{"id":4455,"date":"2023-03-25T15:37:30","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T15:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/?page_id=4455"},"modified":"2023-03-25T18:14:42","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T18:14:42","slug":"oxford-friends-action-on-poverty-where-does-the-money-come-from-and-where-does-it-go","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/oxford-friends-action-on-poverty-where-does-the-money-come-from-and-where-does-it-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxford Friends Action on Poverty -where does the money come from and where does it go?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Karima Brooke<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the time of writing, Oxford Meeting, via our charitable arm OxFAP, has given out over \u00a314,000, and judging by the current rate of spending this is likely to exceed \u00a318,000 by the end of March – though nothing is predictable! Notable one-off donations in January were from families and friends who decided to support OxFAP rather than giving each other Christmas presents.<\/p>\n

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I hope this is a trend – one of my daughters set up a Just Giving page so that, instead of birthday presents, people can give for the triathalon challenge she\u2019s doing for a local hospice. In the past, we have had couples who have asked their guests to donate to OxFAP instead of wedding presents.<\/p>\n

It would be easy to get discouraged about the sheer scale of unmet needs in our city, county, and country, but I try to remember that many of the applications to us represent progress for an individual. Some examples:<\/p>\n