TRAX runs courses to engage young people aged 13 – 21 years old in Oxfordshire. TRAX aims to divert young people away from anti-social behaviour, crime and negative activities and encourage the personal, social and educational development of all young people who come to this project so they become positive and active members of their communities.
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The Unlocking Potential project is being delivered by Aspire, BYHP, SOFEA and Trax. All four are experienced community partners across Oxfordshire with a strong track record of reaching, engaging and empowering young people NEET towards, into and during employment, training and education. Their team of support workers offer 1-2-1 engagement across Oxfordshire with access to a wide range of activities and mentoring. Each young person creates an individualised plan with their support worker enabling them to make the positive changes needed to progress. Oxford Council is the Lead Organisation and brings its compliance and governance expertise to support and enable the project partnership.
Together with Migrant Children provides specialist support to children, young people and families impacted by immigration control. This includes asylum seekers and refugees, families with no recourse to public funds and other or no immigration status. Together with Migrant Children deal with welfare, housing, family needs. They do not provide immigration advice but may signpost you to one of our immigration advice partners.
Thrive use gardening to bring about positive changes in the lives of people living with disabilities or ill health, or who are isolated, disadvantaged or vulnerable. They have over 40 years experience of an approach called social and therapeutic horticulture (STH), where trained horticultural therapists work with plants and people to improve an individual’s physical and psychological health, communication and thinking skills.
Thomley is a place for people of all abilities and disabilities. The charity bring people with disabilities, their families, carers and friends together through play and learning with experienced and nurturing staff that understand their needs.
Thomley provides a safe, fully accessible site with many indoor and outdoor spaces to explore. They also provide an accepting, non-judgemental environment for people of all ages, with and without additional needs.
The work and focus of the Thomas Gifford Trust over the last 10 years or more has been on raising funds for and managing the construction of Charlbury Community Centre, which opened on 9th September 2017. They are very proud of this achievement and it is already adding much to the sporting and social life of the town.
The Sunshine Centre Community Hub offers support and signposting to families and residents in Banbury, particularly those living in the Ruscote and Neithrop areas of the town.
We offer a variety of activities and services to help overcome some of life’s challenges. If we can’t help ourselves, we can signpost you to charities and partners who can.
In addition to to our community hub, we are home to a full daycare nursery, providing childcare for children age 9 months to 5 years.
The Parasol Project is an Oxford-based charity committed to redressing the balance for disabled and disadvantaged children and young people experiencing, or at risk of social exclusion. Their work with children and young people is split into services for children aged 5 to 12 years and services for young people aged 13 to 19 years.
Peeple is a charity whose main purpose is to support parents/carers, babies and children to learn together by valuing and building on what families already do. Peep practitioners and families share information and ideas from their evidence-based Peep Learning Together Programme about how to make the most of the learning opportunities that surround us in everyday life and play.
Peeple:
- train and support over 1,000 practitioners every year
- are also a delivery organisation, based in Oxford, where they work directly with local families
- run the Little Peeple Nursery for Oxfordshire families
- are involved in research through the evaluation of their programmes and projects, and they work to influence policy both locally and nationally.
The Oxford Foundation utilises theology, poetry, interfaith dialogue, drama, art, music, storytelling, successful role models and 1-2-1 mentoring to inspire young people to achieve and contribute in a meaningful way to British society.