Our Partnership.

Our partnership was born out of the shared belief that local organisations working collaboratively is the most informed, efficient and thorough way to address our aims. Our focus is on healthy, affordable and accessible food, not just about emergency responses.

Many of the organisations involved with our partnership have lived experience of food insecurity and wider structural injustices around race, class and health/disability. Our partnership has an ongoing commitment to hear voices of these often unrepresented and unheard communities and co-produce responses to the challenges they face with dignity and respect.

  • PPP (Flo's The Place in the Park)

    Flo's the Place in the Park is a community run social enterprise hub formed in 2018 in a decommissioned children’s centre. It is run by People Place and Participation Ltd, a charitable community benefit society managed by local people for local people

  • Waste2Taste CIC

    Started by two local women Sandra and Marie who are passionate food activists, community workers and exceptional chefs. Waste2Taste has worked predominantly with homeless people, providing hot meals, cooking classes and volunteer opportunities for work experience and skill development

  • Oxford Community Action

    Oxford Community Action was founded by Hassan, Mujhid and Nigel to tackle and overcome barriers created by structural inequalities (e.g. labour market and ethnic health inequalities) that prevent Black and Minoritised Individuals and Communities from reaching their full potential and enjoying equal representation and participation as active citizens within UK institutions and wider civil society..

    Based at Ark-T Centre, OCA have been supporting over 500 families with vital food supplies on a weekly basis. OCA are developing their own social enterprise, with the aim of creating sustainable revenue for their ongoing social outreach work

  • Oxford Mutual Aid

    Oxford Mutual Aid is a community organisation which works to support our peers and neighbours in Oxford, primarily through the provision of food support. Founded to respond to the challenges of the pandemic, we have since become a vital part of Oxford’s aid infrastructure.

    We believe that nobody should face food insecurity, or experience stigma for seeking assistance. We do not implement means testing as it is invasive, expensive, and discourages people from seeking help.

    Collaboration has always been at the heart of what we do. This is centred upon building systems that source and supply nutritious food to those who need it, reduce food waste and, and support local businesses. Through local supply networks, we can increase the food/supply resilience of our community in a time of uncertainty

  • Donnington Doorstep

    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 - we’re a home from home drop-in for children, young people and their families as well as a hub for local community activity.

    From our purpose-built centre in East Oxford our activities focus on play, food, support and community development

  • Oxford City Farm

    Oxford City Farm is a community led charity in the heart of East Oxford.

    We provide opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds to engage with farming and food production, animals, nature and each other.

    The food we grow is shared with volunteers and distributed within our local community, enabling us to get fresh produce onto the plates of people who might otherwise have limited access to it.

    From our beautiful new Community Kitchen we help people develop the skills and appetite to prepare delicious fresh food - much of which is harvested from Farm. We are looking forward to Community feasts and sharing our kitchen and outdoor space with partners from form the OX4 food crew.

  • Ark-T

    Ark-T is a community arts centre and registered charity based in Temple Cowley, which uses the powers of creativity and human connection to change lives and inspire community driven social change

  • Syrian Sisters

    Syrian Sisters is led by Nuha Abdo, a refugee social worker who originally formed the community group to support other refugee women to learn English.

  • No Vice Ice CIC

    No Vice Ice is an ice lolly social enterprise founded to support people with long term invisible health conditions/disabilities.

    This year they have produced a highly successful range of healthy sustainable ice lollies and are developing their social outreach by creating peer support groups for people with long term and often invisible health conditions, who will come together to design and produce ice lollies

Collaborate

Our partnership is all about collaboration and we are always on the lookout for other projects, groups, researchers and individuals who share our goals and values. If you would be interested in collaborating with or partnering with the OX4 Food Crew please get in touch with our partnership coordinator by emailing coordinator@ox4foodcrew.co.uk or calling +44 7732298282.