The Oxford Action Centre is designed to house small organisations working on very limited funding. Currently these include Corporate Watch, the Climate Outreach and Information Network (COIN), a group promoting slam poetry and two designers working in the not-for-profit and social change sectors.

Before the Ethical Property Company came on the scene, the building was discovered by George Marshall who was at the time working for Undercurrents, the alternative media organisation. Corporate Watch later moved in, but difficulties with the landlord and the poor state of the property made it difficult for these groups to continue in the premises.

We bought and refurbished the building in September 1999, introducing disabled access, a communal ADSL line and environmental features such as a sun pipe and recycled newspaper insulation.

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