as Oxford City Council fills the 18th century building with Alice in Wonderland sculptures.
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City Council to provide land to pilot community-led housing project in Oxford
Published: Friday, 8th November 2019 in Housing newsOxford City Council is set to provide land to pilot a community-led housing project in Oxford.
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Seacourt Park and Ride extension update - November 2019
Published: Thursday, 7th November 2019 in Park and Ride newsOxford City Council is working to provide additional parking spaces at Seacourt Park and Ride to ensure that it meets the needs of workers and visitors to the city.
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Museum of Oxford declares opening time for crowdfunding appeal
Published: Thursday, 7th November 2019 in Leisure and Culture newsThe Museum of Oxford is launching a month-long crowdfunding campaign today through Art Happens with Art Fund, to support a future exhibition focusing on life in Oxford’s pubs and breweries.
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Oxford Covered Market is full
Published: Wednesday, 6th November 2019 in Business newsOxford Covered Market is full.
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City Council reduces carbon footprint by a tenth in last year after installing energy efficiency measures
Published: Wednesday, 6th November 2019 in Environment newsOxford City Council has reduced its own carbon emissions by more than 900 tonnes in the last year. This reduction is the equivalent amount of CO2 produced by a single car driving 2.9 million miles.
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Council opens winter shelter available to anyone experiencing rough sleeping
Published: Wednesday, 6th November 2019 in Homelessness newsOxford City Council has opened a winter shelter open to anyone who is experiencing rough sleeping.
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Blackbird Leys Community Centre opens the doors to new community larder
Published: Tuesday, 5th November 2019 in Communities newsOxford City Council is working with SOFEA and Food for Charities to support a new community larder project in the Leys, which will provide access to affordable healthy food and community activities.
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Registering to vote in time for the General Election
Published: Tuesday, 5th November 2019 in Communities newsTime is running out to register for the General Election on 12 December 2019. The deadline is midnight on 26 November 2019.
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Advice centres pledge non-cooperation with Home Office hostile environment
Published: Monday, 4th November 2019 in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion newsOxford’s advice centres have followed Oxford City Council in pledging non-cooperation with the Home Office’s hostile environment on immigration.
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Oxford, Padua, Ramallah – twin cities recognised
Published: Monday, 4th November 2019 in Leisure and Culture newsOxford’s most recent twin cities are being celebrated with new boundary signs unveiled last Friday by Lord Mayor of Oxford, Councillor Craig Simmons.
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New campaign to support boat-dwellers to access healthcare in Oxford
Published: Monday, 4th November 2019 in Communities newsOxford City Council and health partners have launched a new information campaign to support the growing numbers of people living on boats in the city to register with a doctor, improving their access to vital healthcare services.
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City Council sets out conditions for supporting leisure and community use at Oxford Stadium
Published: Friday, 1st November 2019 in Planning newsOxford City Council has set out the conditions under which it would support new leisure and community use at Oxford Stadium.
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Oxford to unveil gift of friendship from twinned city of Wrocław in Poland
Published: Friday, 1st November 2019 in Communities newsOxford is set to unveil a gift of friendship – a gnome named Życzliwek, or ‘well-wisher’ – from Oxford’s twinned city of Wrocław in Poland.
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Remembrance Sunday and Remembrance Day Services
Published: Wednesday, 30th October 2019 in About Oxford newsOxford is to fall silent to remember those who have given their lives in conflict.
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Councils thank residents for ‘huge’ response to Oxford transport survey
Published: Wednesday, 30th October 2019 in Parking and Travel newsOver 3000 Oxfordshire residents, employers, businesses and other organisations responded to a survey on proposals to reduce congestion and improve journey times into and around Oxford.
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: ‘I am here alive today because I got checked’
Published: Tuesday, 29th October 2019 in Leisure and Culture newsCouncillor Louise Upton, Cabinet Member for Healthy Oxford, shares her personal experience with cancer to encourage women – and men – to get checked this Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
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