The Owned by Oxford Blog
Read our latest news and find out where we’ve been and who we’ve met!
Owned by Oxford Report
Building Community Wealth from the Ground Up: The Owned by Oxford Report Oxford has a wealth problem. There’s no shortage of money in our city, it’s just not fairly distributed. And that’s a problem for everyone. Owned by Oxford is using community wealth …
Barton Retrofit Project Secures Funding!
Barton Retrofit Project Secures Funding! We are thrilled to have been awarded funding from Transtion Together via The National Lottery Community Fund to further develop the Barton Retrofit Cooperative. This project aims to upskill local tradespeople and residents in Barton to improve the …
Your Story: Blackbird Leys Belonging & Community Ownership
Thank you to everyone who came to the Your Story event on Wednesday 23rd November in Blackbird Leys at the Owned by Oxford Dome – a pop-up space for conversations about Community Wealth Building. The event provided a space to share stories about …
Taking Inspiration from the Mondragon Cooperative Corporation
Ever wondered what the economy would look like if it made equality and equity it’s driving goal? The Basque town of Arrasate, home of the Mondragon Cooperative Corporation, offers a hugely impressive living example: A globally-competitive, worker owned company where the wage ratio …
Community Markets: Blackbird Leys
Community Markets: Blackbird Leys One of the biggest challenges for new community enterprises in Oxford is finding an affordable place to trade. High rents and business rates create a very high ‘cost of entry’ to the local economy. So the Owned by Oxford …
Set up a power station; retrofit a neighbourhood – Communities tackling the energy crisis
Residents can now by power from solar panels installed on the roof of their Roupell Park flats at a fraction of the current price cap, thanks to a local Energy Buying club. Set up a power station; retrofit a neighbourhood – Communities tackling …
Building community wealth from the ground up: Owned by Oxford at the Playground for the New Economy
Building community wealth from the ground up: Owned by Oxford at the Playground for the New Economy On a beautiful sunny day in July, Owned by Oxford’s Jabu, Simon and Dianne headed down to Selgars Mill in Devon to attend a festival with …
Calling all Barton Tradespeople and Residents: WE NEED YOU
Calling all Barton Tradespeople and Residents: WE NEED YOU Owned by Oxford (ObO) are piloting a community energy saving project in Barton. This will promote simple, home energy saving actions to residents and help them to reduce their energy bills.This is the first …
Owned by Oxford at Aspire’s ‘The Inclusive Economy in Action’ event
Owned by Oxford at Aspire's 'The Inclusive Economy in Action' event Oxfordshire organisations gather to explore how to realise a more inclusive local economy by working together Blog Post written by Aspire Oxford Organised by Aspire Oxfordshire in support of the Oxfordshire Inclusive …