An example of some of our grants awarded in 2013 Fund Organisation District Grant Awarded Summary Vital issue Acorn Fund Craylands Activity Zone Basildon £1,500 Towards hall hire for the Craylands Activity Zone Strong Communities Acorn Fund Essex Media Workshop Basildon £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 Learning Acorn Fund Little Warley & Childerditch Village Hall Association Brentwood £3,000 Towards replacement of the windows at the village hall Strong Communities Acorn Fund Teen Talk Tendring £10,000 To support a part-time Support Worker at a Teen in Harwich Strong Communities Alastair and Patricia Stewart Charitable Fund SAFE (Supporting Asperger Families in Essex) Chelmsford £1,000 Towards the costs of SAFE STUFF which provides a range of activities for children and young people with Asperger syndrome. Strong Communities Bartella Charitable Fund PARC ( Essex) Braintree £3,000 Towards the cost of employing a Braintree based Support Worker to help children with disabilities, on a 1:1 basis Strong Communities Bartella Charitable Fund Red Balloon Learner Centre - Braintree Braintree £4,000 Towards a Regional Mentor's post to support children experiencing severe bullying issues in Mid-Essex Learning Bartella Charitable Fund Shout About It Brentwood £1,361 To run a programme of sporting and active activities for vulnerable children with speech, language and associated disorders Healthy Living Bartella Charitable Fund St John Ambulance Essex Chelmsford £2,000 To provide Children and Infant Emergency First Aid training for families in Chelmsford Learning Bartella Charitable Fund The Melbourne Project Chelmsford £4,280 To fully support both the adults and childrens cookery sessions for 3 years on the Melbourne Estate in Chelmsford Healthy Living Bird Luckin Community Fund Catch-up Cafe Chelmsford £1,065 Towards the running costs of a community cafe in Highwood, Chelmsford Strong Communities
Birketts Charitable Fund Little Baddow Community Care Group Chelmsford £500 To contribute to overhead costs of social activities of a support group for the elderly in Little Baddow Strong Communities Braintree District Community Investment Partnership Fund Crossroads Care Braintree District & Chelmsford Braintree £17,122 Towards the costs of a Day Respite Centre and Carer Support Group in Braintree Healthy Living Braintree District Community Investment Partnership Fund Safer Places Harlow £25,000 To help support the salary costs of a Floating Support and Outreach worker for two years Safety Braintree District Community Investment Partnership Fund Tabor Centre Braintree £18,675 To fund a Deputy Manager's post at a centre for disabled people for one year Strong Communities Braintree District Community Investment Partnership Fund Witham Town Luncheon Club Braintree £3,000 To support the running costs of a luncheon club for the elderly in Witham Strong Communities Britvic Community Fund InterAct Chelmsford Ltd Chelmsford £2,500 Towards the support club for young people with learning difficulties in Chelmsford Strong Communities Britvic Community Fund Kids Inspire Chelmsford £3,367 Towards the 'Kids Who Lunch Club' in Chelmsford Healthy Living Butler Family Fund Halstead Day Centre Braintree £3,000 To employ an administrative assistant at a day centre for the elderly in Halstead Strong Communities Chiron Fund Colchester YMCA Colchester £3,219 To fund a part-time Project Leader for the Mile End Youth Project in Colchester Strong Communities Chiron Fund Heartsease Harlow £800 Towards hall hire, speakers' fees and marketing costs of a support group for people with heart problems in Harlow Healthy Living Chiron Fund Kaleidoscope Toy Library Uttlesford £367 For storage and publicity costs plus purchase of new toys for a toy library in Dunmow Strong Communities Chiron Fund South East Essex Advocacy for Older £5,000 To increase the hours of a dementia advocate to set up Dementia Carers Support Groups Strong Communities
e2v Foundation Barrow Farm Riding for the Disabled Chelmsford £1,150 To increase the opportunities for people with disabilities to participate in horse riding Fairness e2v Foundation Braintree Rethink Carers Support Group Braintree £2,100 Towards meeting room costs and coach hire for a mental health carers support group in Braintree Healthy Living Essex Community Foundation Team Fund British Korean Veterans Association Southend & District Branch. £640 To enable 16 Veterans to attend the 60th anniversary commemoration of the ceasefire of the Korean War Arts, culture and heritage Essex County Council Chairman's Fund BWB Gang Show Basildon £3,000 Towards the theatre hire costs for a scout and guide gang show in Basildon Arts, culture and heritage Essex County Council Chairman's Fund Chelmsford Gospel Choir (CCGC) Chelmsford £1,800 Towards the costs of a 'Find Your Voice' project in Chelmsford Arts, culture and heritage Essex County Council Chairman's Fund PATACC (Performing Arts in Traditional African & Caribbean Cultures) Harlow £1,000 Towards the costs associated with the organisation of Black History Month in Harlow Arts, culture and heritage Essex County Council Chairman's Fund Roman River Music Society Colchester £5,000 Towards the costs of running music workshops for children as part of the annual October music festival in the Roman River valley Arts, culture and heritage Essex County Council Chairman's Fund Theatre of Lemmings Tendring £2,445 Towards community workshops and the running of the 2013 Harwich Children's Festival Arts, culture and heritage Essex Life Charitable Fund The Birchanger Wood Trust Uttlesford £1,000 Towards the costs of the Art in the Wood 2013 projects Arts, culture and heritage Essex Millennium Fund Active Christian Trust Rochford £4,059 To run three Strengthening Families programmes in Rochford Strong Communities Essex Millennium Fund Crossroads Care Tendring & Colchester Tendring £2,000 Towards achieving IS0 9001Quality Accreditation Strong Communities Essex Millennium Fund Feildes Fun Charity Harlow £3,984 To enable the completion of an accessible boating project for the disabled Fairness Essex Millennium Fund Springfield Parish Council Chelmsford £2,500 Towards developing the Springfield environmental garden project Environment Essex Rural Fund Home Start Uttlesford Uttlesford £3,600 To cover volunteer travel expenditure for home-visit volunteers Strong Communities Essex Youth Philanthropy Fund Supporting Carers and Families Together Rochford £500 To support the travel costs for young carers to attend activities and opportunities provided by a carers project Transport
in Rayleigh Firebird Fund Crossing Boundaries £3,500 Towards the overhead costs of a support group for vulnerable elderly people and their carers to support their mental well being Healthy Living Firebird Fund Crossroads Care Essex Castle Point £5,000 Towards the costs of a pilot project to run a fortnightly support group for people with memory loss or confusion and their carers Healthy Living Firebird Fund Trust Links Ltd £1,750 To provide a large poly tunnel at the new Growing Together project in Shoeburyness Environment Firebird Fund Trust Links Ltd £4,700 For additional staff hours for the Growing Together project, providing training and work experience for people with mental health needs. Healthy Living Greenfields Community Fund 1st Silver End Scout Group Braintree £5,000 Towards the internal kitchen and toilet work to complete the new HQ building for a scout group in Silver End Strong Communities Greenfields Community Fund Blackmore End - Village Hall Braintree £2,750 Towards the replacement of the windows at the village hall in Blackmore End Rural Greenfields Community Fund Braintree District Voluntary Support Agency Braintree £860 To enable the required accredited training for leaders of a Health Walk project Learning Greenfields Community Fund First Stop Centre Braintree £1,000 To run courses in financial literacy at a community drop in centre based in Braintree Learning Greenfields Community Fund Friends of the Flitchway and Association Woodlands Braintree £5,000 Towards the costs of buying and refurbishing a railway carriage to provide a community resource at Rayne station Strong Communities Greenfields Community Fund National Childbirth Trust - Halstead & Sudbury Branch Braintree £1,513 To run a postnatal drop-in service in Halstead Healthy Living Greenfields Community Fund PARC ( Essex) Braintree £4,612 To provide an all-weather gazebo in an outdoor sensory area at the Braintree Centre for use by children with a disability Strong Communities Greenfields Community Fund Ridgewell Village Hall Management Committee Braintree £3,000 To replace chairs at a rural village hall Rural
and Epping Forest High Sheriffs' Fund BCCS Brentwood £1,000 To continue support of an Anger Management Project working with primary Schools in the Chelmsford area Safety High Sheriffs' Fund Chelmsford YMCA Chelmsford £1,000 To enable young people to attend Lambourne End Centre for Outdoor Learning Learning High Sheriffs' Fund Craylands Activity Zone Basildon £1,000 To help run a Hate Crime Awareness course for children and young people to reduce levels of anti-social behaviour in the area Safety High Sheriffs' Fund Footprints Community Group Rochford £1,000 To support the development of a youth action team to organise community events in the disadvantaged area of St Marks in Rochford District Safety High Sheriffs' Fund Gateway Community Media CIC Basildon £900 To support the costs running a crime prevention summer school for young people in Basildon. Safety High Sheriffs' Fund Harlow Neighbourhood Watch Harlow £1,000 To purchase anti-burglar packs to help re-launch Harlow Neighbourhood Watch Safety High Sheriffs' Fund Home Start Epping Forest Epping Forest £1,000 Towards the core costs of providing home visiting support to parents with young children in Epping Forest District Strong Communities High Sheriffs' Fund Jikes Youth Centre Uttlesford £820 To help purchase two lap top computers and art equipment for use by club members in the rural community of Newport Rural High Sheriffs' Fund Lambourne End Centre for Outdoor Learning Epping Forest £980 To purchase laptops and camcorders for the "Hands On" developmental programme, benefitting young people in Epping Forest and Thurrock. Strong Communities High Sheriffs' Fund Open Road Colchester £395 To purchase and install a radio antenna on the Colchester SOS Bus. Strong Communities High Sheriffs' Fund Rainbow Services (Harlow) Ltd Harlow £995 To purchase new tools and machinery for use in a workshop project for offenders undertaking community service in Harlow Learning High Sheriffs' Fund Safer Places Essex £1,000 To pay for speakers at a conference in Harlow to discuss ways of addressing the problem of Domestic Violence Safety High Sheriffs' Fund Saffron Walden Skate Group Uttlesford £500 To help maintain the Skate Group web-site Strong Communities
High Sheriffs' Fund Southend On Sea Bus Project £1,000 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 Healthy Living High Sheriffs' Fund Tendring Community Safety Partnership Tendring £750 To provide information books to participants in the 2013 Crucial Crew personal safety and health event for primary school children across Tendring District Safety High Sheriffs' Fund Tendring Community Safety Partnership Tendring £1,000 To help run a project for young people from Clacton on Sea aimed at reducing crime and anti-social behaviour Safety High Sheriffs' Fund The Melbourne Project Chelmsford £1,000 To help continue community work on the deprived Melbourne and Boarded Barns Estates in Chelmsford. Strong Communities High Sheriffs' Fund The Wilderness Foundation UK Chelmsford £1,000 To help recruit and train additional mentors to help with the outdoor based TurnAround programme for vulnerable young people from mid-Essex Learning High Sheriffs' Fund Voluntary Action Epping Forest Epping Forest £1,000 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. Learning High Sheriffs' Fund Voluntary Action Epping Forest Epping Forest £1,000 To help run a scheme in Harlow to place ex-offenders in a volunteering role Work High Sheriffs' Fund Voluntary Action Epping Forest Epping Forest £944 To support training costs for a garden maintenance project for vulnerable, elderly and disabled people across Epping Forest district Learning High Sheriffs' Fund Young Concern Trust Harlow £1,000 Provision of creative resources for use in counselling sessions for young people in Harlow who are at risk of offending Safety Humphrey Pennington Fund Southend Boys' and Girls' Choir Trust £3,000 Towards the running costs of the choir Arts, culture and heritage Ian and Angela Marks Charitable Fund Chelmsford CHESS Chelmsford £3,800 To pay for additional hours of a counsellor who supports homeless people Housing & Homelessness Jerome Booth Charitable Fund 4 Youth Brightlingsea Tendring £4,424 To meet the costs of running a youth club in Brightlingsea Strong Communities Jerome Booth Charitable Fund BENS Braintree Braintree £3,425 Towards core costs of running the emergency night shelter in Braintree Housing & Homelessness
Society people Joint Funded Braintree Community Safety Partnership Braintree £1,899 To run a campaign in Braintree District aimed at reducing domestic abuse Safety Joint Funded Braintree Foodbank Braintree £6,430 To fund an administrator for Braintree Foodbank Fairness Joint Funded Braintree Youth Project Charity Braintree £5,000 Towards the operating costs of a youth club in Braintree Strong Communities Joint Funded Brentwood and District Crossroads Care Attendant Scheme Brentwood £12,226 Towards the costs of supporting carers in the Basildon and Brentwood districts. Healthy Living Joint Funded Chelmsford Engineering Society Chelmsford £1,700 To contribute to the overheads of a Schools and Apprentice Technology Competition and Engineering Our Future events Learning Joint Funded Chelmsford First Responders Chelmsford £5,000 Towards the purchase of life saving equipment Safety Joint Funded Colchester Carers Centre Colchester £4,000 To support the increase in overhead costs of a project supporting carers and young carers Strong Communities Joint Funded Colchester Counselling & Psychotherapy Centre Colchester £2,000 To fund a counselling supervisor for six months Healthy Living Joint Funded Colchester Furniture Project (The Shake Trust) Colchester £6,860 Towards operating costs of an organisation which collects, stores and distributes furniture and other household items to those who are in need Fairness Joint Funded Cressing Community Hall Fund Braintree £2,779 Towards the training of volunteers, website development, and administrative overheads to support the planned building of a new village hall in Cressing Strong Communities Joint Funded Crossroads Care Essex Castle Point £9,978 To set up and run a cooking club for Young Carers Healthy Living Joint Funded Cruse Bereavement Care Essex Area Essex £7,570 Towards the development of the Essex Cruse Bereavement Care Service Strong Communities Joint Funded Debden Village Hall Uttlesford £1,000 To provide floor covering for the bar area and a small storage facility at the village hall Strong Communities Joint Funded Essex Boys' and Girls' Clubs Essex £4,300 Towards the Braintree Respect Project for Winter 2013 Learning Joint Funded Essex Outward Bound Essex £8,497 To enable young carers to go on a Cirdan Sailing Trust Learning
Margaretting Fund Home Start Chelmsford Chelmsford £658 Towards the salary of a Co-ordinator for a home-visiting scheme to families in need Strong Communities Marion Ruth Courtauld Educational Fund Indivudual Braintree £750 To enable a young person to take part in a World Challenge to Thailand Learning Marion Ruth Courtauld Educational Fund Indivudual Braintree £1,000 To enable a young person to undertake voluntary work overseas as part of Rayleigh International Learning Marion Ruth Courtauld Educational Fund Indivudual Braintree £750 To enable a young person to take part in a World Challenge to Thailand Learning Marion Ruth Courtauld Educational Fund Indivudual Braintree £1,000 Towards the costs of a young person undertaking a geographical research trip to the Himalayas Learning Marion Ruth Courtauld Educational Fund Indivudual Braintree £750 To enable a young person to take part in a community and developmental project in India Learning Marion Ruth Courtauld Educational Fund Indivudual Braintree £230 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 Learning Marion Ruth Courtauld Educational Fund Indivudual Braintree £700 To help a young person take part in an educational trip to Thailand Learning Marion Ruth Courtauld Educational Fund Indivudual Braintree £700 To help a young person take part in an educational community project and trek in Thailand Learning Marion Ruth Courtauld Educational Fund Indivudual Braintree £700 To help a young person take part in an educational trip to Thailand Learning Marion Ruth Courtauld Educational Fund Indivudual Braintree £750 To help a young person with the cost of participating as a volunteer in a community and educational project in Langeni, Swaziland Learning Marion Ruth Indivudual Braintree £250 To help a young person take part in an educational trip Learning
Courtauld Medical Fund Club Communities Yellow Car Charitable Fund Supporting Carers and Families Together Rochford £7,295 Towards the annual salary of the Operations Manager in the delivery of services for Young Carers and Adult Carers in Rochford Strong Communities Young Sport Fund Southend Spartans RLFC £1,288 To expand an after schools rugby programme Strong Communities