Blackbird Leys Adventure Playground (BLAP) provides an after-school club and holiday scheme for children aged 8–13. BLAP is wheelchair accessible and on one level with accessible toilet facilities. The adventure playground is accessible but some pieces of equipment may be more of a problem without adult assistance. ...

Blackbird Leys Amateur Boxing Club was founded in 1960 by Len Lee and it is the longest running boxing club in Oxford open to everyone. All of the coaches are fully qualified by the Amateur Boxing Association of England and all hold first aid certificates. The club promotes discipline and fitness to everyone who attends. ...

Founded in 2012, Body Politic is a not-for-profit Hip Hop Dance Theatre company that is committed to addressing the growing prevalence of mental health issues in young people. Body Politic provides a nurturing, enriching and supportive environment and works with young people from all backgrounds and ages to improve self-confidence and self-esteem through dance. ...

Chalgrove Youth Club meets in the Youth Wing adjacent to the Village Hall. Each session is run by a Youth Leader and volunteers. Young people are required to fill in a membership form and agree to the rules of the Youth Club. Friends from outside the village can be signed in for sessions. Each session ...

Charlbury Community Centre is a place to connect, read, learn and play. The Centre is run on a not-for-profit basis by professional staff and volunteers and is the result of many years of fundraising and hard work. It is owned and managed by the Thomas Gifford Trust, a Charitable Incorporated Organisation registration no: 1155669. ...

Cherwell District Council is part of the three-tier local authority structure and is based at Bodicote House near Banbury, Oxfordshire. Cherwell District Council has responsibilities for issues such as waste and recycling collection, street cleansing, environmental enforcement, planning, car parks and leisure centres. ...

Children Heard and Seen (CHAS) support children, young people and their families who are impacted by parental imprisonment. It is estimated that 312,000 children each year have a parent in prison, although there is no database of who these children are and whether they are receiving support. In their 8 years of operation, CHAS have ...

Operated by Fusion Lifestyle, we’ve got some fantastic facilities on offer including excellent gym & fitness equipment, an extensive programme of group exercise classes such as yoga and pilates, indoor courts, football pitches and netball courts. ...

Clear Sky Children’s Charity provides Play and Creative Arts therapeutic interventions to schools across Oxfordshire through 1:1 and group interventions. They also provide practitioner training, parent groups and professional CPD for schools and educational settings. Clear Sky offer their virtual learning platform to all family practitioners ‘The Institute for Play and Attachment’ providing online CPD, ...

Cottsway is the largest housing association and provider of social housing within West Oxfordshire. They are a not-for-profit housing association and their income comes entirely from rents. Cottsway became a charitable industrial and provident society in 2009. They are committed to doing more to help people in housing need. ...

TRAIN works with young people in Didcot who are vulnerable and at high risk of educational failure, crime, child sexual exploitation, alcohol and substance abuse, and other risky behaviours. Their mission is to seek out, engage and empower these young people and reduce the negative impact upon their life chances. TRAIN is made up of ...

Carers Direct was set up creating a web-based introduction service, whereby people seeking care could confidently identify and approach skilled and compassionate care assistants, while bringing benefits to both. Their site introduces carers for Live-In Care, Hourly Care and Over Night Care. ...

The Diocese of Oxford is the administrative area of the Church of England that, broadly speaking, covers the three counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. The diocese sits between the Cotswolds in the west and London to the east. It extends from tiny rural communities to the vastly different cities of Oxford and Milton Keynes. ...

Donnington Doorstep is an independent, community-based family centre delivering a range of universal and specialist services. Set up in 1984 by local parents who knew that caring for children can be hard, Donnington Doorstep are a home from home drop-in for children, young people and their families as well as a hub for local community ...

The Family Arena has the following aims: • Connect – Meet and network with a community hub of children, young people and adults around events, activities and projects of mutual interest. • Learn – At your pace, in your own space or with others. There is always something new to stimulate and engage your interest. ...

The CoderDojo movement believes that an understanding of programming languages is increasingly important in the modern world, that it is both better and easier to learn these skills early, and that nobody should be denied the opportunity to do so. To that end, they have built a global network of free, volunteer-led, community-based programming clubs ...

A community-owned hub for people to meet, work, play, create, learn, eat and connect. Flo’s – The Place in the Park is a non-profit community-run organisation and is almost entirely run by volunteers.  ...

Fusion Art’s projects reach across Oxfordshire and beyond, working within communities in public and environmental art, participatory art projects and high profile public events such as Cowley Road Carnival, Christmas Light Festival and In-tent-city. Through the transformation power of the arts, Fusion Arts respond to challenging social circumstances by delivering meaningful and inclusive artistic experiences. ...

Go For It (GFI) facilitate social opportunities and personal development to young people aged 16 years and over with Learning Disabilities, Autism and Aspergers in Oxfordshire. GFI are providers of fun, educational-quality support within your chosen environment and aim to recognise and develop every member’s potential. Working with their service users, parent/carers and professionals, they ...

Gobo Theatre Foundation is a charity created to help support, mentor and inspire young people in the theatrical arts with a focus on ensuring that opportunities are not only available to those who can afford it. Be part of classes and a production run by a professional theatre company with a love of fostering young ...

Guidepost Trust exists to provide services to meet individual needs so that each person has the opportunity to fulfil their aspirations and maximise their potential. They seek to achieve excellence in their work and lead the way in researching, delivering and disseminating good practice. To deliver their vision Guideposts mission is to: Break Barriers – ...

Home-Start Oxford is a voluntary organisation providing non-judgmental, compassionate, confidential and individual support to families who are going through tough times, and have at least one child under 5. Home-Start Oxford supports families in Oxford, and the centre and west of the county including Wheatley, Islip, Kidlington, Woodstock, Witney, Carterton and Burford. ...

Home-Start Southern Oxfordshire is a voluntary home-visiting scheme, which supports families with at least one child under five in the southern area of Oxfordshire. It is managed locally, but supported by Home-Start UK, the national organisation which offers training, information and guidance to Home-Start schemes to ensure consistent and quality support for parents and children ...

Hope Thru Horses offers equine involvement therapy. Equine Involvement informed therapy works on addressing the psychological and emotional effects of trauma on the nervous system, body, mind and energy. In the process they recognise, identify and integrate separated, fearful, parts of the self and bring those parts together into the one whole ‘self’. ...

An award-winning, youth-led organisation focused on creating a more inclusive society for people with additional needs. KEEN create and run amazing sessions projects, in addition to supporting other organisations including sports clubs. They also promote inclusion more widely through campaigns and collaboration. Around 300 young people contribute to our work each year, through a wide ...