A shortlist has been drawn up of organisations in the running for awards at a ceremony to honour the best of Oxfordshire’s charities. The new awards attracted more than 100 nominations.

Three organanisations have been shortlisted for each of the nine categories with the awards presented on November 10 at the North Oxford Golf Club.

The highlight of the evening will be the naming of Oxfordshire’s Charity of the Year.

The awards are being run by Oxfordshire Community and Voluntary Action and were launched in The Oxford Times, which is acting as media partner.

Alison Baxter, chief executive of OCVA, said: “It’s great to have some good news for local charities and community groups at a time when they will be worried about the potential impact of the Government cuts on their ability to carry on delivering vital services.”

The shortlisted charities are: Refugee Resource, Restore, Project Inspire, Low Carbon West Oxford, Wantage and Grove Street Pastors, Oxford Food Bank, Launton Plotters, Oxford Homeless Pathways, Bullingdon Disabled Club, Gatehouse, Chipping Norton Lido, Against Breast Cancer, Listening Centre, Seesaw, Oxfordshire Community Foundation, Oxfordshire Playbus, Oxfordshire County Council Waste Management, Cowley Road Works, Leys Youth Programme, South Oxfordshire District Council, Jacari and Oxfordshire PCT Mental Health Commissioning Team.

Some of the charities have been shortlisted in more than one category.

The nine categories are:

  • Charity of the year (sponsored by Henmans LLP)
  • Best new voluntary or community group set up in the past two years (sponsored by Jennings)
  • Lifetime achievement award for a group that has made a longstanding contribution over many years (sponsored by Talkington Bates)
  • Most exciting fundraising campaign (sponsored by BOTTLE PR)
  • Greenest group (sponsored by Blake Lapthorn)
  • Group showing best practice in use of volunteers (sponsored by Morgan Cole LLP)
  • Group that has had the biggest community impact (sponsored by W Lucy & Co Ltd)
  • Best charity managed by under-25s (sponsored by Shaw Gibbs LLP)
  • Statutory authority (council, police, primary care trust) that has made the best use of the voluntary sector (sponsored by BBK Media Ltd).