GOOD causes across the county have two extra weeks to apply for their chance to win up to £10,000.

The Oxford Mail’s parent company is offering grants through its charitable branch the Gannett Foundation.

Charities and groups in the county can apply online for funds to support their community projects.

The foundation is offering donations of between £5,000 and £10,000 to projects of any size that will have a lasting benefit to the community.

Oxford Mail editor Simon O’Neill said: “We support those registered charities with projects which take a creative approach to fundamental issues such as education and neighbourhood improvements, economic development, youth development, local problem-solving, assistance to disadvantaged or disabled people, environmental conservation and cultural enrichment.

"While preference may be given to ideas which create a durable legacy for the community, we will consider single events or projects of limited duration that otherwise meet our criteria.”

Previous winners include charity OXTALK which provides “talking newspapers’’ and Oxford-based charity Yellow Submarine, which helps people with learning disabilities.

Applications must now have been received by 5pm on Friday, September 26.

The application form and guidance notes can be downloaded from oxfordmail.co.uk/gannettfoundation

Completed forms and supporting documents can then be emailed to gannettapplications@nqo.com or sent to Gannett Foundation Applications, Newspaper House, Osney Mead, Oxford, OX2 0EJ.

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