Skip to content
Important changes to planning, land charges and mapping services

Our new Land Charges system and Land Charges Register are now live.

Grants and community funding

October 28, 2021

Capital Grant funding available to help good causes in South Oxfordshire

South Oxfordshire District Council is launching a new round of its Capital Grant Scheme next week, with grants available of up to £75,000 for local voluntary and community organisations and town and parish councils. This grant can fund up to 50 per cent of the total cost of capital projects like contributing to buying a […]

July 20, 2021

Grant scheme launches to help community groups in South Oxfordshire

A new round of funding is now open to help local charities and organisations in South Oxfordshire. Earlier this year South Oxfordshire District Council awarded £165,000 worth of grants to 96 projects across the district. As a part of the Councillor Community Grant scheme every South Oxfordshire District Councillor has a budget of up to […]

March 25, 2021

£70,000 raised for local causes by the SO Charitable Lottery as it celebrates its third anniversary.

Over £70,000 has been raised for local causes – and £14,875 in prize money has been won by local residents – in South Oxfordshire District Council’s SO Charitable Lottery, which celebrates its third anniversary on 27 March. The finances of charities and voluntary groups across the country have been hit hard over the past year, […]

March 25, 2021

Councillor grant scheme awards £105,000 to local causes in South Oxfordshire.

Local biodiversity and wildlife projects are among a huge range of good causes that have benefitted from over £100,000 in grant funding from their South Oxfordshire district councillor. The South Oxfordshire District Council Community Grant Scheme launched last November and has awarded a total of £105,000 to 91 local community groups, charities and town/parish councils, […]

January 14, 2021

Residents in southern Oxfordshire should not go cold and hungry this winter.

The Winter Support Grant Scheme is now available for residents in South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse who need help to buy food and heating their homes this winter.  South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils have been working with Oxfordshire County Council and other district councils to distribute the nearly £1.4million […]

November 16, 2020

Businesses can now apply for lockdown support grants in South and Vale

Businesses in South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse that have been temporarily forced to close and for those that have been severely impacted by the latest national lockdown may apply for new support grant funding. These grants are worth up to £3,000 per month.  South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils are […]

September 2, 2020

Nearly £90,000 of funding available for volunteer groups and organisations to help vulnerable residents affected by Covid-19

Voluntary and community sector groups in South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse can apply for a share of nearly £90,000 to help people affected by Covid-19 in the districts.  South Oxfordshire District Council has £45,373 to distribute and the Vale of White Horse District Council has £43,077 to provide funds for voluntary and […]

June 8, 2020

Tetsworth Memorial Hall is awarded grant towards energy efficient improvements

Tetsworth Memorial Hall is set to become even more energy efficient thanks to a grant of £46,586 from South Oxfordshire District Council. The hall committee in Tetsworth has been working hard on their project to refurbish the venue since 2005 and the district council was impressed with the amount of work that they had already […]

February 19, 2020

Over £26,000 given to improve Chinnor football pitches

Chinnor Youth Football Club have received a big boost of £26,377 to help keep their pitches in good condition thanks to an agreement South Oxfordshire District Council struck with a housing developer building homes nearby.  The funds are from developer contributions for the new homes at the former Chinnor Garden Centre in Thame Road and […]