General News

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Using creativity to help young people understand homelessness

Calling all Oxfordshire-based primary schools and children’s clubs. A brand-new project for children aged 8-11 has been launched to raise awareness about homelessness in an ...
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No dog left behind

Animal lovers unite! With National Love Your Pet Day coming up, we’re celebrating the incredible connection between humans and dogs – the original pet. For ...
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Graphic with text that reads: Together, you raised £132,000 for our 2024 Christmas Appeal Fundraising

The results of our 2024 Christmas Appeal

Thanks to the support and kindness of our wonderful new and regular supporters, our 2024 Christmas Appeal raised over £132,000 in monetary donations alone. We ...
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Frilford Heath Golf Club Captains Craig Soubieski and Sally Adams stand by Homeless Oxfordshire banner. Fundraising

Frilford Heath Golf Club has chosen Homeless Oxfordshire as its 2025 Captains’ Charity

We are thrilled to announce that the newly instated Club Captains at Frilford Heath Golf Club have chosen to make Homeless Oxfordshire their Captains’ Charity ...
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Bringing the festive spirit to our residents this Christmas

From Christmas feasts with all the trimmings to community tree decorating and festive art therapy sessions, this Christmas our residents were given the chance to ...
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Becky’s Christmas story: receiving a gift made her feel seen

Despite the challenges of their situation, with our support Homeless Oxfordshire residents manage to find little moments of hope and joy at Christmas. Over December ...
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Jamal’s Christmas story: completing rehab let him be Dad again

For many residents of Homeless Oxfordshire, Christmas is something that happens to other people. It’s a reminder of the isolation and loneliness that homelessness inflicts ...
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I took part in the 2024 annual rough sleeping street count. Here’s what I found out.

Each autumn an annual street count is taken of the number of people rough sleeping in the UK. This number provides the government’s estimate as ...
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Current Affairs

Autumn Budget: Cuts to funding could lead to preventable deaths warn three homeless charities

With central government funding for homelessness support set to expire in March 2025, three Oxfordshire-based charities have warned what that could mean for the people ...
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Current Affairs

World Homeless Day 2024

On October 10th colleagues and supporters helped mark World Homeless Day at Homeless Oxfordshire in a variety of ways. Challenging perceptions Think homelessness is just ...
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Three things I observed as a psychotherapist working with people experiencing homelessness in Banbury

We were very grateful to psychotherapist Philippa Smethurst MSc for facilitating reflective practice for support workers at our Mawle Court project in Banbury recently. Here ...
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Fundraising

Golfers raise £19,000 for Homeless Oxfordshire

Golf enthusiasts from local businesses took to the fairways at Studley Wood Golf Club near Barton in Oxford recently to raise money for Homeless Oxfordshire, ...
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Fundraising

Celebrating Volunteers’ Week: Q&A with Fundraising and Comms volunteer Paul Berry

From wrapping Christmas gifts for our residents to painting our staff room, our individual and corporate volunteers bring additional skills and new perspectives, enhance the ...
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Current Affairs

Jerry’s story: ready for a fresh start but with nowhere to go

Just imagine… You’ve struggled with addiction since your teens. You lost everything, became homeless, got support, went through rehab. After years of commitment and hard ...
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Fundraising

Getting muddy for money: Q&A with Homeless Oxfordshire’s Simon Hughes on marking 10 years at the charity

Simon Hughes is a housing and resettlement worker for Homeless Oxfordshire and, to mark 10 years working for the charity, decided to participate in muddy ...
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