The Didcot Powerhouse Fund Stories
Browse news and features about The Didcot Powerhouse Fund – a new Donor Advised Fund with Didcot at its heart, open to community-focused organisations inside the Didcot Garden Town Area of Influence to apply for grants.
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Aureus School receives grant for specialist VR chairs supporting SEND students
Aureus School has introduced two specialist VR chairs to support neurodiverse pupils after receiving community grant funding.
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Didcot Powerhouse Fund awards £100,000 in new grants to 14 local charities
The Didcot Powerhouse Fund has awarded £100,000 in 2025 grants to 14 local charities, bringing total funding over three years to £383,000. Four new charities join returning recipients tackling issues from male suicide to intercultural education.
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Didcot Powerhouse announces theme for 2025 grant applications set to open soon
The Didcot Powerhouse Fund is inviting community organisations to apply for 2025 grants from Monday, 02 December, and has shared some useful information about the next steps and grant criteria on its website.
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The Didcot Powerhouse Fund launches its spring community engagement events
The Didcot Powerhouse Fund is inviting the public to participate in a series of spring community engagement events – to get connected, have fun, make a positive difference, fundraise and share the work the fund is doing locally.
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The Didcot Powerhouse Fund announces 2024 grant recipients
The Didcot Powerhouse Fund has announced that they are making 21 grants totalling £108,000 to local charities and community groups, with 10 of the grants going to charities new to Powerhouse.
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Didcot’s Powerhouse Pathway pilot scheme offers young people career lift off
The Powerhouse Pathway is exciting new pilot scheme for young people founded in September 2023 as a partnership between local charity SOFEA, The Didcot Powerhouse Fund and local Didcot employers.
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The Didcot Powerhouse Fund celebrates second anniversary of supporting Didcot community
The Didcot Powerhouse Fund is entering its third year of grant-giving to the local community and, from December 2023, will be inviting applications for its 2024 round of grant-giving.
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Community pulls together to save Be Free Young Carers’ stricken coach trips
In a perfect example of how companies and charities can work together, Pulhams Coaches have ridden to the rescue of Be Free Young Carers following the closure of a local coach firm.
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Didcot Powerhouse 2022 Impact Report launch
Didcot Powerhouse Fund donors, grant recipients and team are meeting on 02 February to share the successful impact and progress made by grant recipients of the Fund in its first year of operation.
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The Didcot Powerhouse Fund opens for grant applications
The Didcot Powerhouse Fund opens on 26 January 2022 and is inviting community-focused organisations inside the Didcot Garden Town Area of Influence to apply for grants.
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Didcot Powerhouse Fund launched to sustain local community organisations
The fund will attract donations from companies, grant bodies and philanthropists, and it will dispense grants to organisations working on the ground in the Didcot community.