Over 3 years, OSEP worked with OxLEP, Oxfordshire’s Local Enterprise Partnership, to deliver eScalate, a three-year project, part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) which ended in April 2023 to support Social Enterprises, social entrepreneurs, enterprising charities and purposeful businesses in Oxfordshire.
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OCLT’s Affordable Housing Development Takes Shape with Tenant Coop – A Community-led Success Story!
Oxfordshire Community Land Trust (OCLT) has made significant progress since the opening of their first development at Crofts Court and the launch of their share offer in November 2022. The development comprises of eight one-and-two-bedroom apartments, all of which are affordable homes for local people.
Getting Social Procurement Ready
Over the course of the ERDF funded OxLEP eScalate business support programme, OSEP delivered a series of workshops, panel discussions and events to help Oxfordshire Social Enterprises, trading charities and […]
Persimmon Homes Wessex donated £3,000 to the Oxford Food Hub
Persimmon Homes Wessex presented a cheque for £3000 to the charity’s chief executive, Emily Smith, at the Oxford Food Hub in Botley, where it is at the centre of surplus food […]
OSEP Community Meet Up
In July OSEP held an event at Flo’s | The Place In The Park with the aim of bringing together organisations and businesses in the social impact space in Oxfordshire, as well as those interested in this from within the University, to explore collaboration opportunities, share ideas, discuss ways of supporting each other, and how meaningful actions could be created following on from the evening.