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ECF Appoints New CEO (29 September 2011)
Essex Community Foundation (ECF) is delighted to announce the appointment of Bob Reitemeier as its new Chief Executive from January 2012.
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County Council Continues Support For Local Charities (13 April 2011)
Representatives from 27 Essex-based voluntary and community groups attended an annual awards ceremony at the Essex Record Office in Chelmsford (4 April) to receive certificates and grants totalling £69,466 from the Essex County Council’s Essex Millennium Fund and the Chairman’s Fund.
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High Sheriff Supports Local Charities (7 April 2011)
The new High Sheriff of Essex Rosemary Ruggles-Brise, takes up her duties after swearing her Declaration at a ceremony held at Chelmsford Crown Court (29 March). She is the 831st High Sheriff of Essex.
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Surviving Winter Appeal (22 November 2010)
Essex Community Foundation is calling on all who can afford to forego their Winter Fuel Payment, to donate the money to help those who struggle to stay warm and healthy during the coldest weather.
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Looking to Our Big Society of the Future (23 September 2010)
The first of what could be regular roundtables on the future of local public services in Essex took place this week, when the County Council met with representatives of countywide voluntary organisations to explore how they can work closer together in order to improve services for the residents of the county.
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Local Companies Pool Money For Charity (30 July 2010)
Local charity, Barrow Farm Riding for the Disabled is able to buy specialised riding equipment thanks to three local companies pooling their money.
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May Gurney focuses on Essex charities to help people back into work (19 July 2010)
Essex charities that help people get back to work could receive a cash boost, thanks to May Gurney
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Civil Society Minister Champions Work of Local Community Organisation in Chelmsford (17 June 2010)
Minister for Civil Society, Nick Hurd, today visited the Melbourne Project in Chelmsford to see first hand how the local grassroots project is providing vital services for their community.
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Bird Luckin Builds Long Term Fund for Local Charities (8 June 2010)
Essex based Chartered Accountants and business advisers, Bird Luckin, are continuing their commitment to support local charities and take advantage of funding available from the Government’s Grassroots Match Challenge.
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ECF Welcomes New Vice President (7 June 2010)
Joe Greenwell, Chairman of Ford of Britain, has become a Vice President of Essex Community Foundation (ECF), the leading independent grant making trust in Essex.
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High Sheriff Supports Local Charities (30 March 2010)
The 830th High Sheriff of Essex, Michael Hindmarch, takes up his duties after swearing his declaration at a ceremony held at Chelmsford Crown Court.
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Fund Invests in Essex Charities (22 March 2010)
A new fund aimed specifically at investing in the development of Essex charities has announced the first recipients of its annual funding programme.
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New Chairman For Essex Community Foundation (14 December 2009)
John Spence has been appointed Chairman of Essex Community Foundation, the leading independent grant making trust in Essex.
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Government Increases Money For Local Charities (14 December 2009)
The Government has increased its offer to match-fund all charitable donations to Essex Community Foundation....
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Raising Money For Local Charities With a Song (3 November2009)
The stunning surroundings of Pontlands Park in Great Baddow were the venue for the Bartella family’s sixth annual charity event.....
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New Fund to Invest in Essex Charities (15 October 2009)
A new Fund has been launched that will invest in the long term future of charities in Essex.
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High Sheriff Invites Applications (22 September 2009)
The High Sheriff of Essex, Rupert Gosling, is inviting local community groups, young people and volunteers to apply to the High Sheriffs’ Awards Scheme for recognition and grants.
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Baroosh Swings into Fundraising (8 September 2009)
Local restaurant, Baroosh, is the latest local company to take advantage of the Government-funded Grassroots Grants and Endowment Match Challenge to increase the amount of money available to local charities.
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Comic Relief Supports Local Charities (6 August 2009)
Friends of Disabled Bowlers are the first Essex based charity to benefit from Comic Relief’s new funding programme which is now being managed locally by Essex Community Foundation.
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Foulness Charity Benefits from Grassroots Grants (5 August 2009)
The Foulness Conservation and Archaeological Society is one of the latest organisations to benefit from the Government’s Grassroots Grants Programme
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Local Charities to Benefit From Race Money (22 July 2009)
A family charitable trust committed to supporting local charities in Colchester is benefiting from a Government Challenge to raise more money for Essex
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Bird Luckin Commits Support for Local Charities (23 June 2009)
Chartered Accountants and business advisers Bird Luckin is the latest Essex-based company to take advantage of the Government-funded Match Challenge to increase the amount of money available to local charities.
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Local Charity Benefits From Leading Insurance Broker (15 June 2009)
Feering Good Companions is one of the first local charities to benefit from a grant from the Oval Community Fund.
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Government Matches Staff Fundraising for Local Charities (1 June 2009)
Baker Tilly Staff have responded to the Government’s Grassroots Grants Endowment Match Challenge by raising nearly £3,000 to support local charities.
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Former Council Town Clerk First to Commit to Charity Challenge (20 May 2009)
The family of a former executive of Thurrock Council is taking advantage of a Government Challenge to establish a charitable fund to help communities in Thurrock.
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Essex Leads with Groundbreaking Fund (21 April 2009)
Essex County Council (ECC) is setting up a ground-breaking £2 million endowed fund to support local charities in Essex.
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High Sheriff Supports Local Charities (1 April 2009)
The new High Sheriff of Essex, Rupert Gosling, takes up his duties after swearing his Declaration at a ceremony held at Chelmsford Crown Court (31 March).
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Local Charities Continue to Benefit from Millenium Fund (31 March 2009)
Representatives from 27 Essex-based voluntary and community groups attended an annual awards ceremony at the Essex Record Office in Chelmsford (30 March) to receive certificates and grants totalling £80,490 from the Essex County Council’s Essex Millennium Fund and the Chairman’s Fund.
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Local MP Encourages Effective Giving for Local Charities (19 March 2009)
John Whittingdale MP met with Laura Warren, OBE DL, Chief Executive of Essex Community Foundation at a recent Parliamentary Reception held in the House of Lords. They joined over 300 leaders of Community Foundations from across Britain to promote effective charitable giving to MPs and Peers.
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High Sheriff Rewards Local Charities (6 March 2009)
The Moulsham Youth Club Project in Chelmsford was among 50 community projects, charities and individuals to receive awards from the High Sheriff of Essex Sarah Courage.
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New Year Grants Help Local Charities (10 Feb 2009)
101 voluntary and community groups across the Essex celebrated the New Year with the welcome news that they would be receiving grants totalling £391,884 from the Grassroots Grants programme.
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Greenfields Gives a Helping Hand to Local Charities (26 Jan 2009)
Twelve voluntary and community groups in the Braintree area were celebrating being the first organisations to receive a share of grants totalling £54,753 from the Greenfields Community Fund.
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Women's Aid Receives Christmas Cheer from Britvic (15 December 2008)
Chelmsford and Basildon Women’s Aid Centres are benefitting from the generosity of leading soft drinks company, Britvic.
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£500,000 Distributed to Local Charities (12 December 2008)
Chelmsford Silver Gems Majorettes are among the latest voluntary and community groups to benefit from the Grassroots Grants programme.
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e2v Supports Grassroots Grants (5 December 2008)
e2v is the latest Essex company to support the Government’s Grassroots Grants and Endowment Match Challenge.
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Essex Rises to Governments Challenge (10 November 2008)
Chelmsford Retirement Action Group (CRAG) is one of the first charities in Chelmsford to benefit from a grant from the Government’s Grassroots Grants programme.
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Fun and Fundraising for Local Charities (22 September 2008)
A fundraising event held at Pontlands Park in Great Baddow, was the first to benefit from a 50% cash boost from the Government’s Grassroots Grants programme.
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High Sheriff Invites Applications (4 Sep 2008)
High Sheriff of Essex, Sarah Courage, is inviting local community groups, young people and volunteers to apply to the High Sheriffs’ Awards Scheme for recognition and financial support.
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Grants Available for Thurrock Charities (8 Aug 2008)
Voluntary and community groups working in Thurrock are being targeted to apply for funding from the Hew Watt Family Charitable Fund.
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Grants Available For Local Mental Health Groups (8 Aug 2008)
Grants are now available from the Coombewood Amenity Fund, to organisations working to support people, with mental health problems, back into work.
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£7,000 in Grants For Harlow Groups (8 Aug 2008)
Voluntary and community groups working with young people in Harlow are being targeted to apply for funding from the Harlow Education Trust.
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New £50k Fund for Community Projects in Braintree (28 July 2008)
Greenfields Community Housing has a new annual £50,000 fund available for community projects in the Braintree District.
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Foundation Appoints new Programmes Director (21 July 2008)
Foundation strengthens its executive team with promotion of Caroline Taylor as Progammes Director.
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Sport Relief Funding Available (21 July 2008)
Charities wishing to develop sporting opportunities are encouraged to apply for grants from Sport Relief Fund.
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Foundation Wins Cash Injection for Essex Community Groups (17 July 2008)
Hundreds of small charities throughout Essex stand to gain from a new £2 million injection of cash. The money is coming from the Government and will be distributed by Essex Community Foundation over the next three years.
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Community Groups Invited to Plant Trees (2 July 2008)
Voluntary and community groups in Essex are invited to be part of a countywide initiative to plant 250,000 trees, shrubs and hedgerows to improve the ecology of Essex and beauty of the countryside.
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The Packing Shed Celebrates (30 June 2008)
Local charity, The Packing Shed Trust on Mersea Island, is celebrating receiving a cheque for £1,731 from, Essex Community Foundation.
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Britvic Supports Local Charity (27 June 2008)
Chelmsford Mencap’s Learning for Work is the latest local charity to benefit from a grant from the Britvic Community Fund.
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Local Charity Celebrates (22 May 2008)
Thriftwood Special School, based in Galleywood, is celebrating receiving a cheque for £2,500, from local businessman, Jason Bartella.
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Local Charity Celebrates (22 May 2008)
Local charity, The Trinity Family Centre based in Westcliff-on-Sea is celebrating receiving a cheque for £3,050. The grant was awarded from the Southend Fund........
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Belinda Starling Fund Awards First Grant (01 May 2008)
The London Bus Theatre Company, based in Hockley, is the first charity to receive a grant from the Belinda Starling Memorial Fund
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New High Sheriff Supports Local Charities (04 April 2008)
The new High Sheriff of Essex, Sarah Courage, has committed support to Essex charities during her year of office.
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Millenium Fund Gives £500,000 and Still Growing (02 April 2008)
Chelmsford Stroke Exercise Group and Chelmsford Agency for Volunteering are among the latest Essex based charities to benefit from the Essex County Council Millennium Fund which has distributed over £500,000 since it was first established to celebrate the Millennium.
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Charities to Benefit From Accountants (31 March 2008)
Local charities are set to benefit from a new charitable fund that has been established by local accountants, Baker Tilly.
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Good News For Charities (12 March 2008)
Despite the Chancellor reducing basic rate tax to 20%, the Gift Aid available to be reclaimed by charities will remain at 28p per £1 donated.
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High Sheriff Rewards Local Charities (5 March 2008)
60 community projects, charities and
individuals received awards from the High Sheriff of Essex
Diana Kemp-Welch.
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Britvic Commits to Long Term Support for the Community (28 Feb 2008)
Home-Start Chelmsford is the first local charity to benefit from a grant from the Britvic Community Fund.
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OBE for Essex Community Foundation Chief (29 Dec 2007)
Laura Warren, Chief Executive of Essex Community Foundation, has been awarded the OBE in the New Year’s Honour List. The honour is in recognition of her services to the voluntary sector in Essex.
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Essex Community Foundation Leads UK Network (21 Dec 2007)
Annual figures released by Essex Community Foundation show that it has consolidated its place as one of the UK’s leading independent funders of local community action.
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Grants Available to Support Local Charities (8 Aug 2007)
Voluntary and community groups working in Essex, Southend and Thurrock are encouraged to apply for grants from local grantmaking trust, Essex Community Foundation..
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£10 Million Awarded in 10 years of Grantmaking (20 July 2007)
Ten years of grantmaking by Essex Community Foundation has seen £10,251,526 distributed to fund 2,391 charitable projects throughout the county.
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Sport Relief grants available for Essex Charities (9 July 2007)
Charities wishing to develop sporting opportunities for people in Essex, Southend and Thurrock are encouraged to apply for grants from the Sport Relief programme..
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Essex Charities receive £120,000 from Local Network Fund (15 June 2007)
Chelmsford Daybreak is among 21 Essex-based voluntary organisations which have received a total of £120,882 in the latest round of grants distributed from the Local Network Fund for Children and Young People.
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Only 3 Grant rounds left for Local Network Fund (25 May 2007)
The Local Network Fund has just three deadline dates left to receive applications for funding from voluntary and community groups working with children and young people.
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£7,000 available for Harlow Charities (2 May 2007)
Voluntary and community groups working with young people in Harlow are being targeted to apply for funding from the Harlow Education Trust. Grants will be awarded in June so the deadline for applications is Friday 25 May.
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£40,000 available for Charities in Southend (19 Apr 2007)
Voluntary and community groups in Southend are being encouraged to apply for funding for projects that must benefit local people. £40,000 has been allocated from the European Social Fund Key Fund programme, which is managed by local grant making charitable trust, Essex Community Foundation, and matched funded by Southend Borough Council.
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Basildon Charities to benefit from £60,000 (16 Apr 2007)
Voluntary and community groups in Queens Park, Billericay and Fyerns East and Craylands in Basildon are being invited to apply for funding for projects that must benefit local people.
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Tendring Charities to benefit from £60,000 (13 Apr 2007)
Voluntary and community groups in West Clactonare being invited to apply for funding for projects that must benefit local people.
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Essex Leads in Support for Charities (13 Apr 2007)
Charities and the voluntary sector in Essex are set to benefit from new arrangements that are now in place between central and local government. It is believed that Essex County Council is the first local authority in the UK to adopt a long-term approach to strenthening the engagement of local voluntary organisations in Local Area Agreements.
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New High Sheriff Backs Local Charities (04 Apr 2007)
The new High Sheriff of Essex, Lady Kemp-Welch, has committed support to Essex charities during her year of office.
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Local Companies are Business Champions (02 Apr 2007)
Four local companies have been recognised as Business Champions in the Community by Essex Community Foundation, one of the foremost community foundations in the UK.
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Essex Charities Rewarded (28 Mar 2007)
Chairman of Essex County Council, Cllr Gerard McEwen has praised CHESS and Women’s Aid for their work supporting vulnerable people in Chelmsford
At an annual awards ceremony, CHESS and Women’s Aid were among 25 local charities in Essex which received cheques totalling £65,781, to help fund the work they do in their local community.
The event was held at the Essex Record Office in Chelmsford on 19 March.
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High Sheriff Rewards Voluntary and Community Activities (9 Mar 2007)
Essex County Neighbourhood Watch were among 32 charities and individuals to receive awards from the High Sheriff of Essex Christopher Stewart-Smith. Certificates and grants totalling £13,260 were awarded to fund projects and recognise the work being undertaken by local people who are helping to make Essex communities safer from crime.
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Institute of Directors Newsletter Winter 2007
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Birkett Long Newsletter Spring 2007
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e2v celebrates its 60th birthday by committing to long-term charitable support
(16 Jan 2007)
e2v, a leading developer and manufacturer of high-technology electronic components and sub-systems headquartered in Chelmsford, Essex, celebrates its 60th birthday in 2007. As part of the celebrations, e2v has committed to long-term support for local charities by establishing the e2v Community Fund.
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2006
Eastern Europeans visit local foundation (5 Oct 2006)
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A Double Winner in 2006 (22 Sep 2006)
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£100,000 helps essex children (14 Sep 2006)
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Essex Community Foundation Becomes Beacon of Excellence (4 Aug 2006)
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Sport Relief Grants available for Essex Charities (18 July 2006)
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Essex voluntary groups will continue to benefit from Local Network Fund
(13 July 2006)
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