MY LIFE MY CHOICE

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Grocers' Charity - 2024 Grant - My Life My Choice
£5,000	19/06/2024	To support a Computer Buddy project. Disabled people are 50% more likely than others to face barriers to accessing online and digital services. The project helps users to browse, join events and connect with family and friends with assistive devices.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to My Life My Choice
£53,840	08/03/2023	Pioneering Women
National Lottery Community Fund - Gig Buddy
£396,848	20/01/2023	This funding will help to expand the service to cope with increasing demand. The project aims to support people with a learning disability to attend 'gigs' across the area to improve wellbeing and build confidence.
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Gig Buddy
£9,282	20/12/2022 9	Grant to My Life My Choice
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to My Life My Choice
£2,250	14/12/2022	One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Cancer awareness workshops
£9,935	01/11/2022 20	Grant to My Life My Choice
National Lottery Community Fund - Oxfordshire Advocacy Groups
£9,760	13/05/2022	The funding will be used to run two self-advocacy groups for people with a learning disability. The project aims to support and guide people on how to speak up for themselves understand their rights and to work as a team in order to have a stronger ....more The funding will be used to run two self-advocacy groups for people with a learning disability. The project aims to support and guide people on how to speak up for themselves understand their rights and to work as a team in order to have a stronger influence over how their lives and communities are run.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - My Life My Choice - 28/01/22
£2,000	17/02/2022	Core Funding
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to My Life My Choice
£50,000	29/07/2021 24	Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of My Life My Choice
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Digital Development
£48,460	06/07/2021	Grant to My Life My Choice
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - My Body, My Life
£4,950	25/01/2021 4	a series of 4 workshops covering “Sexual Wellbeing”, “Contraception”, “Sexually Transmitted Infections” and “Where to get help” will be developed and delivered to the attendees of each of our self-advocacy groups.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Young Champions
£18,500	18/01/2021	My Life, My Choice supports young people with learning disabilities and others to influence change. This grant will fund the development of a youth parliament led by young people with learning disabilities that will campaign around injustices that ....more My Life, My Choice supports young people with learning disabilities and others to influence change. This grant will fund the development of a youth parliament led by young people with learning disabilities that will campaign around injustices that they experience. Funding will also support a campaigning training programme delivered by young people with learning disabilities for their peers.
Disability Action - NET Coronavirus Appeal Emergency Fund for Disabled People Organisations UK-wide
£13,724	01/11/2020	The project will make referrals for support services, weekly check in phonecalls, volunteer buddy scheme, provision of easy read information and guidance on government and public health advice.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£10,000	10/06/2020 3	Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to My Life My Choice
£33,000	21/05/2020 12	One year core funding to support My Life My Choice to sustain their work to support work addressing Learning Disabilities Complex Social Issue (CSI) during COVID19
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Young Champions
£5,000	16/03/2020	My Life, My Choice supports young people with learning disabilities and others to influence change. This mini-grant will support the continued development of a youth parliament led by young people with learning disabilities that will campaign around ....more My Life, My Choice supports young people with learning disabilities and others to influence change. This mini-grant will support the continued development of a youth parliament led by young people with learning disabilities that will campaign around injustices that they experience. Funding will also support a campaigning training programme delivered by young people with learning disabilities for their peers.

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Trustees (15)

Legal constitution

• Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/02/2020, number: 1187726

Gift Aid

• Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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Main office

Unit 3
Watlington House
Watlington Road
Cowley
OXFORD
OX4 6NF

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, BY PROVIDING INFORMATION, ADVOCACY AND ASSOCIATED SUPPORT, IN ORDER FOR THEM TO OBTAIN THEIR FULL RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AS CITIZENS.