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• March ‘Visions’ published

  with talks, walks and visits programme

  1 March 2018

  The March edition of ‘Visions’ has been published. Click the image to download.. Visions – articles include The city centre goes west; OCS people – Kate Joyce, James Stevens Curl, Derek Parfit; Keeping the city centre moving; Learning from Italian city centres; How tall is a high building?; Blue Plaques in 2017. It also has…

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• Use of personal data from Eventbrite

  12 February 2018

  By using Eventbrite to register for one of our events you provide Eventbrite with certain personal data including but not limited to your email address. Under Eventbrite’s Privacy Policy you agree that Eventbrite passes this information to us as the Event Organisers. We in turn may use this personal data to check against our membership…

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• November ‘Visions’ published

  with talks, walks and visits programme

  1 November 2017

  The November edition of “Visions” has been published. Click the image to download.. Visions – articles include Chairman’s commentary – Oxford is not an island Making a success of the Westgate Centre The transport of the future Better by design Tackling our housing shortage Enjoying our waterways Why are green issues last on the list?…

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• Jonathan Scheele appointed Vice-Chairman

  Jonathan joined Oxford Civic Society in 2012 and has been active on transport and development issues.

  29 March 2017

  Jonathan Scheele is a Cambridge graduate in electrical engineering and economics He moved to Oxford in 2010 after spending 36 years working for the European Commission in Brussels, Geneva and Bucharest, finishing his European career as its Representative in London.

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• Tim Treacher retires from Executive Committee

  Tim served for several years on the Programme and Planning Groups.

  29 March 2017

  We are sad to report that Tim Treacher has decided to stand down from the Executive He has served for several years as the principal representative of the Programme Group, but is also much appreciated for his contributions to debates on many other topics. His knowledge on all kinds of obscure subjects and his good…

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• Sir Hugo Brunner retires as President

  A wise and good humoured contributor to the life of the Society

  29 March 2017

  We are proud to pay tribute to Sir Hugo Brunner KCVO on his retirement as President of the Oxford Civic Society. Hugo was elected a Vice President of the Society in 2009 and became President in March 2010.

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• Peter Thompson retires as Chairman

  We thank Peter for his service over the last seven years.

  29 March 2017

  It is a great pleasure to thank Peter for his service to the Society, to which he has devoted so many hours in the last seven years. He has met every request for his time and attention. He has made himself a challenging but respected presence in the life of our local organisations; councils and other public bodies, and others such as the Oxford Preservation Trust and the Oxford Pedestrians Association. He has written enough e-mails, articles and well-turned letters to the press to fill a book. We are delighted that he has promised to continue giving us his time and energy.

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• Sir Clive Booth is our new President

  After 3 years as Vice Chairman Clive takes over as President.

  29 March 2017

  As President he hopes to enjoy the entire range of the Society’s activities, including walks and talks and, of course, continuing with the planning group as well as the new group on housing.

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• Tim Wilson joins the Executive Committee

  Tim joined the Executive at the AGM in March 2017

  29 March 2017

  Tim is a historian of the applied arts and sculpture of the European Renaissance and more recent periods. He was a Trustee of the Oxford Preservation Trust from 2006 to 2016 and is a Trustee of the Radcliffe Trust.

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• March Visions and 2016 Annual Review

  with talks, walks and visits programme

  13 March 2017

  The March edition of “Visions” and the Annual Review for 2016 are now available. Click the images to download.. Visions – articles include How to solve the housing crisis; How to build in the Green Belt; Abingdon, a town in limbo? Local action on climate change; Access to the new Westgate Centre; Blue Plaques in…

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