Fuelling Better Futures
Welcome to The Didcot Powerhouse Fund
Our grant theme for 2025 is:
“Local support for those who need it most.”
To find out more about our grant-giving and the steps needed for your organisation to apply for a 2025 grant, please click here to view the grant criteria and to make your online application from Monday 2nd December 2024.
See our 2024 grant recipients here and on our Impact page or take a look at our 2023 Impact Report here
The Didcot Powerhouse Fund tackles inequality and deprivation in Greater Didcot and the surrounding villages. Since its launch Powerhouse has raised over £300,000 for the Didcot community and each year it directs grant funding to different community organisations which are working hand to improve local lives.
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Recipients
At least 90% of the grant recipients live in th Didcot Garden Town area of influence
Volunteers
241 volunteers helped deliver the impact
Grant Giving
£310k is the total of funds raised, with £110k given out in grants in 2024 (35 grants totalling £175k over 2 years)
Deprivation
Areas of Didcot are in both the top and bottom 20% of the national deprivation index
Beneficiaries
3,486 people have directly benefitted from a Powerhouse grant
Grant applications
You can read a full summary of our 2024 grant recipients here.
The next round of grant applications will commence in the last quarter of 2024.
How can you help?
More than 1 in 10 children are living in poverty in Didcot. You can help by donating money, services or by helping to fundraise, to create a lasting legacy of equality for everyone in the town. You could also consider volunteering with a local community organisation as this is what they reported they most need aside from funding.
Falling below county and national standards
Didcot and the local villages have pockets of deprivation, with many families experiencing poverty, made worst by rises in the cost of living.
Ambassadors
A group of dedicated volunteer ambassadors represent the Fund inside their own business and community networks. The ambassador’s role is to postively promote Powerhouse and to assist in fundraising for the Fund. If this is a role that would interest you, please get in touch with our team via email.
The Cornermen, Didcot support men’s mental health and wellbeing and received a Didcot Powerhouse grant in 2023. Elizabeth Paris, Powerhouse Chair made a visit to the boxing gym where they are based to meet Steve James, Co-Founder.