{"id":287,"date":"2021-03-15T19:05:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T19:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/?page_id=287"},"modified":"2022-01-09T09:36:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T09:36:02","slug":"oxford-mutual-aid-can-quakers-help","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/march-2021-volume-503\/oxford-mutual-aid-can-quakers-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxford Mutual Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Office<\/b><\/p>\n

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Can Quakers Help?<\/h2>\n

Friends may be interested to know more about Oxford Mutual Aid (OMA) \u2013 a volunteer-run group that has been supporting people across Oxford since the pandemic began. They:<\/p>\n

\u00a8 Provide  food parcels and hot meals<\/p>\n

\u00a8 Provide items like baby products, toiletries, and masks<\/p>\n

\u00a8 Collect  prescriptions, run errands<\/p>\n

\u00a8 Signpost people to other services where needed<\/p>\n

During the past year OMA has provided 250 food parcels a day to folk in need, provided 150 re-heatable meals a week, and respond to approximately 10-15 emergency support requests a day.<\/p>\n

They need more volunteers, including people for desk based and telephone work, as well as drivers and a range of other jobs.  If you want to find out more, have a browse of their website:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/oxfordmutualaid.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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From the Garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Back to March 2021 Newsletter Main Page<\/a><\/p>\n

Forty-Three<\/em> e-Newsletter \u2022 Number 503 \u2022 March 2021
\n<\/strong>Oxford Friends Meeting
\n43 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LW<\/p>\n

newsletter@oxfordquakers.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Office Can Quakers Help? Friends may be interested to know more about Oxford Mutual Aid (OMA) \u2013 a volunteer-run group that has been supporting people across Oxford since the pandemic began. They: \u00a8 Provide  food parcels and hot meals \u00a8 Provide items like baby products, toiletries, and masks \u00a8 Collect  prescriptions, run errands \u00a8 Signpost people to other services where needed During the past year … Continue reading Oxford Mutual Aid<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"parent":182,"menu_order":209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-287","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1248,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/287\/revisions\/1248"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}