OXFORDSHIRE Community Foundation, which supports local charities, is urging them to come forward to apply for grants of up to £75,000.

Grants from the Step Change Fund can be used to fund research projects, strategic planning, new computers or staff training.

The fund has grown out of the organisation’s Future-Building Fund, which has awarded £600,000 in grants to 18 charities since 2014.

OCF’s chief executive Jayne Woodley said: “The generosity of the fund’s donors means the foundation is in a position to help make the charitable sector stronger and more effective.”

For more information visit oxfordshire.org