Our Story
Charlbury Beer Festival was founded in 1998 to raise funds for Charlbury Primary School. Over the years, as the event grew, we began to support a wider range of local community causes.
In 2009, we established Charlbury & Overseas Community Projects Ltd, a registered charity that allocates a portion of our annual proceeds to handpicked organisations helping children in the developing world.
Today, we raise around £20,000 each year for good causes, with a particular focus on youth activities in the town. Please note that we are unable to fund projects retrospectively.
What We Fund
- Local charities and volunteer-led organisations
- Youth groups and community clubs
- Arts, culture, music, and performance projects
- Environmental and sustainability projects
- Events that promote community cohesion
- Handpicked overseas children's charities
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Please note, all our funds from the 2024 festival have been allocated and we will not be awarding any more grants until after the 2025 event. Please check back in September 2025 for updates.
27 Years of Funding Great Causes
Charlbury Primary School remains a major beneficiary, but we've proudly supported a wide range of local and overseas organisations too:
Local Beneficiaries
- Adventure Plus
- Ai Ai Ltd
- Charlbury Arts Society
- Charlbury Baby and Toddler Group
- Charlbury Canoe Club
- Charlbury Chronicle
- Charlbury Corner House
- Charlbury Cricket Club
- Charlbury Day Centre
- Charlbury Methodist Church
- Charlbury Morris
- Charlbury PCC
- Charlbury Pre-School
- Charlbury Primary School
- Charlbury Scouts and Guides
- Charlbury Tennis Club
- Charlbury Town Youth Football Club
- Charlbury Worldsong
- Chipping Norton Allstars youth jazz band
- Chipping Norton School
- ChOC (Charlbury's Own Cinema)
- FASD Trust
- Friends of Charlbury Library
- Friends of Wychwood
- Little Wild Things
- Nine Acres Management Committee
- Oxfordshire Art Weeks
- Oxfordshire Play Association
- Riverside Festival
- SHED Theatre
- Station Garden Volunteers
- Street Stage
- Sustainable Charlbury
- Sustrans North & West Oxon Rangers
- The Charlbury Society
- The Monday Blues
- Thomas Gifford Trust
- Voices Unlimited
- Worldsong
- Wychwayz Border Morris
- Wychwood Graphics
Overseas Beneficiaries
- Cecily's Fund
- Karm Marg
- Linda Norgrove Foundation
- One Way School Zimbabwe
- Phunzira
- Special Effect
- Y Care International
Questions?
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