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Community Food - a recipe for success
Preparing and sharing food is a great way to bring together people from different walks of life within your community, so ORCC has produced a ‘toolkit’ guide to give you the information and inspiratio... read more...
ORCC help South Stoke set up Oxfordshire's 20th Community Shop
South Stoke has recently celebrated a double success - a brand new village shop and new playground equipment. read more...
Community Café Networking event
Join us at 10am on 12 July in Sandford to be inspired about community café type activities. read more...
Village Friend
The free community website set to speed up the rural ‘grapevine’ and bring villages closer together read more...
Village Shop of the Year Competition 2011
The Oxfordshire Village Shop of the Year Competition 2011 was judged during December and we are delighted to announce the results as follows: read more...
Oxfordshire Village Shops of the Year Competition 2011
Proud of your village shop? Grateful for the difference it makes to your community? Want to show your appreciation? If the answer is ‘yes, yes, yes!’, then nominate your shop as the ORCC’s Oxfordshire... read more...
Oxfordshire Community Shops Network
There was a warm welcome from the committee of the Wootton Community Shop to the twenty five members of the Oxfordshire Community Shops Network at their meeting on 22 June 2011. The members, represent... read more...
Oxfordshire Village Shops Handbook
The Oxfordshire Village Shops Handbook has recently been updated and reprinted. read more...
Oxfordshire’s Community Shops to get together!
The next meeting of the Oxfordshire Community Shops Network will be held on Wednesday 22 June at 7.30pm in the Village Hall at Wootton by Woodstock. read more...
Oxfordshire community shop wins regional award
Many congratulations to Chadlington Quality Foods (CQF) who have once again been judged winners in the South England region in the recent Countryside Alliance Best Rural Retailer Awards. Last year the... read more...
Updating of Community Shop Handbook
Interested in knowing how to set up a Community Shop in your village? ORCC has recently updated its handbook guiding you through the process of setting up a community shop from identifying local need ... read more...
Islip Village Shop notches up 10 years’ service to the community
Villagers at Islip have been celebrating the success of their community-owned shop which reached its 10th birthday in October. The store, which is situated in the Village Hall, is run by manager Maral... read more...
Make the most of Local Flavours
The new guide to eating fresh locally-produced food and drink in season is launched by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes and Oxfordshire (BBO) Food Group CIC. Under the title Make the... read more...
A new PAGE for Drayton St Leonard
On a sunny Saturday in April, villagers in Drayton St Leonard came together to celebrate the opening of their newly refurbished village hall. The event combined a grand ribbon-cutting ceremony with fe... read more...
Shops service in big demand
Village shops are widely regarded as a cornerstone of village life and the support that ORCC gives to local shopkeepers and community-run shops is highly thought of. And when Village Shops Development... read more...