‘Ambition Quality’ youth club run by Sonning Common Parish Council. Sports, crafts, cooking and fun trips out offered to young people of the village and surrounding area. £2 entry (membership form must be completed by a parent/guardian.)
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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, research, resources for working with families and self-care.
Clean Slate is a trauma-informed organisation offering therapeutic support, psychoeducational programmes, and volunteer placements for those affected by abuse, adversity, and emotional distress. They centre emotional safety, participant agency, and accessible healing through structured group sessions, reflective resources, and one-to-one support. Their team includes trained facilitators and supervised trainee counsellors, all committed to ethical practice and inclusive care. They also provide tailored onboarding, supervision, and development opportunities for volunteers. Clean Slate blends psychological theory with lived experience, fostering recovery, resilience, and authentic self-expression.
Cholsey Parish Council is the first level of local government in the Cholsey and Winterbrook area and as such has certain duties and discretionary powers which help to preserve and enhance the quality of life in the local community.
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. There is currently no statutory mechanism to support or even identify children when their parent goes to prison, meaning we do not know who or where they are. Since inception in 2014, CHAS have worked alongside over 300 families and over 1,250 children and young people. The charity’s child-centred approach strives to support the needs of children with a parent in prison, listen to their concerns, and have their views heard and reflected in policy.
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.
Body Politic is a pioneering female-led charitable organisation that uses hip hop dance and arts to empower individuals and communities. Based in Oxford, they aim to inspire positive social change, challenge inequality, and provide a creative platform for those often marginalised in society.
Their vision is to transform the lives and experiences of young people aged 5-25yrs, through meaningful and innovative collaborations, cross-sector partnership working, boundary-pushing productions and outreach work, locally, regionally and nationally.
Body Politic is made up of three core strands of activity: creative learning, artist development and productions & touring.
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. The club is open to all races, religions and sexes without prejudice.
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.