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Bringing people and organisations together to build a better Oxford.
 

Community Impact Zone

The Community Impact Zone (CIZ) aims to tackle inequalities of health, education and opportunity in South East Oxford. Our work focuses on neighbourhoods in this area that experience some of the highest levels of deprivation nationally: Blackbird Leys, Greater Leys, Littlemore and Rose Hill.

We’re working with communities, organisations and local authorities to:

  • support local people to thrive

  • encourage people to participate in and shape their community

  • tackle inequality and increase social mobility by working to change the system.

 
 
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Two women, Oxford Hub staff members, posing at a stall outside Windale Primary School
 

How does the CIZ work?

The CIZ works to tackle inequalities of health, education and opportunity. We do this through initiatives that include:

It’s not a traditional service or intervention. Instead, the CIZ is all about enabling people to respond to needs in their own communities, to build local networks of support, and to feel invested in their local community. It’s also about bringing agencies and organisations together so that they are able to collaborate to support local communities effectively.

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Join our work in the Community Impact Zone

 

We’re always looking for residents and partners to work together to create change in the Community Impact Zone. Whether you’d like to share an idea for a community project, get involved with our network of parents supporting each other or try a new sport, we’d love to hear from you.

Get in touch using the form below or click the images to find out more about the programmes we’re running in Cowley and the Leys.

 
 
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Leys Community Fund

Parent Power

 
 
 

Our supporters and partners

 

The Community Impact Zone is managed by Oxford Hub under a governance partnership between Oxford City Council, Oxfordshire County Council and Thames Valley Police. It is supported by Lankelly Chase.

We also run programmes in partnership with African Families in the UK and Active Oxfordshire.