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Charlotte Westgate

June 2, 2025

Capital grant scheme now open to improve quality of life in South Oxfordshire  

The Capital Grant funding scheme, run by South Oxfordshire District Council, is now open for applications up to £75,000 to help improve the quality of life of local people.  The grant gives organisations a financial boost towards capital expenditure such as making improvements to buildings or play areas.   Organisations eligible to apply are town and […]

May 30, 2025

Cornerstone Arts Centre at the heart of a new culture strategy for South Oxfordshire

Arts and culture in South Oxfordshire has gone from strength to strength over the past year, with Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot at the heart of efforts to improve what’s on offer to the community. Over the past year, the centre has seen more community groups adopt the centre as their location for monthly meet […]

Painting by Linda Benton of a big tree in Edmonds Park in Didcot

April 22, 2025

Didcot’s trees take root in new Artweeks exhibition at Cornerstone

Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot will be welcoming local artist Linda Benton to its gallery this May as part of Oxfordshire Artweeks. Her latest exhibition, Didcot’s Oaks (and other notable trees), is a love letter to the leafy giants that shape the town’s landscape, along with the stories, poems and wildlife they quietly shelter. From […]

Cinderella in bright yellow with a glass slipper under the text

October 10, 2024

Local young actors to join professional cast of Cinderella!

Sixteen local budding young actors have been selected to be part of the cast of Cinderella coming to Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot this Christmas. The auditions for the young ensemble took place on Saturday 14 September, with the directors of KD Theatre Productions who are producing the professional pantomime. Fifty young people from across […]

April 19, 2024

Cornerstone Arts Centre unveils a summer of self-discovery and cultural revelations

Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot is thrilled to unveil their upcoming summer season exhibitions. From May to August, members of the public can immerse themselves in a tapestry of artistic expressions, delving into themes of self-discovery, social commentary, and community heritage. Launching the new season displays is Eden Silver-Myer, whose exhibition ‘Befriending My Brain’ will […]

Production image from As SHE Likes It in black and white. A woman staring out of the image holding a bright red lipstick to her lips, the reflection looks like it's a gun

February 9, 2024

Art, theatre, music and crafts celebrate women this March

Celebrate women from all walks of life through a mixture of art, theatre, music, and crafts at Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot from 5-9 March, centred around International Women’s Day on Friday 8 March. The celebrations start on Tuesday 5 March, with art from emerging artist Usha dapur Kar from Oxford in her first solo […]

A football in front of a goal on the ATP at Abbey Sports Centre

January 11, 2024

New pitch at Abbey Sports Centre

Abbey Sports Centre in Berinsfield now boasts a brand new 3G Artificial Turf Pitch for playing 5-a-side football, thanks to an investment of nearly £180,000. The pitch, which is owned by South Oxfordshire District Council, has replaced a surface which was laid in 2009 and was no longer playable. This refurbishment work brings the pitch […]

A production image from Heart of Winter with a man and a young girl playing with snow on stage

December 7, 2023

Celebrate family and friendship at Cornerstone this Christmas

Get ready to be swept away by the enchanting magic of Lyngo Theatre’s Heart of Winter this December at Cornerstone Arts Centre Didcot. Heart of Winter is a new musical show which warmly celebrates family, friendship and the good fortune of finding the winter we really need and want…with the precious festive offering of lots of fluffy snow! Christmas is coming and Sally can’t sleep – it’s […]

photo of Thame swimming pool

November 6, 2023

Over £440,000 awarded to support swimming pools in South and Vale

Swimming pools across South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse have been awarded a total of £441,542. The award will help ensure residents continue to have access to good swimming facilities across the two districts. Recent research has shown swimming positively contributes to physical and mental wellbeing, to individual and community development, and helps to […]

External image of The Didcot Wave Leisure Centre on a sunny day

October 30, 2023

Over £130,000 boost for Didcot Wave gym

The Didcot Wave leisure centre is set for a boost of £133,129 towards new gym equipment. The centre, located in Newlands Avenue, Didcot, will benefit from new cardio and resistance gym equipment early next year. The plan is to provide state of the art equipment – with some self-powered items that will reduce the energy […]