ABOUT
WHO WE ARE
We are a network of over 100 community action groups working across Oxfordshire to make it a safer, fairer, greener, more sustainable place to live, work and visit. Together, we’re building an Oxfordshire with resilient and empowered communities, so that people and planet can thrive within ecological limits. Started in 2001, the network is the largest of its kind in the UK that we know of.
Our member groups work in their local communities organising events and projects to take action on issues including waste, transport, food, energy, biodiversity and social justice.
Groups working on similar themes come together as part of our collaborate groups, working with other associated, like-minded groups and organisations to find ways to share skills and experience and to work together on common goals. Our current collaborate groups work on waste, plastics, energy, trees and rewilding, schools and food surplus.
WHAT WE DO
Our core work as an organisation is to provide free day-to-day support to the network members including:
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Advice, expertise and mentoring to set up and maintain groups and develop projects, events and activities.
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We can assist with finding suitable insurance cover and offer financial support to cover insurance costs for low income groups.
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Access to CAG funding for special projects and support sourcing external funds for larger projects.
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Press, media and communications coordination via our communication channels including The Key newsletter, Facebook and Twitter and Instagram
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Training, skill sharing and networking events and opportunities.
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Access to a large bank of materials and resources.
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Signposting to other organisations and bodies for advice and partnership building.
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Facilitating work with local and national government
We also work on a number of different projects alongside our network members that are also working towards our shared vision. These include Replenish, Owned by Oxford, Libraries of Things and Repair Cafe's and Connecting People with Nature. View Our Projects
If you are interested in finding out more about becoming a CAG and member of the network check out our “how-to guides”.
Want to know more about what we do, what we want to do and how we plan to do it? Read our latest Strategic Plan for 2023-2025.
PARTNERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS
OUR FUNDERS
CAG Oxfordshire benefits from a long-term partnership with, and core funding from Oxfordshire County Council.
Our Projects are often funded by other organisations and businesses. We are grateful to all our funders that the support the work we do.
MEMBERSHIPS
CAG Oxfordshire is a founding member of, and based at Makespace Oxford – a community led project that is finding innovative ways of bringing empty and underused buildings back into use as an affordable working and making space for socially driven organisations.
We are an Oxford Living Wage employer and a member of Co-operatives UK, the Transition Network, OCVA and Locality.
We are members of Good Food Oxfordshire and are signed up thier Good Food Charter.
PARTNERSHIPS
We work with organisations and indidviduals around the County to deliver our core and project work. Key partners to our work are:
POLICIES, REPORTS & ACCOUNTS
If you’re interested, here’s our privacy policy for how we look after your data.
You can download our most recent Financial Statements (including a balance sheet) for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 here
The previous statement for period 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 can be viewed here.