Connecting Business and Community in Didcot

Didcot First is dedicated to promoting Didcot as a positive place to live, work, socialise, invest and grow. Funded by business subscribers, Didcot First campaigns for positive change, putting Didcot people at the heart of its efforts.

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Working for the local community

Founded in 2006 by a group of local people with a keen interest in seeing Didcot flourish, the organisation is an independent, apolitical body focused on connecting business, community, education and charities. 

Didcot First hosts Café Scientifique, a programme of talks people can attend for free, with illuminating speakers sharing fascinating topics including medical advancements, space exploration, emerging technology and environmental sciences.

In 2021, Didcot First was one of the founder members of The Didcot Powerhouse Fund which was set up to address inequality in the local area, in Didcot and the surrounding villages. Powerhouse is a Donor Advised Fund, providing grants to community focused organisations. Didcot First is a Quantum level donor to the Fund which is administered by registered charity, Oxfordshire Community Foundation and the Fund is managed on a day-to-day basis by The Didcot Powerhouse Fund Advisory Panel. Didcot First also supports the Didcot Community Partnership, a charity dedicated to making family and community life in Didcot better.

The Didcot Garden Town and its wider area of influence is growing rapidly, and is a hotspot in the UK for the construction of new homes, as well as businesses. Didcot First is keen to ensure that Didcot receives the support it needs to successfully contribute towards economic growth and prosperity in South Oxfordshire and beyond.

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