Throughout the year, we host events, discussions and share resources. Once a year, we host a festival to celebrate, challenge and make plans.
By bringing together community organisations, local authorities, educational institutions and citizens, we can learn how to make the city better for all.
There is a Marmalade core group, which has evolved over the years through a commitment to exploring and experimenting with new ways of working. It currently includes representatives from the following organisations: Old Fire Station, Oxford Hub, Oxford City Council, African Families in the UK, Active Oxfordshire and Lankelly Chase Foundation.
The group receives funding from the Lankelly Chase Foundation and raises money from other sources, in order to experiment through three different ‘inquiries’.
The point of each inquiry is to create a space for people to explore and change, to challenge dominant ways of thinking that may be perpetuating systems of oppression, and to showcase alternative ways of doing things.
meaningful measurement
We’re interested in learning through doing - finding out what works, what needs to shift in order for us to measure meaningfully, and how we use the collective momentum across Oxford and beyond to make this happen.
sharing power
We are testing participatory approaches to decision-making funding and resources through the Leys Community Fund, an experiment in hyper-local, participatory grantmaking (PGM).
services for humans
We are developing and testing ways of delivering and influencing early help services for families to centre the voices, skills and experiences of people with lived experience of these services.
marmalade festival
Once a year, Marmalade explodes into a festival in Oxford where the core group, individuals, organisations and visitors to the city can share their work to the public.
