Southend United Community and Educational Trust

Community Safety

Southend United Community and Educational Trust runs projects to get communities active, improving health and wellbeing, and reducing the opportunities for anti-social behaviour.

We have funded several of their projects, including their longstanding Senior Shrimpers group for local residents aged 55+, walking football sessions for those not as physically able, and community drop-in activities. This brings people together to have fun and take part in activities to improve their health and well-being, while also building their social connections.

Alongside this, the Trust runs a youth club for LGBTQ+ young people, giving them a safe and inclusive environment to take part, learn new skills and gain confidence.

The Trust told us that violent crime has increased locally by 39% in the last year so they started an anti-knife crime project for young people in Southend, which has been very successful. This includes holding educational workshops and activity days at local schools to teach young people about the dangers of knife-crime and the impact on communities.