Oxfordshire Youth Opportunity Fund… your community’s chance to bid for funding

Click here to view flyer Oxfordshire Youth Opportunity Fund… your community’s chance to bid for funding Voluntary and community organisations are being invited to bid for portions of Oxfordshire County Council’s new £1m two-year grant fund: Youth Opportunity Fund. Feedback from Oxfordshire residents points to strong support for improving community-run youth services. This new fund is available to help existing projects expand and new ones get started. Grants of up to £70,000 are available. By offering start-up funding in previous years, the council has already helped many community-run groups provide support for young children and families. Now we aim to do the same for youth services. Community-run youth schemes complement the work of the county council’s children’s services department, which targets resources at young people at risk of abuse and neglect. People in neighbourhoods, towns and villages know best what is good for their community and where they would like to see improvements. Now they have the chance to start or grow existing opportunities for young people in their communities. For further information on how to submit a bid to the Youth Opportunity Fund: Website:...
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1st Nettlebed Brownie Pack

PLACES NOW AVAILABLE Brownies offer a varied and fun programme of activities for girls aged  between 7 and 10.  Meetings take place in the village on Thursdays during Term time from 6pm to 7.30pm. There are currently a few places available, if your daughter is interested  in joining Brownies please register online with the Girl Guiding UK  website  https://www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-for-parents/register-your-daughter/ ...
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Nettlebed Art and Craft Show 2019

Nettlebed Art Society would like to thank everyone who came and supported this year's show. We sold a record of fourteen paintings out of the 127 on display and of course lots of crafts too. The show was well supported with many visitors from the other side of the world including South Africa and New Zealand. Our proceeds of £1600 are being shared between seven local charities. Next year's show will be on 1st and 2nd August ...
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Merchant Navy Day – 3rd September

Nettlebed Parish Council will be showing their support for the seafarers by proudly flying the Red Ensign outside the Village Club on Tuesday, September 3rd. While many people know that the 3rd of Sept 1939 marked the outbreak of the Second World War, few are aware that it also marks the first major British maritime casualty, the merchant vessel SS Athenia, torpedoed just a few hours after hostilities were declared, with the loss of 128 passengers and crew. Although many hundreds of merchant ships and thousands of seafarers would meet the same fate in the years to come, 3rd September is now enshrined as 'Merchant Navy Day' to honour the brave men and women who kept our island nation afloat during both World Wars, and even during peacetime faced - and continue to face - the more routine perils of violent storms and mountainous seas. ...
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