The OxFutures board has been busy approving funding for many and varied organisations.

Energy Efficiency

Three organisations have successfully applied for funding worth almost £12,000 to cover some of the costs of installing energy efficiency measures. They were:

• Magdalen Road Studios (Oxford) – A registered charity that provides artists’ studios, exhibition space and public engagement with contemporary art in the heart of east Oxford. They will be using their grant funding to install radiant heaters with occupy sensors, LEDs with motion sensors, wall insulation and a new wall as well as a doubled-glazed window to replace some roller shutter doors.
• Torch Box (Charlbury) – A digital product agency, specialising in working with non-profits. They will be using their grant funding to install some PolyPad insulation for ceiling.
• Primary Designs (Thame) – Leaders in the design and manufacture of world-class high-performance exhausts. Suppliers to championship winning Formula 1 teams and world record breaking super-car manufacturers. Primary Designs will be using the grant funding to install some LED lighting into their building.

Innovation

A further organisation has been approved innovation funding worth £17,500. They are:

• Greencore Construction (Abingdon) – the funding will help develop a prototype of a low embodied carbon kitchen for Passivhaus.

Well done to all the grant applicants. If you would like further information about applying for funding, contact Alison Grunewald.