The Didcot Powerhouse Fund

The Didcot Powerhouse Fund The Didcot Powerhouse Fund is a Donor Advised Fund, set up to tackle inequality and deprivation within the Didcot Garden Town Area of Influence.

It is administered by Oxfordshire Community Charitable Incorporated Organisation 1151621 (England & Wales)

🌟 Youth Club: A Safe Space Where Jay Found His VoiceJay* is in Year 5, soon to start Year 6. He’s funny, quick with joke...
27/05/2026

🌟 Youth Club: A Safe Space Where Jay Found His Voice

Jay* is in Year 5, soon to start Year 6. He’s funny, quick with jokes but those jokes sometimes hid his worries. At first, when he came to TRAIN Youth Club, he’d sit on his phone scrolling TikTok rather than join in.

Over time, something changed. The TRAIN team built trust. Slowly, Jay opened up about late-night doom-scrolling, feeling anxious, and struggling to share what was on his mind.

Because he came regularly, TRAIN - Inspiring Young People could support him with workshops, one-to-one chats, and even mentoring in school. Before long, Jay was saying:

“Youth Club has given me a place to say what’s on my mind … I can take a break from my phone … I feel more comfortable talking rather than just joking.”

Today, Jay is one of the club’s strongest attendees. He’s learned to open up, take breaks from his phone, and find healthier ways to deal with worry.

đź’ˇ Why does this matter to local businesses?
Because when you support the Didcot Powerhouse Fund, you’re helping charities like TRAIN give children and young people the space, guidance and confidence they need — before small worries become big problems.

Every donation, whether big or small, helps. And when businesses come together through the Fund, the impact multiplies.

đź“© Contact [email protected] if you’d like to get involved.

Together, let’s build a Didcot where young people can thrive. 🙌

*name changed to protect the identity and privacy of the young people supported.

Thank you to Persimmon Homes for supporting the Didcot Powerhouse Fund as Turbine Donors.Alongside building homes in Did...
19/05/2026

Thank you to Persimmon Homes for supporting the Didcot Powerhouse Fund as Turbine Donors.

Alongside building homes in Didcot and supporting local charities and community groups, they are helping to fuel better futures for local people and contribute to a stronger community.

We appreciate their support for the Didcot community.

Every donation helps create real impact locally.In 2025, Didcot Powerhouse Fund supported My Life My Choice, helping peo...
14/05/2026

Every donation helps create real impact locally.

In 2025, Didcot Powerhouse Fund supported My Life My Choice, helping people like David rebuild confidence, independence and connection after a long period of isolation.

After facing complex medical issues and reduced mobility, David rarely left home and felt cut off from the world around him.

Through My Life My Choice, he began attending the Self Advocacy Group in Didcot. Although nervous at first, he slowly started to grow in confidence, speak up in group discussions and build new friendships.

A turning point came when David joined the Travel Buddy Scheme. After completing the training, he is now preparing to begin his first paid role, helping other adults with learning disabilities travel independently.

David has since gone on to co-facilitate the Didcot group, welcome new members, speak at the charity’s AGM and be elected as a trustee. It is a powerful example of how local support, made possible through donations, can open up new opportunities, confidence and independence.

For businesses with a base in or near Didcot, this is the kind of difference your support can help create through trusted local organisations.

Read David’s story here: https://www.didcotpowerhousefund.co.uk/impact/my-life-my-choice-davids-story

✨ The Powerhouse Effect in action ✨We are delighted to share our Impact Report on 2025 Grants, celebrating the stories, ...
06/05/2026

✨ The Powerhouse Effect in action ✨

We are delighted to share our Impact Report on 2025 Grants, celebrating the stories, people and partnerships made possible through local giving.

In 2025, Didcot Powerhouse Fund grants supported 14 local projects across Greater Didcot and the surrounding villages, helping charities and community groups reach people who needed support, connection, confidence, skills, safety, friendship and hope.

But Powerhouse has become so much more than the sum of its grants.

It is helping to strengthen community cohesion as Didcot grows. It is connecting organisations so they can work together. It is supporting grassroots groups to develop. It is helping to identify gaps in local provision and using seed funding to bring vital services into Didcot.

This report is packed with real stories from every 2025 grant recipient, showing what happens when local donors, charities, volunteers and community partners come together with one shared aim: fuelling better futures for local people.

From children’s therapy, youth mentoring and reading support to mental health, international welcome, community sewing, survivor support, self-advocacy and intergenerational projects, the impact is powerful, practical and deeply local.

▶️ Read the full Impact Report here:

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/606279bd2a42bb0cbdf78db7/t/69e1203981c6a8307868fea7/1776361530633/Final-+low+res+spread.pdf

To every organisation featured, every donor who made the grants possible, and every volunteer, supporter and partner helping to turn funding into lasting impact: this is what local giving can do.

Survivor Space Oxfordshire
The Dorcas Dress Project
Dialogue Society
Justice in Motion
The Cornermen
TAB
Digitall Charity
Didcot Baby Monday
TRAIN - Inspiring Young People
Clear Sky Children's Charity
My Life My Choice
Quest for Learning
The Abingdon Damascus Youth Project

Thank you to Croudace Homes for supporting the Didcot Powerhouse Fund as Turbine Donors.Alongside building homes in Didc...
16/04/2026

Thank you to Croudace Homes for supporting the Didcot Powerhouse Fund as Turbine Donors.

Alongside building homes in Didcot and supporting local charities and community groups, they are helping to fuel better futures for local people and contribute to a stronger community.

We appreciate their support for the Didcot community.

🎉 The Didcot Powerhouse Fund Impact Event filled Cornerstone Arts Centre with energy last night 🎉175 people joined us to...
15/04/2026

🎉 The Didcot Powerhouse Fund Impact Event filled Cornerstone Arts Centre with energy last night 🎉

175 people joined us to celebrate the achievements of our 2025 grant recipients and announce our 2026 Powerhouse Grant Recipients as we enter the fifth year of the Fund.

The 2025 Impact Report was launched on the night and shared with everyone attending, packed with stories from every grant recipient supported last year.

It was an evening full of stories, connection and shared purpose. We heard from organisations and individuals supported over the last year, and reflected on the longer-term impact of the Fund since it launched in 2021 and made its first grants in 2022. Some of the organisations supported at the start are still part of the journey today, and it was incredibly moving to look back on lives that have changed direction because support was there at the right time.

Elizabeth Paris led the evening, drawing together the presentations and stories of impact, and highlighting the way organisations have collaborated to create opportunities and solutions, including young people from TRAIN - Inspiring Young People who took part in Justice in Motion CODE performance in Didcot.

We were delighted to welcome The Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, Mrs Marjorie Glasgow BEM, who described the The Didcot Powerhouse Fund as a blueprint for other Oxfordshire towns; alongside Olly Glover, Liberal Democrat MP for Didcot and Wantage; Jawaid Malik, High Sheriff of Oxfordshire; Councillor Jim Loder, Mayor of Didcot and many of the donors, partners and grant recipients helping shape the year ahead.

In 2026, the The Didcot Powerhouse Fund is awarding ÂŁ132,000 to 18 organisations working across health, education, youth services, wellbeing and more. Many of them were with us last night, making the evening not just a celebration of impact so far, but a powerful reminder of what can happen next.

A brilliant evening. A room full of people who care. And another important year ahead for Didcot and the surrounding area.

Didcot Town Council
Milton Park, Oxfordshire
Harwell Campus
Oxfordshire Community Foundation
South Oxfordshire District Council
Didcot First
Soha Housing

📸Photo credits: Chaz Snell

Behind every grant, there is a real story of change.In 2025, Didcot Powerhouse Fund supported Clear Sky Children's Chari...
14/04/2026

Behind every grant, there is a real story of change.

In 2025, Didcot Powerhouse Fund supported Clear Sky Children's Charity, helping children like Elise access specialist play therapy at a time when life felt frightening, uncertain and overwhelming.

After being taken into foster care and separated from her sisters, Elise became withdrawn in the classroom, struggled with friendships and found it hard to trust the adults around her.

With 18 weeks of play therapy, Elise was able to work through her fears using creative art and drama. Gradually, she began to come out of her shell, rebuild trust and feel safer at school and in her foster home.

It is a powerful example of what timely, local support can make possible.

For businesses with a base in or near Didcot, this is the difference your giving can help create: practical support for local children, young people and families, delivered through trusted community organisations.

Read Elise’s story here: https://www.didcotpowerhousefund.co.uk/impact/clear-sky-elises-story

A massive thank you to the Air Products UKI team for once again recommending Powerhouse as the CHASE charity - we are ho...
14/04/2026

A massive thank you to the Air Products UKI team for once again recommending Powerhouse as the CHASE charity - we are honoured and very grateful! It’s fabulous to know that your staff nominated the Powerhouse Fund.

Powerhouse is run by local volunteers, so it means a great deal to know that local people realise what a difference Powerhouse is making to local people. Powerhouse has already made 70 grants to local charities, and this year we're hope to bring the total of Powerhouse grants to over ÂŁ500,000. Thanks to generous local support like yours.

🎉 Five years. 88 grants. Over half a million pounds. Nearly 27,000 local beneficiaries. 🎉As we mark our fifth year of gr...
02/04/2026

🎉 Five years. 88 grants. Over half a million pounds. Nearly 27,000 local beneficiaries. 🎉

As we mark our fifth year of grant giving, we are celebrating what local giving has made possible across Didcot and the Greater Didcot area.

Over five years, the Didcot Powerhouse Fund has awarded 88 grants totalling ÂŁ515,000, more than half a million pounds supporting local charities, community groups and the people they help. Across that time, Powerhouse funding has directly impacted an estimated 26,927 local beneficiaries.

This year’s total of £132,000 is our highest annual award yet, a powerful reflection of what can be achieved when donors come together to support local people and local communities.

🙏Thank you to every donor, supporter and organisation that has been part of the journey so far.

Please help us celebrate five years of impact by liking, commenting and sharing this post.



Milton Park, Oxfordshire Harwell Campus

Thank you to Corteva Agriscience for their donation, making them a JOULE donor in 2026. Sharing their reasons why they ...
02/04/2026

Thank you to Corteva Agriscience for their donation, making them a JOULE donor in 2026.

Sharing their reasons why they decided to support The Didcot Powerhouse Fund, Ed Barnatt, Country Leader for the UK & Ireland at Corteva Agriscience, said:

“At Corteva, we’re proudly committed to helping the communities in which we operate thrive. Supporting the Didcot Powerhouse Fund reflects our purpose to enrich lives and create opportunities, providing practical help for those who need it most.”

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