We need your support!

In the first few months of 2025, Oxford Mutual Aid has seen the demand for it's food parcels skyrocket. Packed by hand and delivered to doors across Oxford thanks to our hundreds of volunteers and small staff team, all containing vital food, household, sanitary and baby items.

We currently support over 230 households of varying sizes with food parcels every week. With a combination of our regular and emergency parcel schemes, that's over 1000 individuals.

In the first 2 months of this year, we've seen the amount of first time requesters double, seeing an extra 30 households come to the service each month. As March comes to an end, that shows no signs of slowing down.

This all comes before government proposed cuts to vital benefits due in April, which will only exacerbate the culture of unfair means testing already formed through successive governments prior. The number of people relying on our services will only continue to rise.

We plug a considerable gap left by the government in the aid of those falling through the cracks in Oxford. With our finances stretched to their limits already, we risk having to turn people away without your support.

More about Oxford Mutual Aid:

Born as a community response to the Covid-19 pandemic, OMA is now a vital part of Oxford’s aid infrastructure and local food justice action.  We do not means test for our services, meaning anyone in need can access us without barriers. Many of our recipients find themselves unable to access traditional forms of governmental or social support due to language, health or social issues, leaving us as one of the few organisations able to properly support. This puts us at odds with many traditional social welfare funding schemes, and as a result means we do not always have a secure financial base to work from.

As an organisation born from, led by, and working for our community, and operating 100% not for profit, we need your help!

If you're not able to support us financially but may have some time to spare, we're also always recruiting for volunteers to help us all year round! Please click here for more info and to get in touch.

If you or someone you know could use our support, you can also find more information on that here.

Thanks again from all of us at OMA, solidarity to all!