Collaborate events are opportunities for Community Action Groups (CAGs) working on similar projects or across a common theme to meet up, share and find ways of working together. The meetings are open to members of the CAG network, as well as other associated, … Read More
The CAG Project is announcing a change to the way we are administering our Special Project Grant and putting out a call for applications! What is the Special Project Grant? The Special Projects Grant is a fund held by the … Read More
The CAG Network received special recognition last night at the Oxfordshire Charity and Volunteer Awards ceremony. The annual event held by the Oxfordshire Community and Voluntary Action (OCVA) celebrates the achievements of the third sector to a packed audience at … Read More
Bring your broken electricals and electronics to one of the series of Repair Cafes hosted by Community Action Groups, across Oxfordshire this April! Alternatively if you have unwanted but working items (of any kind) you could take them to a … Read More
A new regulation called the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into effect from May 25th 2018 – which will affect us all. The regulation aims to strengthen the data protection for all citizens within the EU & giving people … Read More
Are you the person to make this Oxford Green Week the best yet? The CAG Project is looking for a temporary paid associate to support the planning, coordination and delivery of Oxford Green Week and the Big Green Day Out. Oxford … Read More
We are excited to announce that Resource Futures, the parent company of the CAG Project, will be delivering a major new “Waste Advisors” programme in Oxford, on behalf of Oxfordshire County Council. This programme will merge the existing Love Food Hate … Read More
About Orinoco: Orinoco is a small but popular charity, based in Oxford, committed to reuse and to providing interesting and unusual materials and tools for creative and DIY projects. We collect waste and unwanted household items from local businesses and … Read More
It’s the time of year when we celebrate the humble pumpkin and “squash food waste” by encouraging people to eat rather than discard their Halloween pumpkin’s flesh! The message is simple: Carve it, Cook it, Eat it – Don’t bin … Read More
By Eleanor Watts, on behalf of Rose Hill and Iffley Low Carbon Rose Hill & Iffley Low Carbon had a great celebration of Project ERIC on Friday 22nd of September 2017. Attendees packed out the ballroom in the Rose Hill Community Centre … Read More
You may have seen coverage in the national news about the “first” zero-waste supermarket in the UK. A married couple have opened Earth.Food.Love. in Totnes, Devon which stocks organic wholefoods in self-serve dispensers. Customers are invited to bring their own containers to … Read More
Last weekend (15th-17th of September), the CAG Oxfordshire Project team attended the Offline Festival. Organised by Project Dirt, Power to Change and Eden Project Communities, Offline was an ‘un-conference’ with a festival vibe. The days were packed with panel discussions … Read More
Do you think new housing schemes look boring and lack social interaction? Are you angry that affordable and environmentally-sustainable places to live are becoming rare for a growing group of people? Want to use your experience and skills to do … Read More
SESI is recruiting. We are looking for someone with good communication skills, experience as sales assistant, as well as a commitment to low carbon behaviour and developing the role of the community sector. Role: SESI Stall coordinator Hourly Rate: £11.11 Hours: 9 … Read More
The achievements of the Community Action Group (CAG) Network were celebrated on the 9th of May 2017 at the Oxford Community & Voluntary Action (OCVA) annual awards ceremony. 3 groups won awards for their outstanding projects and dedication, with … Read More
The CAG Project is excited to launch The Resource Community Impacts Tool (ResourceCIT), an easy to use online tool which supports community groups to monitor the effect of over 120 different activities, from tree planting and swap shops to bike … Read More
This week the CAG Project welcomes a new addition to the team with Beth McAllister joining as Project Officer. Beth has a background in communications and marketing, most recently as the Marketing Coordinator for Pegasus Theatre and Communications Coordinator with … Read More
As 2016 draws toward a close, it is time to celebrate the successes of the CAG Project. Currently there are 58 active groups in the CAG Network, spread across the county, working on a huge range of activities from swap … Read More
Rose Hill & Iffley Low Carbon group’s Project ERIC has won Residential Building Energy Project of the Year at the Energy Awards 2016, which were announced last week in London. Project ERIC (Energy Resources for Integrated Communities) is a pioneering smart local energy system … Read More
This December, Cultivate are partnering with their fellow Earth Trust Farm Step tenants to present a series of festive feast ideas, showing the local community that their festive meals can easily be sourced entirely from local producers. Oxford is a … Read More
The CAG Skill Share 2016 on the 12th of November was a major success, with over 90 people attending over the course of the day from CAGs, Oxfordshire based community groups and groups from as far away as Devon! The … Read More
By Jack Pritchard of Rose Hill & Iffley Low Carbon Group The seasons are turning: we have days of fireworks and poppies, of squirrels skittish on ripe conkers, and clock-hours turning back. I worry about the bees. As I walk, … Read More
We are excited to announce the full workshop details for The CAG Skill Share 2016. The event will take place on Saturday the 12th of November from 10.00 to 17.30. The day will be full of opportunities to learn new … Read More
A community orchard for Blewbury – dream becomes reality by John Ogden of Sustainable Blewbury The idea of community orchards was put forward in 1992 by the charity Common Ground and since then the idea has taken off across Britain. Blewbury’s … Read More
The first open Loneliness Workshop, held by Eden Project Communities and supported by Oxford Hub and the CAG Project, took place on Wednesday 19 October. The session was a great success, and created some really insightful discussion around how we … Read More
Low Carbon West Oxford is looking for a confident, creative, engaging and dynamic person to take initiative and lead it’s carbon cutting work in West Oxford and beyond. LCWO Lead Programme Manager Hours: 18 hours per week (spread of … Read More
Incredible Edible Oxford, a volunteer- led CAG of locals planting edibles in parks and encouraging others to do so in their own spaces city-wide, has just launched a new series of community courses in the city. The courses will be … Read More
Opinion piece by Hugh Osborn of Sustainable Blewbury CAG The Blewbury Energy Initiative of Sustainable Blewbury strongly support smart metering to provide consumers with accurate bills and monitoring, and to enable the optimisation of smart grids with local electricity generation and … Read More
Rose Hill & Iffley Low Carbon were lucky enough to host the former editor of The Guardian newspaper at the Rose Hill Community on Thursday 29 September to encourage people to take a stand on climate change. Alan Rusbridger who … Read More
The CAG Project is recruiting for a new team member. This is an excellent opportunity to support one of the largest networks of its kind in the UK, at the forefront of community led climate change action. We are looking for … Read More
Local architecture and design Co-op, Transition by Design, has applied to Toe2 Oxfordshire for a grant to bring pedal power to CAGs across the network. ‘Pedal powered Rose Hill’ aims to bring a pedal powered cinema and sound system to … Read More
by Robin Morris (on behalf of Low Carbon East Oxford) The Low Carbon East Oxford study on fuel poverty in Oxford was included in the Chesshire Lehman report, Understanding Fuel Poverty. We were at the report launch at the House … Read More
From Richard at East Oxford Farmers Market: This year we are celebrating an incredible ten years of East Oxford Farmers’ and Community Market. After starting out with six stalls on Manzil Way back in 2007 the market has gone from … Read More
From Jo Harvey at Sustainable Wantage We have been running a project with Oxfordshire Learning Network to fund tutors to deliver training at the Mix. We are pleased to announce that they have recently offered to carry on funding the … Read More
From Linda Brawn at Greening Chinnor: In May we held our AGM and I thought it would be interesting to share with you how far we have come since Greening Chinnor started in 2011. We are a small core … Read More
Orinoco is a small but popular charity, based in Oxford, committed to reuse and to providing interesting and unusual materials for children, adults, students, playgroups, schools and other organisations for creative projects. They collect clean waste from local businesses and sell … Read More
The outcome of last week’s referendum has left many wondering how leaving the EU will impact on the country’s commitment to tackling climate change. The CAG Project has compiled a news round-up giving a few different perspectives and opinions on … Read More
Rose Hill and Iffley are on the brink of an energy revolution. On 3 June, we moved a bit closer to our goal of a zero-carbon community when forty people attended a film and discussion evening at Rose Hill Community Centre. … Read More
The Community Action Group (CAG) Project scooped up four awards out of 16 shortlisted entries at the 2016 Oxfordshire Community Voluntary Action (OCVA), Charity and Community Awards. The awards ceremony, held on the 11th of May at the Oxford Town Hall, … Read More
Over the last few years, the scandal of food waste has rightfully moved from the periphery and into the mainstream. From Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s prime-time War on Waste TV show to France’s trail-blazing legislation banning super markets from binning unsold food – the chorus … Read More
The CAG Project’s Peter Lefort attended The Ecomodernism Debate at the Oxford University Centre for the Environment on Friday 15 January. In 2015 The Ecomodernism Manifesto was launched by a diverse collection of academics, authors and other environmental authorities. Their … Read More
By Henry Owen, CAG Project Officer It’s that time of year again, with the evenings drawing in and the clocks about to change, when I start pull on an extra jumper in the evening and think about putting the heating on. … Read More
CAG Project Manager Peter Lefort shares his thoughts on the Friction Talks evening with George Monbiot and Rewilding Scotland On Wednesday 11 November, George Monbiot appeared at East Oxford’s independent cinema the Ultimate Picture Palace to deliver a talk … Read More