This Giving Tuesday, we’re reflecting on the current cost of living crisis that is affecting so many of the people and communities we work with, and on our role in supporting communities through it. We are a place-based charity, so everything we do is about making Oxford a better place…

September — a month for heading back to school, spotting the changing colours and conkers around the city, and returning from the summer with renewed energy for social change! Systems Changers As part of our work with families and professionals in the Leys, we have been exploring how to improve the system…

We’ve had a busy August of hitting milestones, hosting knitting classes, collecting the stories of local people and having summer school fun! Read all about it in this month’s round-up blog. — A new Schools Plus milestone In August we reached a new milestone of 4000 lessons on our virtual Schools Plus platform! The platform is a wonderful way of keeping track of the virtual tutoring that has been taking place since the COVID-19 pandemic.

When we launched Oxford Together in response to the covid-19 pandemic in March 2020, we were blown away by people’s generosity — giving time, energy and money to support the people in our community who were most affected by the pandemic. …

In this blog we’re reflecting on changes to the team and everything that’s been happening in our work with students — but there’s also been lots happening in our community work in OX4. Highlights include sports sessions run by and for local people, from dodgeball to roller skating, listening to…

By Jade Spencer — Over the last six months, we’ve been looking to support people experiencing isolation or loneliness, or who would benefit from the opportunity to build up social and community networks around them. To do this, we’ve been developing ways to tap into peer resources. This means connecting people with peers: people…

May has been a busy month for Oxford Hub, with many events focused on building relationships in communities, skilling up changemakers and celebrating our 15th birthday! Keep on reading to see what we’ve been up to this last month. — By Gloria Morey-Picking. 15th-anniversary Exhibition Launch Event At the end of the month, we held an exhibition to celebrate 15 years of student volunteering — as 2022 marks Oxford Hub’s 15th birthday! We showcased a selection of the fantastic things we have achieved over the past 15 years, most of which wouldn’t have been…

This week is National Volunteering Week. At Oxford Hub we want to thank all of the amazing people across the city who volunteer their time and participate in their communities. Now more than ever we need to help each other and all invest in our local communities. — Volunteering can take many forms but for some programmes, what is needed is a long term commitment. Through Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS), we ask people to commit, for the long term, to a child in Oxfordshire. We match people with a child who would benefit from an extra adult…

April has flown by, and the team has been reflecting on all of the new learning and exciting opportunities coming up at Oxford Hub. Read on for a whistle-stop recap of some of the things we’ve been up to in the past few weeks. — Marmalade From 5th to 9th April, three enquiries were made at the annual Marmalade conference, centred around three big questions: How can we design and deliver services that really work for people?