Fuelling Better Futures
The Didcot Powerhouse Fund tackles inequality and deprivation in Greater Didcot and the surrounding villages and each year it directs grant funding to different community organisations working hard to improve local lives.
The theme for grants given in 2026 is:
Powering a Healthy Didcot
An announcement of organisations receiving grants for their projects will be made at our Impact Event in Spring 2026.
Latest Impact Report
See our 2024 Impact Report by clicking on the image on the left or read more about each project here.
2024: Three year update
£407K total amount raised with £100K for 2025 grants
70 grants including 2025 totalling £383K
423 volunteers helped deliver the impact
8,975 direct beneficiaries
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.