Awards and past events
Awards
We won the "Environmental" award at the 2018 Oxfordshire Charity and Voluntary Awards and the "Raising Awareness" award at the 2016 Didcot BACAs.
We won the 2018 OCVA Environmental Award! We were one of 3 awards to CAG groups on the night.
In February 2018, we were awarded £1650.00 from SODC Councillor Mocky Khan towards our Repair and Reuse Project! That includes supporting our Repair Cafes through the year as well as our Freecycle and Vegcycle events.
EVENTS LIST 2020
18th January 2020: Didcot Repair Cafe
Thurs 16th Jan 12.30 – 2.30pm, KADCC, Making veggie bags from organza fabric (materials provided)
Thurs 23rd Jan 12.30 – 2.30pm, KADCC Making gift bags and boxes from calendars and cards (bring last years !)
Sat 25th Jan 2 – 4pm KADCC, Documentary Discussion: screening of In Our Hands
Thurs 30th Jan 12.30 – 2.30pm, KADCC Making pot washing scrubbies from socks (bring your odd ones !)
Thurs 6th Feb 12.30 – 2.30pm, KADCC Upcycling – bring a picture frame, side table or just come to be inspired !
Mon 10th Feb 12.30 – 2.30, KADCC, Craft Swap – special event for craft materials, tools and books only
Thurs 13th Feb 12.30 – 2.30pm, KADCC Find out about the water Refill scheme
Sat 15th February 2020: Harwell Repair Cafe (part of The Big Fix)
Sun 16th Feb 2 – 4pm, KADCC, Freecycle Swap Shop: general household items, books, kitchen goods, tools etc.
Thurs 27th Feb 12.30 – 2.30pm, KADCC Beyond Bubbles – come buy some palm free, locally made soap
Sat 29th Feb 2 – 4pm, KADCC, Toy Swap: Complete games, puzzles and good quality toys to swap
Thurs 5th Mar 12.30 – 2.30pm, KADCC 20 uses of a ‘dead’ tee shirt. Bring your baggy, misshapen tee shirts
Thurs 5th Mar 7 – 8.30pm, KADCC Seed Swap and Planting session
Thurs 12th Mar 12.30 – 2.30pm, KADCC Bring your tiny tots and plant a mini herb garden
EVENTS LIST 2019
Green Drinks:
January 2019 - Oxford Wood Recycling
February 2019 - Bio gardens in Peru
March 2019 - Upcycling show and tell
April 2019 - The Henna Boutique (discussion about green businesses)
May 2019 - Low Carbon Hub & crafting green bunting for Didcot Summer Fayre
June 2019 - Lets talk 'Plastics'
July 2019 - Plastics
August 2019 - Various topics including plastic
12th September 2019: Green Drinks
10th October 2019: Green Drinks
14th November 2019: Discussion of Friends of the Earth "Fast Forward Oxfordshire" document and what we can do about the Climate Emergency
12th December 2019: Green Drinks
Other Past Events:
Jan 2019: Thermal imaging
19th Jan 2019: Didcot Repair Cafe
16th Feb 2019: Harwell Repair Cafe
16th March 2019: Didcot Repair Cafe
13th April 2019: Work party at Incredible Edible garden
14th April 2019: Freecycle and Scoop Zero Waste popup
27th April 2019: Stall making rag rugs and talking about upcycling at 'Spring Fun' at Fleet Meadow Community Hall
11th May 2019: Woodworking workshop with Scouts
12th May 2019: Work party at the Incredible Edible garden
18th May 2019: Didcot Repair Cafe
19th May 2019: Swish - Didcot clothing exchange
23rd May 2019: PAT testing training for the repair cafe volunteers
8th June 2019: Tool sharpening and kids activities at Didcot Allotment Society Broadway Allotments open day
22nd June 2019: Stall at Harwell Primary School Summer Fair
25th June 2019: Sustainable Didcot AGM
20th July 2019: Didcot Repair Cafe
3rd August 2019: Didcot Summer Fayre
21st September 2019: Didcot Repair Cafe
29th September 2019: Swish clothes exchange at Cornerstone
19th October 2019: Repair Cafe at Harwell Church
27th October 2019: Apple Day at Didcot Railway Centre
5th November 2019: Magic of Soil talk
9th November 2019: Freecycle at King Alfred Drive Community Centre
16th November 2019: Didcot Repair Cafe
2nd December 2019: Christmas Drinks with all volunteers
11th December 2019: Eco cleaners workshop with BZB
19th December 2019: Interview on BBC Radio Oxford
Activities 2019
Di and Jane were on the Kat Orman show on BBC Radio Oxford on 19th Dec 2019 to explain what we do.
Christmas drinks at The Barn.
Talk about the Magic of Soil on 5th Nov 2019.
Apple pressing at Didcot Railway Centre 27 Oct 2019.
Didcot Summer Fair 3rd Aug 2019.
Setting off our Plastic Free Didcot campaign 11 July 2019.
Our first Swish clothing exchange, 19th May 2019.
Seed swap at the March Repair Cafe
Activities 2018
Freecycle and Vegcycle with a pop-up shop from Scoop Zero Waste, and children's activities with a waste/recycling theme at the Methodist Hall in November 2018
Reusing pallets to make planters with the Scouts, 11 May 2019.
Andy and Di did a presentation at the U3A AGM in April
Making rag rugs at Spring Fun at Fleet Meadow Community Hall in April 2019
Freecycle and Scoop Zero Waste popup in April 2019
Cooking apple, pumpkin and ginger at Didcot Food Festival to highlight the issue of food waste October 2018
Display about the Repair Cafe in Cornerstone Window Wall during October 2018 (there are more photos of the Repair Cafe itself here)
Apple pressing at Didcot Railway Centre in September 2018
Together with Play2Give and Didcot Town Council, we were involved in running the Didcot Summer Fayre on the 4th August 2018. We also had our own stall with a freecycle, vegcycle, information about repair cafes, the allotment and the refill scheme.
Setting up the Refill Scheme, 16 July 2018, and launching it at the Summer Fayre
Activities 2017
Toasting marshmallows and dampers after allotment work party (November 2017)
Cooking using ingredients from allotments, donations, and stock from shops near the use by date to highlight the issue of food waste at the 2017 Didcot Food Festival:
Green Drinks at Cornerstone (October 2017):
Activities 2016
Cooking (free) pumpkin soup as part of the 2016 Didcot Food Festival
