The Sweatbox is an open-access youth centre for young people aged 11 to 19 from Wantage, Grove, the surrounding villages and across Oxfordshire. It is run in partnership with King Alfred’s Academy by youth workers and volunteers, and is moving to the academy’s West Site on Challow Road.
Activities include sports, arts, gaming, karaoke, portable skate ramps and Dungeons and Dragons evenings, with a free pool table and a coffee bar. A youth committee, the Sweatbox Union, helps shape the service. Open nights run on Monday evenings in term time at Wantage Primary Academy in Kingsgrove.
