AN Oxford charity that helped to connect shielding and self-isolating people to volunteers during the peak of the pandemic has celebrated its first birthday. On March 12 last year, Oxford Hub launched Oxford Together, a support programme which saw volunteers deliver groceries and prescriptions to those who were unable to get them themselves. They also put themselves forward for the Hub’s Phone Links service to make regular social phone calls to isolated individuals in Oxfordshire; or step up to be Street Champions, mobilising people and coordinating activity on a street-by-street basis. Since then, the Oxford Together digital platform has processed more than 9,100 requests for support and mobilised more than 1,200 people to volunteer in their communities with support from local partners including Arts at the Old Fire Station, Oxford City Council and Oxford Code Lab.