NEWS FROM CAG OXFORDSHIRE

NEW PODCAST NOW LIVE! Between March and August 2025, CAG convened a six-month learning programme for Oxfordshire community organisers titled Sharing the Load: Strengthening your Community Group through Collaborative Leadership . The programme, which was facilitated by Transition Together , brought together 23 participants from 12 community groups across Oxfordshire, all grappling with a similar challenge: how to make their groups more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient by

Number of Hours: 1 day a week (7.5 hours per week) Location: Community allotment in Blackbird Leys Salary: £18/hour Contract : This post is fixed-term and funded for 6 months. This contract is on a freelance basis, with payment monthly upon submission of an invoice and a short report (in the form of photos and a brief bullet-point summary of key developments). This post is funded through Oxfordshire County Council grant funding . Role summary This role’s main purpose is to co

20 Years, 75 Events, and 46 Tonnes of Treasure! Many Thanks to Paul Bailey, of Sustainable Wheatley for this great guest blog. It all started in early 2006. A small, informal Community Action Group had a simple idea: instead of sending unwanted items to the landfill, why not let Wheatley residents swap them? We set up in the Merry Bells for our first "Bring and Take" event, and the reaction was... well, slightly bemused! People couldn't quite wrap their heads around the "ever

We are delighted to be supporting groups once again in putting on events and activities for  Food Waste Action Week (9-13th March) and Great Big Green Week (6-14th June ) . We are delighted to collaborate once more with Oxfordshire County Council and the Climate Action Oxfordshire website to support two important awareness weeks in 2026. These weeks have the potential to create a big impact on our climate action efforts by providing enjoyable and engaging ways to educate

Thank you to our guest blogger Ed Macdonald, a local organic grower and member of the CAG growing collaborate group for this insightful blog. We'll be back in 2026 with part 2 of this blog series from Marta who coordinates the growing collaborate and will be sharing more from this group. This Autumn, I attended the first in-person Gaia Seed Sovereignty Conference. Hosted at the Centre for Alternative Technology near Machynlleth in mid Wales. The event was a full-on and fascin

Thanks to funds from Oxfordshire County Council (OCC), we are able to support community groups around the county to kickstart projects that address the impacts of extreme weather events.  Since 2007, Oxfordshire has experienced 20 significant flood events, 12 named storms, 8 cold snaps, 4 major heatwaves and 3 periods of drought.   The Oxfordshire Community Resilience Small Grants programme supports community groups to organise local events and activities, awareness raising o

'Tis the season and it starts now! Loads of our CAG members and partners are running events and activities in the lead-up to Christmas that promote a more community-led and sustainable way to celebrate the season. Check them out here, share with your friends and family and get yourself out there... More events will be added to this guide as and when we hear about them, so please keep coming back to check. If you are running an event and would like to be included, please email

We are looking for individuals to bring fresh energy, skills and experience to our Board of Directors. IS THIS YOU? Are you passionate about community action and climate justice? Do you enjoy meeting new people who bring new ideas and enjoy working together? Does contributing to conversations about the future Oxfordshire you/we want to see excite you? Do you want to flex your brain muscles and learn new skills through Board experience? If so, then download our Board Recruitm

we have pulled together some useful links and resources from sources we trust to hopefully help you understand some of the recent changes to the law and our judicial system, and to ensure you feel safe to continue to fight for causes you believe in while understanding your rights in this space.

From June 7th to 15th, communities across Oxfordshire came together to celebrate Great Big Green Week 2025, the UK’s largest festival of...

We are thrilled to share the latest annual report from the Community Action Groups Network in Oxfordshire.

Read our latest blog on Community Wealth Building in Oxfordshire

Exciting news! We have secured £2,500 match funding from The Big Give . We are fundraising to enable happier, healthier, more resilient...

Phoebe Rison & Sam Randle from Oxfordshire County Council recently presented the findings of the participatory phase of their Climate Engagement Plan Development report. It outlines the process undertaken to develop a comprehensive climate engagement plan for the county. See below where you can read the report , see the slidehow and watch the video of their findings... The methodology for developing the climate engagement plan has three phases consisting of Phase 1: Desk r