Brighter Futures Annual Report 2024-25

Our partners and theme leads

If you would like more information, or would like to become a partner, get in touch, we would love to hear from you.

It would not have been possible to bring together the stories in this report – or, more importantly, to provide the many opportunities which are offered to the Brighter Futures Community members without you. There are too many partners to thank individually, but gratitude is very real. The work which goes on often happens quietly and unobtrusively, but the incremental effect of these interventions is huge.

This list is not exhaustive. There are so many partners to the Brighter Futures programme it’s impossible to thank you individually, so please take this as a big thanks for all the support you provide. 

Our partners

  • Achieve Oxfordshire
  • Activate Learning
  • Active Oxfordshire
  • Age Friendly Banbury
  • Age UK
  • Age UK Oxfordshire
  • Alzheimer’s Society 
  • ARCh Assisted Reading for Children
  • Aspire Oxford
  • Aspire Oxfordshire
  • Banbury and District Chamber of Commerce
  • Banbury Aspirations
  • Banbury Community Action Group
  • Banbury Community Safety Partnership
  • Banbury Community Support Services
  • Banbury Food Bank
  • Banbury Healthy Cooking Skills
  • Banbury Larder
  • Banbury Madni Mosque
  • Banbury Town Council
  • Bridge Street Community Garden
  • BYCE
  • BYHP
  • Carers Oxfordshire
  • Cherwell Collective
  • Cherwell District Council
  • Citizens Advice
  • Cleenol CIC
  • Community Albums
  • Community Catalysts
  • Community Dental Services
  • Community First Oxfordshire – Well Together 
  • Dementia Oxfordshire
  • Diabetes UK
  • East Street Children’s Centre
  • Get Fed
  • Good Food Oxfordshire
  • GP practices
  • Grimsbury Community Centre
  • Grimsbury Community Network
  • Hanwell Fields Community School 
  • Harriers Banbury Academy
  • Healthwatch Oxfordshire
  • Hearts and Heads
  • HENRY
  • High Sherrif of Oxfordshire
  • Homes and Communities Agency 
  • Home-Start
  • Job Centre Plus
  • Legacy Leisure
  • Lighthouse Parish
  • Living Streets
  • Midwives
  • Muddy Feet
  • National Careers Service
  • NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB
  • NHS cancer screening and health checks
  • North Banbury Network 
  • North Oxfordshire Academy 
  • North Oxfordshire School Sport Partnership (NOSSP)
  • OCVA
  • Orchard Fields School
  • Oxford United in the Community
  • Oxfordshire Advice Project
  • Oxfordshire County Council
  • Oxfordshire LEP
  • Oxfordshire Libraries
  • Oxfordshire Mind
  • Oxfordshire Play Association
  • Oxfordshire Smoke Free Life
  • Oxfordshire Youth
  • OxLEP (Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership)
  • People’s Theatre Collective 
  • Queensway Primary School 
  • Reducing the Risk of Domestic Abuse
  • Restore
  • RVS
  • Safeguarding Children In Banbury
  • Sanctuary Housing
  • Science Oxford
  • Secondary and Primary Schools
  • SOFEA
  • Solutions for Health 
  • South Central Ambulance Service
  • St Joseph's Catholic School
  • Stop for Life Oxfordshire
  • Sunrise Multicultural Project
  • Talking Space
  • Thames Valley Police
  • The Hill Youth and Community Centre
  • The Mill Arts Centre
  • The Sunshine Centre
  • The Warriner Farm 
  • The Warriner School
  • Turning Point
  • Volunteer Connect 
  • Volunteer Driver Service
  • Word Play

Themes and theme leads

Name  Organisation Role
Councillor Rob Pattenden
rob.pattenden@cherwell-dc.gov.uk
Cherwell District Council Portfolio Holder for Healthy Communities
Nicola Riley
nicola.riley@cherwell-dc.gov.uk
Cherwell District Council

Assistant Director: Wellbeing and Housing Services

Steven Newman
steven.newman@cherwell-dc.gov.uk
Cherwell District Council Employment Theme Lead
Asma Marshan
asma.marshan@dwp.gov.uk
Department for Work and Pensions Employment Theme Lead
Jon Wild
jon.wild@cherwell-dc.gov.uk
Cherwell District Council Community Development Lead
Paul France
paul.france@cherwell-dc.gov.uk
Cherwell District Council Housing Theme Lead
Lynne Roberts
lynne.roberts@sanctuary.co.uk
Sanctuary Housing Group Housing Theme Lead
Tom Gubbins
tom.gubbins@cherwell-dc.gov.uk
Cherwell District Council Health, Wellbeing and Physical Activity Theme lead
Kate Austin
kate.austin@oxfordshire.gov.uk
Oxfordshire County Council Health, Wellbeing and Physical Activity Theme lead
Inspector Iain Roberts
Iain.roberts@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
Thames Valley Police Safer and Stronger Communities Theme Lead 2020/21
Katey Humphris
katey.humphris@cherwell-dc.gov.uk
Cherwell District Council Safer Communities Theme Lead 2022/23
Pat Coomber-Wood
pat.coomber-wood@cawnac.org.uk
Citizens Advice Stronger Communities and Volunteering Theme Lead
Michelle Bennett
michelle@sunshinecentre.org
Sunshine Centre Start Well Theme Lead
Kate Winstanley
Kate_consultancy@yahoo.com
Independent Facilitation and strategic support

Contact Brighter Futures in Banbury programme

If you would like to learn more about the work of the Brighter Futures partnership or are interested in membership, contact Jon Wild at Cherwell District Council jon.wild@cherwell-dc.gov.uk or