An example of some of our grants awarded in 2013 Fund Organisation District Summary Vital issue Basildon Grant Awarded £1,500 Acorn Fund Craylands Activity Zone Towards hall hire for the Craylands Activity Zone Essex Media Workshop Basildon £3,000 Little Warley & Childerditch Village Hall Association Teen Talk Brentwood £3,000 To support the running costs of a Basildon based charity providing free media training and City & Guilds diploma qualifications to adults with a disability or from a disadvantaged background Towards replacement of the windows at the village hall Strong Communities Learning Acorn Fund Acorn Fund Tendring £10,000 Alastair and Patricia Stewart Charitable Fund Bartella Charitable Fund SAFE (Supporting Asperger Families in Essex) PARC ( Essex) Chelmsford £1,000 Braintree £3,000 Bartella Charitable Fund Bartella Charitable Fund Red Balloon Learner Centre - Braintree Shout About It Braintree £4,000 Brentwood £1,361 Bartella Charitable Fund Bartella Charitable Fund St John Ambulance Essex Chelmsford £2,000 The Melbourne Project Chelmsford £4,280 Bird Luckin Community Fund Catch-up Cafe Chelmsford £1,065 Acorn Fund To support a part-time Support Worker at a Teen DropIn in Harwich Towards the costs of SAFE STUFF which provides a range of activities for children and young people with Asperger syndrome. Towards the cost of employing a Braintree based Support Worker to help children with disabilities, on a 1:1 basis Towards a Regional Mentor's post to support children experiencing severe bullying issues in Mid-Essex To run a programme of sporting and active activities for vulnerable children with speech, language and associated disorders To provide Children and Infant Emergency First Aid training for families in Chelmsford To fully support both the adults and childrens cookery sessions for 3 years on the Melbourne Estate in Chelmsford Towards the running costs of a community cafe in Highwood, Chelmsford Strong Communities Strong Communities Strong Communities Strong Communities Learning Healthy Living Learning Healthy Living Strong Communities Birketts Charitable Fund Braintree District Community Investment Partnership Fund Braintree District Community Investment Partnership Fund Braintree District Community Investment Partnership Fund Braintree District Community Investment Partnership Fund Britvic Community Fund Britvic Community Fund Butler Family Fund Little Baddow Community Care Group Crossroads Care Braintree District & Chelmsford Chelmsford £500 To contribute to overhead costs of social activities of a support group for the elderly in Little Baddow Towards the costs of a Day Respite Centre and Carer Support Group in Braintree Strong Communities Healthy Living Braintree £17,122 Safer Places Harlow £25,000 To help support the salary costs of a Floating Support and Outreach worker for two years Safety Tabor Centre Braintree £18,675 To fund a Deputy Manager's post at a centre for disabled people for one year Strong Communities Witham Town Luncheon Club Braintree £3,000 To support the running costs of a luncheon club for the elderly in Witham Strong Communities InterAct Chelmsford Ltd Chelmsford £2,500 Kids Inspire Chelmsford £3,367 Towards the support club for young people with learning difficulties in Chelmsford Towards the 'Kids Who Lunch Club' in Chelmsford Strong Communities Healthy Living Halstead Day Centre Braintree £3,000 Chiron Fund Colchester YMCA Colchester £3,219 Chiron Fund Heartsease Harlow £800 Strong Communities Strong Communities Healthy Living Chiron Fund Kaleidoscope Toy Library Uttlesford £367 Chiron Fund South East Essex Advocacy for Older Southendon-Sea £5,000 To employ an administrative assistant at a day centre for the elderly in Halstead To fund a part-time Project Leader for the Mile End Youth Project in Colchester Towards hall hire, speakers' fees and marketing costs of a support group for people with heart problems in Harlow For storage and publicity costs plus purchase of new toys for a toy library in Dunmow To increase the hours of a dementia advocate to set up Dementia Carers Support Groups Strong Communities Strong Communities Chiron Fund Chiron Fund Christopher Holmes Charitable Fund Christopher Holmes Charitable Fund Christopher Holmes Charitable Fund Christopher Holmes Charitable Fund Christopher Holmes Charitable Fund Colchester Jubilee Fund Colchester Jubilee Fund Colchester Jubilee Fund Colchester Jubilee Fund Colchester Jubilee Fund Colchester Jubilee Fund Colchester Jubilee Fund Colchester Jubilee People South East Essex ME/CFS Support Group W.R.A.G. - Wrights Residents Association Group Changing Faces Castle Point £500 Uttlesford £500 Outside Essex Colchester £8,000 Southend Association of Voluntary Services Southend on Sea Citizens Advice Bureau Youth At Risk Southendon-Sea Southendon-Sea Southendon-Sea £10,000 Caterpillars Pre School Colchester £1,000 Chappel and Wakes Colne Village Hall Colchester Chinese Culture Society Colchester YMCA Colchester £1,000 Colchester £960 Colchester £492 East Donyland Community Association Fresh Beginnings Colchester £608 Colchester £1,000 Mersea Island Community Association Messing Village Hall Colchester £641 Colchester £1,000 Signpost Limited £6,375 £10,000 £2,773 To help with operating costs of a support group for people suffering from M.E. To help meet the costs of a community event Healthy Living Towards the running of skin camouflage clinics in Essex to benefit people with disfigurements To continue the provision of a Homework Club for children on the Greenstead estate in Colchester To provide volunteering 'work experience' opportunities for ex-offenders For the salary of a specialist immigration advisor at Southend CAB To help deliver a personal development project in Southend to get marginalised young people back in to learning Towards an accessible outdoor garden area for a preschool in Marks Tey Towards renovation of village hall flooring Fairness To run a “Diamond Jubilee – A Chinese Reflection” project over 7 weeks To co-ordinate the setting up of a Greenstead Youth Club in the Jubilee year Towards the replacement of the heating and hot water system at Rowhedge Village Hall For the set up costs of a Jubilee 'Maths Star' club for disadvantaged children To provide additional equipment for the fitness area of a community facility on Mersea Island To help make acoustic improvements to the village hall Strong Communities Work Fairness Fairness Fairness Learning Strong Communities Strong Communities Strong Communities Environment Learning Healthy Living Strong Fund Colchester Jubilee Fund Colchester Jubilee Fund Messing-cum-Inworth Parish Council Mount Bures Village Hall Management Committee Colchester £1,000 Colchester £1,000 Colchester Jubilee Fund St Andrew's Church Marks Tey Colchester £500 Colchester Jubilee Fund Colchester Jubilee Fund Colchester Jubilee Fund Comic Relief St. Anne's Community Hall Association West Mersea Parish Church Wivenhoe in Bloom Colchester £965 Colchester £442 Colchester £1,000 Basildon Women's Aid Basildon £8,920 Comic Relief Epping Forest Sportability Club Epping Forest £4,630 Comic Relief Frontline Partnership Brentwood £6,671 Comic Relief Headway Essex Colchester £8,844 Comic Relief Signpost Limited Essex £9,950 Comic Relief Southendon-Sea £9,212 Comic Relief South East Essex Advocacy for Older People Southend Carers' Forum £8,310 Coombewood Amenity Fund Brentwood Community Print CIC Southendon-Sea Brentwood £9,700 in Messing which will provide a lasting legacy To refurbish the village sign of Messing and to complete youth football facilities as part of a Jubilee Year legacy To make improvements to the interior of the village hall in Mount Bures and install a sound system to commemorate the Jubilee year Towards the repair, refurbishment and maintenance of the church hall floor to provide an ongoing community resource To create a gazebo barbecue area at a community centre to commemorate the Jubilee year To provide two table storage trolleys for a hall used by the community on Mersea Island Towards two new gardens to commemorate the end of the Jubilee year To provide children who have experienced domestic abuse with specialist one to one counselling To support sessional worker costs to provide Saturday sport sessions to young people with physical or mental disabilities To help run a weekly creative arts workshop in Brentwood for people with a learning disability To provide sporting activities for survivors of brain injury Towards the running of a full time Work Club at Signpost Centre in Basildon To provide an advocate service to elderly people who are victims of financial abuse Communities Strong Communities Strong Communities To enable development of an Advice & Support Surgery to provide one to one support for carers To enable employment of people with mental health problems as part of a supported Mentoring Scheme Healthy Living Strong Communities Strong Communities Strong Communities Healthy Living Safety Healthy Living Fairness Healthy Living Work Safety Work e2v Foundation Barrow Farm Riding for the Disabled Braintree Rethink Carers Support Group British Korean Veterans Association Southend & District Branch. BWB Gang Show Chelmsford £1,150 Braintree £2,100 Southendon-Sea £640 Basildon £3,000 Chelmsford Gospel Choir (CCGC) PATACC (Performing Arts in Traditional African & Caribbean Cultures) Roman River Music Society Chelmsford £1,800 Harlow £1,000 Colchester £5,000 Essex County Council Chairman's Fund Essex Life Charitable Fund Essex Millennium Fund Essex Millennium Fund Essex Millennium Fund Essex Millennium Fund Essex Rural Fund Theatre of Lemmings Tendring £2,445 The Birchanger Wood Trust Active Christian Trust Uttlesford £1,000 Rochford £4,059 Crossroads Care Tendring & Colchester Feildes Fun Charity Tendring £2,000 Harlow £3,984 Springfield Parish Council Chelmsford £2,500 Home Start Uttlesford Uttlesford £3,600 Essex Youth Philanthropy Fund Supporting Carers and Families Together Rochford £500 e2v Foundation Essex Community Foundation Team Fund Essex County Council Chairman's Fund Essex County Council Chairman's Fund Essex County Council Chairman's Fund Essex County Council Chairman's Fund To increase the opportunities for people with disabilities to participate in horse riding Towards meeting room costs and coach hire for a mental health carers support group in Braintree To enable 16 Veterans to attend the 60th anniversary commemoration of the ceasefire of the Korean War Fairness Towards the theatre hire costs for a scout and guide gang show in Basildon Towards the costs of a 'Find Your Voice' project in Chelmsford Towards the costs associated with the organisation of Black History Month in Harlow Arts, culture and heritage Arts, culture and heritage Arts, culture and heritage Towards the costs of running music workshops for children as part of the annual October music festival in the Roman River valley Towards community workshops and the running of the 2013 Harwich Children's Festival Towards the costs of the Art in the Wood 2013 projects Arts, culture and heritage To run three Strengthening Families programmes in Rochford Towards achieving IS0 9001Quality Accreditation To enable the completion of an accessible boating project for the disabled Towards developing the Springfield environmental garden project To cover volunteer travel expenditure for home-visit volunteers To support the travel costs for young carers to attend activities and opportunities provided by a carers project Healthy Living Arts, culture and heritage Arts, culture and heritage Arts, culture and heritage Strong Communities Strong Communities Fairness Environment Strong Communities Transport Firebird Fund Crossing Boundaries Southendon-Sea £3,500 Firebird Fund Crossroads Care Essex Castle Point £5,000 Firebird Fund Trust Links Ltd £1,750 Firebird Fund Trust Links Ltd Southendon-Sea Southendon-Sea Greenfields Community Fund 1st Silver End Scout Group Braintree £5,000 Greenfields Community Fund Greenfields Community Fund Blackmore End - Village Hall Braintree District Voluntary Support Agency First Stop Centre Braintree £2,750 Braintree £860 Braintree £1,000 Friends of the Flitchway and Association Woodlands National Childbirth Trust - Halstead & Sudbury Branch PARC ( Essex) Braintree £5,000 Braintree £1,513 Braintree £4,612 Ridgewell Village Hall Management Committee Braintree £3,000 Greenfields Community Fund Greenfields Community Fund Greenfields Community Fund Greenfields Community Fund Greenfields Community Fund £4,700 in Rayleigh Towards the overhead costs of a support group for vulnerable elderly people and their carers to support their mental well being Towards the costs of a pilot project to run a fortnightly support group for people with memory loss or confusion and their carers To provide a large poly tunnel at the new Growing Together project in Shoeburyness For additional staff hours for the Growing Together project, providing training and work experience for people with mental health needs. Towards the internal kitchen and toilet work to complete the new HQ building for a scout group in Silver End Towards the replacement of the windows at the village hall in Blackmore End To enable the required accredited training for leaders of a Health Walk project Healthy Living Healthy Living Environment Healthy Living Strong Communities Rural Learning To run courses in financial literacy at a community drop in centre based in Braintree Towards the costs of buying and refurbishing a railway carriage to provide a community resource at Rayne station To run a postnatal drop-in service in Halstead Learning To provide an all-weather gazebo in an outdoor sensory area at the Braintree Centre for use by children with a disability To replace chairs at a rural village hall Strong Communities Strong Communities Healthy Living Rural Greenfields Community Fund Greenfields Community Fund Greenfields Community Fund SEAMS.Ltd Braintree £5,000 Tabor Centre Braintree £2,830 The Braintree Foyer Braintree £2,000 Harlow Education Trust Young Concern Trust Harlow £5,000 Harlow Recreation Trust Harlow Recreation Trust 7th Harlow Scout Group Harlow £5,000 Accuro Harlow £3,070 Harlow Recreation Trust Association For Cultural Advancement Through Visual Arts Harlow £2,720 Harlow Recreation Trust Canal Boat Project Harlow £723 Harlow Recreation Trust Harlow Recreation Trust Harlow Recreation Trust Harlow Recreation Trust Harlow Recreation Trust Harlow Recreation Caring for Harlow Carers Harlow £5,000 Harlow Chorus Harlow £4,650 Harlow Cricket Club Harlow £2,745 Harlow Team Activity Group (HTAG) Razed Roof Harlow £4,220 Harlow £9,600 The Livewire Trust Harlow £3,660 Towards the costs of providing a pilot Community Resolutions project in the Braintree District To continue a creative writing course for disabled people Towards volunteer expenses for the Open Talent partnership programme between Braintree Foyer and Youth at Risk Towards two apprenticeship opportunities within a Harlow charity providing support services for children and young people Towards the storage and fitting out elements of the rebuilding of the 7th Harlow Scouts Headquarters Towards maintaining and expanding a Holiday Support Service for children and young people with a disability and their families To host an exhibition and facilitate workshops at Gatehouse Arts Gallery in Harlow which celebrate and encourage the promotion and practice of contemporary craft in Essex To install glass doors at the bow of a canal boat belonging to a Harlow charity dedicated to working with disabled people, the community and youth groups To offer a programme of recreational activities over the school holidays for young carers To fund the hire of a professional orchestra and soloists for a performance of Karl Jenkins 'The Armed Man' To purchase ground preparation equipment for Harlow Cricket Club To enable the setting up and running of Hobby Club facilities for people recovering from addiction To run arts and drama activities for young people with severe learning difficulties and disabilities To run two ‘Theatre Challenge’ projects during the Strong Communities Learning Strong Communities Work Strong Communities Strong Communities Arts, culture and heritage Strong Communities Strong Communities Arts, culture and heritage Strong Communities Learning Arts, culture and heritage Arts, culture Trust Henry Smith Charity ADAS - West Essex (The Alcohol & Drugs Advisory Service) Colchester & Tendring Women's Refuge Harlow £20,000 Colchester £26,750 Henry Smith Charity Crossroads Care Tendring & Colchester Tendring £11,850 Henry Smith Charity Essex Blind Charity Essex £12,100 Henry Smith Charity Extra Support for Families Tendring £50,000 Henry Smith Charity Family Support - Clacton Tendring £26,395 Henry Smith Charity Inclusion Ventures Tendring £17,600 Henry Smith Charity InterAct Chelmsford Ltd Chelmsford £15,650 Henry Smith Charity Relate North Essex & East Chelmsford Herts £53,330 Henry Smith Charity Signpost Limited Colchester £25,000 Henry Smith Charity SOS Domestic Abuse Projects Southendon-Sea £31,388 Henry Smith Charity summer holidays Towards three years' salaries at a project in Harlow providing therapuetic support to children dealing with parental substance misuse. Towards three years' continuation funding of the salary and on costs of 2 part time Children's Workers at a women's refuge in Colchester towards three years' running costs of the Crossroads Young Carers Group providing activities and respite for young carers in Tendring and Colchester. Towards three years' salary and on costs of a Community Worker to support and advise people with sight loss in Essex. Towards three years' core running costs of a family support service for families living in a deprived area of Essex. Towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of an organisation providing day care and support to older people in Essex towards three years' salary and on costs of a Development Worker and two part-time Youth Workers at a youth project in Clacton-On-Sea, Essex. towards three years salary and on costs of a Volunteering Development Coordinator to support young people with disabilities in Essex. towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of the Essex Change programme, an accredited domestic violence prevention programme To support core costs of an employability project for disadvantaged people in Tendring and Colchester Towards three years' salary costs of a Crisis Services Manager to support women and families affected by domestic abuse in Southend, Essex and heritage Healthy Living Safety Strong Communities Healthy Living Fairness Strong Communities Strong Communities Strong Communities Safety Work Safety Henry Smith Charity Teen Talk Tendring £12,500 Henry Smith Charity The Grandparents' Association Harlow £36,500 Henry Smith Charity Trust Links Ltd Southendon-Sea £20,000 Henry Smith Charity Youth At Risk Outside Essex £40,000 Hew Watt Family Charitable Fund Hew Watt Family Charitable Fund Hew Watt Family Charitable Fund St John the Evangelist, Grays North St Stephen's Community Trust The Prince's Trust Thurrock £5,000 Thurrock £5,980 Thurrock £10,000 Hew Watt Family Charitable Fund Thurrock Eastern European Community Group Thurrock Mencap Society Thurrock £4,000 Thurrock £3,000 4 Youth Brightlingsea Tendring £742 Achievement Through Football - Southend Youth Football Club alcoHELP Southendon-Sea £1,000 Braintree £1,000 Hew Watt Family Charitable Fund High Sheriffs' Fund High Sheriffs' Fund High Sheriffs' Fund towards three years continuation funding of the running costs of an organisation providing support to young people in Harwich towards three years' continuation funding of the Family Support Project providing support across England and Wales Towards three years’ continuation funding of the salary and on costs of a Growing Together Co-ordinator and a Growing Onwards Training and Employment Coordinator supporting people with mental health needs in Essex. Towards two years' running costs of the Open Talent programme to improve outcomes for disadvantaged young people in Braintree Towards the fitting out of a kitchen at a new community facility in Grays To fund a part-time Child and Family Support worker in Purfleet To support programmes which will help disadvantaged young people from Thurrock to gain access to education, training or employment. Towards tutor costs, room hire and educational materials to provide free Saturday English classes Strong Communities To support a programme of social activities for people with a learning disability To help run a Multi-Sports Project for children and young people in Brightlingsea Provision of football coaching sessions for vulnerable young people in Southend to help reduce anti-social behaviour To help deliver the "2Bright2Binge" Alcohol Awareness Roadshow for young people in Braintree, Chelmsford Healthy Living Strong Communities Healthy Living Fairness Strong Communities Strong Communities Work Fairness Strong Communities Safety Healthy Living High Sheriffs' Fund BCCS Brentwood £1,000 High Sheriffs' Fund Chelmsford YMCA Chelmsford £1,000 High Sheriffs' Fund Craylands Activity Zone Basildon £1,000 High Sheriffs' Fund Footprints Community Group Rochford £1,000 High Sheriffs' Fund Basildon £900 Harlow £1,000 High Sheriffs' Fund Gateway Community Media CIC Harlow Neighbourhood Watch Home Start Epping Forest Epping Forest £1,000 High Sheriffs' Fund Jikes Youth Centre Uttlesford £820 High Sheriffs' Fund Lambourne End Centre for Outdoor Learning Epping Forest £980 High Sheriffs' Fund Open Road Colchester £395 High Sheriffs' Fund Rainbow Services (Harlow) Ltd Harlow £995 High Sheriffs' Fund Safer Places Essex £1,000 High Sheriffs' Fund Saffron Walden Skate Group Uttlesford £500 High Sheriffs' Fund and Epping Forest To continue support of an Anger Management Project working with primary Schools in the Chelmsford area To enable young people to attend Lambourne End Centre for Outdoor Learning To help run a Hate Crime Awareness course for children and young people to reduce levels of anti-social behaviour in the area To support the development of a youth action team to organise community events in the disadvantaged area of St Marks in Rochford District To support the costs running a crime prevention summer school for young people in Basildon. To purchase anti-burglar packs to help re-launch Harlow Neighbourhood Watch Towards the core costs of providing home visiting support to parents with young children in Epping Forest District To help purchase two lap top computers and art equipment for use by club members in the rural community of Newport To purchase laptops and camcorders for the "Hands On" developmental programme, benefitting young people in Epping Forest and Thurrock. To purchase and install a radio antenna on the Colchester SOS Bus. To purchase new tools and machinery for use in a workshop project for offenders undertaking community service in Harlow To pay for speakers at a conference in Harlow to discuss ways of addressing the problem of Domestic Violence To help maintain the Skate Group web-site Safety Learning Safety Safety Safety Safety Strong Communities Rural Strong Communities Strong Communities Learning Safety Strong Communities High Sheriffs' Fund Southend On Sea Bus Project Southendon-Sea £1,000 High Sheriffs' Fund Tendring Community Safety Partnership Tendring £750 High Sheriffs' Fund Tendring Community Safety Partnership The Melbourne Project Tendring £1,000 Chelmsford £1,000 High Sheriffs' Fund The Wilderness Foundation UK Chelmsford £1,000 High Sheriffs' Fund Voluntary Action Epping Forest Epping Forest £1,000 High Sheriffs' Fund Voluntary Action Epping Forest Voluntary Action Epping Forest Epping Forest Epping Forest £1,000 High Sheriffs' Fund Young Concern Trust Harlow £1,000 Humphrey Pennington Fund Ian and Angela Marks Charitable Fund Jerome Booth Charitable Fund Jerome Booth Charitable Fund Southend Boys' and Girls' Choir Trust Chelmsford CHESS Southendon-Sea Chelmsford £3,000 4 Youth Brightlingsea Tendring £4,424 BENS Braintree Braintree £3,425 High Sheriffs' Fund High Sheriffs' Fund £944 £3,800 To help pay for medical supplies on a bus that provides a safe haven for vulnerable people of all ages on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights in Southend To provide information books to participants in the 2013 Crucial Crew personal safety and health event for primary school children across Tendring District To help run a project for young people from Clacton on Sea aimed at reducing crime and anti-social behaviour To help continue community work on the deprived Melbourne and Boarded Barns Estates in Chelmsford. To help recruit and train additional mentors to help with the outdoor based TurnAround programme for vulnerable young people from mid-Essex To help pay for an educational workbook for use in the 2013 Crucial Crew Crime Prevention and Personal Safety Education programme for 10-11 year old children in Epping Forest and Brentwood Districts. To help run a scheme in Harlow to place ex-offenders in a volunteering role To support training costs for a garden maintenance project for vulnerable, elderly and disabled people across Epping Forest district Provision of creative resources for use in counselling sessions for young people in Harlow who are at risk of offending Towards the running costs of the choir Healthy Living Safety Safety Strong Communities Learning Learning Work Learning Safety Arts, culture and heritage To pay for additional hours of a counsellor who supports Housing & homeless people Homelessness To meet the costs of running a youth club in Strong Brightlingsea Communities Towards core costs of running the emergency night Housing & shelter in Braintree Homelessness Jerome Booth Charitable Fund Epping Forest District Neighbourhood Watch Executive Committee Hadstock Village Hall Epping Forest £930 To provide resources to help form new groups and attract more members Strong Communities Uttlesford £1,000 Rural Jaywick Community Resources Centre Association Pier Avenue Baptist Church Tendring £1,000 For remedial work required to address the leaking roof of a refurbished rural village hall To help stage the annual pantomime for local families Tendring £1,299 Housing & Homelessness Jerome Booth Charitable Fund John and Wenna Marks Charitable Fund Joint Funded The Ark Family Resource Centre Home Start Harlow Tendring £5,000 Harlow £6,000 To repair a heating system for areas of the building used for the Enfold homeless project and other community activities To pay for additional hours for a part-time domestic violence support worker in Harwich and its environs To help run the weekly Family Support Group at the Latton Bush Centre in Harlow Action for Family Carers Maldon £4,526 Joint Funded Age UK Colchester Colchester £7,863 Strong Communities Fairness Joint Funded Army Cadet Force Outside Essex £10,000 Joint Funded Basildon £7,676 Joint Funded Asynergy Addiction Treatment Ltd (Synergy) Bar 'N' Bus Trust Castle Point £6,000 Joint Funded Basildon District Scouts Basildon £996 Joint Funded Basildon Pathfinders Blind & Partially Sighted Group Blind and Sight Impaired Basildon £2,000 Basildon £4,695 To deliver a volunteer-led counselling service for family carers Towards the salary and travel costs of an Outreach Benefits Advice Worker Towards young people from Grays and Laindon who are at risk of offending to take part in the ACF's 'Outreach' project To fund a counselling project to support people with alcohol addictions in South Essex To help with the running costs of a mobile youth club service for young people in South Essex. To replace the garage door at the Scout HQ in Basildon to ensure safe storage of equipment Towards the costs of 9 outings for the members of a visually impaired support group and the costs for volunteers to accompany them on the group’s holiday To provide sports and exercise for visually impaired Jerome Booth Charitable Fund Jerome Booth Charitable Fund Jerome Booth Charitable Fund Joint Funded Strong Communities Safety Strong Communities Safety Healthy Living Strong Communities Strong Communities Healthy Living Healthy Living Joint Funded Society Braintree Community Safety Partnership Braintree Foodbank Braintree Youth Project Charity Brentwood and District Crossroads Care Attendant Scheme Chelmsford Engineering Society people To run a campaign in Braintree District aimed at reducing domestic abuse To fund an administrator for Braintree Foodbank Towards the operating costs of a youth club in Braintree Braintree £1,899 Braintree Braintree £6,430 £5,000 Brentwood £12,226 Towards the costs of supporting carers in the Basildon and Brentwood districts. Chelmsford £1,700 Learning Chelmsford First Responders Colchester Carers Centre Chelmsford £5,000 To contribute to the overheads of a Schools and Apprentice Technology Competition and Engineering Our Future events Towards the purchase of life saving equipment Colchester £4,000 Colchester Counselling & Psychotherapy Centre Colchester Furniture Project (The Shake Trust) Colchester £2,000 To support the increase in overhead costs of a project supporting carers and young carers To fund a counselling supervisor for six months Strong Communities Healthy Living Colchester £6,860 Fairness Joint Funded Cressing Community Hall Fund Braintree £2,779 Joint Funded Joint Funded Crossroads Care Essex Cruse Bereavement Care Essex Area Debden Village Hall Castle Point Essex £9,978 £7,570 Uttlesford £1,000 Essex Boys' and Girls' Clubs Essex Outward Bound Essex £4,300 Towards operating costs of an organisation which collects, stores and distributes furniture and other household items to those who are in need Towards the training of volunteers, website development, and administrative overheads to support the planned building of a new village hall in Cressing To set up and run a cooking club for Young Carers Towards the development of the Essex Cruse Bereavement Care Service To provide floor covering for the bar area and a small storage facility at the village hall Towards the Braintree Respect Project for Winter 2013 Essex £8,497 To enable young carers to go on a Cirdan Sailing Trust Learning Joint Funded Joint Funded Joint Funded Joint Funded Joint Funded Joint Funded Joint Funded Joint Funded Joint Funded Joint Funded Joint Funded Safety Fairness Strong Communities Healthy Living Safety Strong Communities Healthy Living Strong Communities Strong Communities Learning Joint Funded Association Families InFocus (Essex) Chelmsford £5,400 Joint Funded Five Links Turning Point Basildon £5,284 Joint Funded Freechurch Pre-school Rochford £3,006 Joint Funded Harwich Shanty Festival Tendring £2,900 Joint Funded Helping Hands Essex Chelmsford £5,125 Joint Funded Helping Hands Essex Chelmsford £5,000 Joint Funded Hempstead Village Hall Uttlesford £720 Joint Funded Maldon £6,855 Joint Funded Hope and Encouragement for Lone Parents InterAct Chelmsford Ltd Chelmsford £5,850 Joint Funded Layer Parish Council Colchester £1,448 Joint Funded Lee Chapel North Holiday Club Basildon £1,500 Joint Funded Michael Roberts Charitable Trust National Coastwatch Institution - Southend North Avenue Youth Centre Harlow £9,726 Southendon-Sea Chelmsford £1,495 Joint Funded Joint Funded £2,400 Voyage of Discovery Towards core operating costs of an organisation supporting families of children and young people with a disability or special needs across the county of Essex To provide an anti bullying support and advice for children, young people and families in Basildon To help replace outdated toys and equipment at a PreSchool in Hullbridge To involve young people in Shanty singing as part of an annual festival To refurbish a facility for daytime support to people suffering from mental illness, homelessness or alcoholism in Chelmsford To establish a part-time Addiction Support Worker post at a detox facility in Chelmsford To meet phase 4 of improvement work at the village hall to provide disabled access To provide activities and workshops for children and adults from lone parent families in Maldon Strong Communities Safety Learning Arts, culture and heritage Healthy Living Healthy Living Strong Communities Strong Communities To enable young people with learning disabilities to take part in a heritage and cultural project in Chelmsford To refurbish the cast iron road sign at crossroads at Layer de la Haye Towards the annual operating costs of a volunteer led club providing holiday activities for children and young people in the Lee Chapel North ward of Basildon To extend the Harlow Foodbank Arts, culture and heritage Transport To provide equipment for a volunteer look out station at Shoebury East beach Towards the operating costs of the North Avenue Youth Club Strong Communities Strong Communities Strong Communities Fairness Joint Funded One Voice Braintree £4,338 Joint Funded Radio Forest £4,383 Joint Funded Colchester £2,329 Joint Funded Royal British Legion Youth Band Brentwood St. Anne's Community Hall Association The Braintree Foyer Epping Forest Brentwood Braintree £2,300 Joint Funded The Riverside Club Braintree £3,400 Joint Funded The Sunday Club Rochford £3,500 Joint Funded Thurrock Open Door Thurrock £5,510 Joint Funded Thurrock Racial Unity Support Taskgroup (TRUST) Ltd Thurrock £3,420 Joint Funded Uttlesford Buffy Bus Association Uttlesford £5,000 Joint Funded Joint Funded Voluntary Sector Training Waltham Abbey Youth 2000 Wivenhoe Scout & Guide Association Wyvern Community Transport Uttlesford Epping Forest Colchester £7,300 £8,560 Castle Point £6,000 Joint Funded Joint Funded Joint Funded £9,556 £2,754 To support young people from the Gypsy and Traveller community in Braintree and Uttlesford To replace IT equipment at a community hospital radio station Towards the purchase of staging for a new concert and drill hall To open and run an after-school youth cafe for 6 months in the St Anne's area of Colchester To enable 6 young people from Braintree Foyer to take part in a supported housing project for young care leavers in Georgia Towards the core costs of a social club in Braintree for retired people. To support the costs of a support group for people with special needs and learning disabilities To help run developmental workshops and provide activities for looked after children and young people in Thurrock To continue to extend the role of a Women's worker to facilitate a customised parenting programme for BME women who are victims of Domestic Violence in Thurrock Towards the fuel and insurance costs of a Playbus for children under five years of age, operating across a wide rural area Towards annual operating costs Towards the costs of running the Yip Yop Youth Club in Waltham Abbey Towards the costs of refurbishing the Scout Hall Towards the salary costs of two part-time booking clerks for a community transport scheme in Rochford and Castlepoint Fairness Healthy Living Arts, culture and heritage Strong Communities Housing & Homelessness Strong Communities Strong Communities Strong Communities Fairness Strong Communities Learning Strong Communities Strong Communities Transport Margaretting Fund Home Start Chelmsford Chelmsford £658 Towards the salary of a Co-ordinator for a home-visiting scheme to families in need To enable a young person to take part in a World Challenge to Thailand Strong Communities Learning Marion Ruth Courtauld Educational Fund Marion Ruth Courtauld Educational Fund Marion Ruth Courtauld Educational Fund Marion Ruth Courtauld Educational Fund Marion Ruth Courtauld Educational Fund Marion Ruth Courtauld Educational Fund Marion Ruth Courtauld Educational Fund Marion Ruth Courtauld Educational Fund Marion Ruth Courtauld Educational Fund Marion Ruth Courtauld Educational Fund Marion Ruth Indivudual Braintree £750 Indivudual Braintree £1,000 To enable a young person to undertake voluntary work overseas as part of Rayleigh International Learning Indivudual Braintree £750 To enable a young person to take part in a World Challenge to Thailand Learning Indivudual Braintree £1,000 Towards the costs of a young person undertaking a geographical research trip to the Himalayas Learning Indivudual Braintree £750 To enable a young person to take part in a community and developmental project in India Learning Indivudual Braintree £230 Learning Indivudual Braintree £700 To enable a young person to purchase equipment to be used during a trip to the Czech Republic to take part in a community project To help a young person take part in an educational trip to Thailand Indivudual Braintree £700 To help a young person take part in an educational community project and trek in Thailand Learning Indivudual Braintree £700 To help a young person take part in an educational trip to Thailand Learning Indivudual Braintree £750 Learning Indivudual Braintree £250 To help a young person with the cost of participating as a volunteer in a community and educational project in Langeni, Swaziland To help a young person take part in an educational trip Learning Learning Courtauld Educational Fund Michael Pratley Charitable Fund Mid Essex Childrens Partnership Fund Mid Essex Childrens Partnership Fund Mid Essex Childrens Partnership Fund Mid Essex Childrens Partnership Fund Mid Essex Childrens Partnership Fund Mid Essex Childrens Partnership Fund Mid Essex Childrens Partnership Fund Mid Essex Childrens Partnership Fund Police Property Act Fund Roger and Jean Heath Charitable Fund Roger and Jean Heath Charitable Fund Saffron Building Society Community Fund Saffron Building Society Community to Thailand HMP/YOI Chelmsford Chelmsford £5,955 To help run an educational, story telling project in the library of Chelmsford Prison for the children of fathers held in custody To buy tents and equipment for a new Scout group in the Braintree District To run a family based programme of activities in Witham To enable families with young children to experience canoeing and camping trips To purchase equipment for a growing sea cadet unit in Chelmsford For equipment and initial overhead costs of a project to educate children in the growing of food To run a young people's filming project 1st Gosfield Beavers, Cubs and scouts 2nd Witham Boys' Brigade Braintree Canoeing Club Braintree £3,154 Braintree £5,000 Braintree £2,294 Chelmsford Sea Cadets Chelmsford £2,778 Gosfield Young Growers Club Hedingham Film Club Braintree £3,500 Braintree £2,400 Hedingham Youth Club Braintree £4,350 Maldon & District Sea Cadet Corps ADAS - West Essex (The Alcohol & Drugs Advisory Service) Farleigh Hospice Maldon £4,000 Harlow £1,244 Chelmsford £1,000 Stock Cares Chelmsford £7,00 Saffron Walden & District Riding for the Disabled Group Saffron Walden Mencap Society Uttlesford £2,000 Providing care for people with cancer and other life limiting illnesses. Towards providing transport for the elderly and disabled to medical and hospital appointments To provide riding lessons for disabled children Uttlesford £600 Towards the costs of outings for older carers To subsidise youth club activities and outings and run a 'Come and Try' event to increase participation To provide water based and other healthy lifestyle activities for young people To provide support and treatment for people who have drug and alcohol dependency in West Essex. Learning Strong Communities Strong Communities Healthy Living Healthy Living Healthy Living Arts, culture and heritage Strong Communities Healthy Living Healthy Living Transport Fairness Strong Communities Fund Saffron Building Society Community Fund Searle Trust Searle Trust Skills Investment Fund Skills Investment Fund Southend Community Fund Southend Community Fund Southend Community Fund Southend Community Fund U & Eye @ Snettisham Outside Essex £250 Towards a Christmas meal for members of a club for visually impaired people Strong Communities Debden Parish Council Uttlesford £930 Safety Debden Village Community Shop Essex Boys' and Girls' Clubs Mill Race Furniture Restoration Co-operative Ltd Breathe Easy Southend Uttlesford £2,417 Chelmsford £1,000 To replace and improve CCTV overlooking Debden Village car park to tackle anti-social behaviour and vandalism To replace the heat pump at Debden village community shop To enable mini-bus accredited training for youth work Chelmsford £6,490 Learning Southendon-Sea Southendon-Sea Southendon-Sea Southendon-Sea £1,000 Southendon-Sea Southendon-Sea Braintree £2,500 Braintree £2,500 Chelmsford £500 Towards operating costs of a Chelmsford based training and rehabilitation service for people with mental health problems Towards the costs of providing a support group for people with lung conditions To fund an Independent Visitor Scheme to provide activities for 12 children in care in Southend To run a Self Esteem Programme for women affected by domestic abuse To provide a wheelchair ramp as part of the renovation of a seaside shelter at Thorpe Bay for use as a community facility To provide activities for people over the age of 16 with learning disabilities To provide a large poly tunnel at the new Growing Together project in Shoeburyness For equipment, training and professional tree services to enable 1st Steeple Bumstead Scouts to be involved in conservation work along Bellropes To complete a board walk pathway at Peter's Vale Twinstead Towards the heating costs during the colder months NYAS SOS Domestic Abuse Projects Tram Stop Shelter Southend Community Fund Southend Community Fund Stour Valley Environment Fund Trinity Family Centre Stour Valley Environment Fund Surviving Winter 2nd Witham Boys' Brigade Age Concern - Trust Links Ltd 1st Steeple Bumpstead Scout Group £1,800 £4,000 £7,500 £1,750 £2,480 Rural Learning Healthy Living Strong Communities Safety Fairness Strong Communities Healthy Living Environment Environment Healthy Living Appeal Surviving Winter Appeal Surviving Winter Appeal Surviving Winter Appeal Surviving Winter Appeal Surviving Winter Appeal Chelmsford Beacon House Ministries Colchester £997 BENS Braintree Braintree £1,000 Churches Together in Maldon Good Easter Monday Club Jaywick Community Resources Centre Association Rural Community Council of Essex Maldon £635 Chelmsford £150 Tendring £1,000 Braintree £2,000 Surviving Winter Appeal Surviving Winter Appeal Spencer's Court Friday Club St Andrew's Open House Basildon £600 Southendon-Sea £1,000 Surviving Winter Appeal Surviving Winter Appeal The Duet Fund Support 4 Sight Uttlesford £1,000 The Melbourne Project Chelmsford £1,000 Cirdan Sailing Trust Maldon £25,000 Thomas and Evelyn Gepp Charitable Fund Thriving Third Sector Saffron Walden Explorer Scouts 2nd Witham Boys' Uttlesford £2,030 Braintree £20,636 Surviving Winter Appeal Towards providing 'Cafe Plus' for the homeless during the winter months To support the additional winter fuel costs for the night shelter for the homeless in Braintree To provide essential food items during the winter months To enable elderly members to meet for additional hot meals during the winter months. To run a Brunch club to provide elderly people with a hot meal during the colder weather Housing & Homelessness Housing & Homelessness Fairness To enable the Village Agents to visit households in the Braintree, Chelmsford and Maldon and provide crisis support by way of small grants to people struggling to cope with life during winter months. To provide two additional lunch outings for members of an elderly people's club during the winter Towards the costs of providing night-time accommodation for homeless people during the cold weather To provide an outreach service for isolated elderly blind and visually impaired people during the winter months To support older people in the colder months living on the Melbourne estate. To support the annual operating costs of the Duet sailing vessel managed by the Cirdan Sailing Trust, which provides sail training opportunities to young people particularly those who are socially, physically or mentally disadvantaged. To part-fund Duke of Edinburgh and Queen's Scout Award expeditions for 14-18-year-old Explorer scouts To employ a CEO to set up and develop the organisation Healthy Living Healthy Living Healthy Living Healthy Living Housing & Homelessness Healthy Living Healthy Living Learning Learning Civil Society Fund Brigade and lead a new Witham Youth Network to aid delivery of integrated youth service provision over 3 years To develop and expand an Essex-wide Community Accountancy Service To employ a project manager to research and progress a collaboration or merger between the six Crossroads Care schemes in Essex together with software and associated products to implement changes over 3 years. To support the continuing development of the Tendring Trustee Network over a three year period by the provision of master-classes, training, networking and a Tool Kit. To employ a Business Development Manager to support the sustainability of VST through a new trading subsidiary To provide outdoor activity days for disadvantaged young people and their families from Thurrock during the school holidays To support the room hire and set up of a social craft group for older people in Thurrock under the umbrella of the U3A To help with ongoing running costs Organisations Thriving Third Sector Fund Thriving Third Sector Fund Colchester Community Voluntary Services Crossroads Care East Anglia Colchester £16,500 Uttlesford £5,000 Thriving Third Sector Fund Tendring Community Voluntary Services Tendring £8,582 Thriving Third Sector Fund Voluntary Sector Training Uttlesford £11,608 Thurrock Fund Catch 22 Project Thurrock £1,105 Thurrock Fund Thurrock U3A Thurrock £900 Whitehouse Farm Charitable Fund William Julien Courtauld Medical Fund William Julien Courtauld Medical Fund William Julien Courtauld Medical Fund William Julien Home Start Basildon Basildon £5,000 Halstead Community First Responders Braintree £358 To purchase a "ResQPump" resuscitation aid for a First Responders unit in Halstead PARC ( Essex) Braintree £2,720 To replace a specialist changing table for disabled children at an activity centre in Braintree Strong Communities St John Ambulance Essex Braintree £992 To purchase eight resuscitation dummies for first aid training Learning Witham Town Luncheon Braintree £480 To purchase two wheelchairs Strong Civil Society Organisations Civil Society Organisations Civil Society Organisations Civil Society Organisations Strong Communities Learning Strong Communities Safety Courtauld Medical Fund Yellow Car Charitable Fund Club Communities Supporting Carers and Families Together Rochford £7,295 Young Sport Fund Southend Spartans RLFC Southendon-Sea £1,288 Towards the annual salary of the Operations Manager in the delivery of services for Young Carers and Adult Carers in Rochford To expand an after schools rugby programme Strong Communities Strong Communities