People who have made a major contribution to community safety and crime prevention in Essex were recognised and thanked at the High Sheriffs’ Awards ceremony held at Hylands House in Chelmsford. More than 40 voluntary and community organisations were represented this year and trophies, certificates and grants totalling £23,541, were presented by the outgoing High … Read More
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Hop on the bus and foster | Foster Care Fortnight 2016, 16 May to 29 May
Members of the public are being encouraged to find out more about fostering during Foster Care Fortnight 2016 which runs from 16 May to 29 May 2016. A special fostering bus will be touring all over Essex where members of the public can meet current foster carers and the fostering recruitment team and get further … Read More
New Job Opportunities with Hearing Help Essex
Are you interested in helping hard of hearing people in Essex with information on equipment, advice on benefits and much more? Are you outgoing and confident about talking to small groups? Hearing Help Essex wish to recruit two outreach workers. Home based, the outreach workers will deliver practical help and advice at drop-in sessions, by … Read More
Wilderness Foundation Communtity Allotment Open Day
Living healthily in midlife can double your chances of being healthy at 70 and beyond
Public Health England launched ‘One You’, a ground-breaking new campaign to help adults across the country avoid future diseases caused by modern day life. Everyday habits and behaviours – such as eating too much unhealthy food, drinking more than is recommended, continuing to smoke and not being active enough – are responsible for around 40% … Read More
Healthwatch Neurological Focus Groups
Heathwatch Essex want to shine a light on the experiences of people with a neurological condition including brain injury, epilepsy, Huntington’s Disease, motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy or stroke. They want to find out how diagnosis could have been improved, what would have been the best way for them to have been … Read More
Essex County Council Direct Payment Consultation
Essex County Council is running a consultation looking at the contracts we have for services that help people to use their Direct Payments. These are services that help people with: – Writing their Care and Support Plan – Payroll for Personal Assistants who they employ – Accounts Payable, helping people to pay bills and invoices … Read More
Devolution Event Cancelled
We regret to inform you that the Event on Devolution booked for the 4th April is postponed for the foreseeable future. This is because the Government have, subsequent to the Budget, issued an East Anglian Devolution Agreement attached which is essentially an offer to Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk but not Essex. While we are assured … Read More
Connect Well Providers Needed
Connect Well New community focused direct referral project seeks local community providers for mutual attraction and connecting with local people! Connect Well, the new social prescribing project in Mid Essex has just been launched! The project aims to raise awareness of the excellent support that exists in our local communities from self-help groups, to … Read More
‘Tackling Hidden Harms Together’ – County Conference in Colchester
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, Safer Essex and the Essex Community Voluntary Services network held their fourth joint conference at the Weston Homes Community Stadium on Tuesday 26th January 2016. The event brought together representatives from Essex Police, voluntary and community groups and public sector organisations from across the county to explore … Read More