Funding and Awards

The Oxfordshire Befriending Network is supported, within Age UK Oxfordshire, thanks to generous funding from the Wates’ Foundation, the Department of Health, and Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust.

Supporting Life’s Journeys

In November 2010, the Oxfordshire Befriending Network was shortlisted for a Befriending Project Recognition Award for the south of England in the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation’s Supporting Life’s Journeys Awards!

Wittfest 2010

OBN thanks Wittfest 2010′s Committee, performers, and the staff at the Plough in Long Wittenham for their generous donation after this year’s festival. We’re impressed both by their charitable spirit and the talent on display!

In 2009 we were given the Partnership and Befriending Recognition.

The Oxfordshire Befriending Network was a winner of The GlaxoSmithKline Impact Award in February 2004. This was a recognition of the excellent work of The OBN and committment to improving the quality of human life and making a real difference to the health of the community. The judges were impressed by the service provided by The OBN. In particular they liked the way the service benefits both befriender and partner and helps people deal with the taboo surrounding death.