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Oct 10 2024

ATF on the Somercotes estate

Praying for a sunny October evening the VVU headed down to Somercotes estate in Basildon to see ATF’s afterschool community session which takes place in the play area and green communal space on Elizabeth Way, Laindon. ATF is one of the projects funded through the 2024/25 VVU community grant. The hour-long session is for any […]

Oct 01 2024

Respect in the woods with Essex Boys and Girls Clubs

This morning we spent some time down in the woods with students from one of the Colchester secondary schools on the Essex Boys and Girls Clubs Respect Project.  The Respect Project is an early intervention programme for 13-14 year olds, designed to help young people in school Year 9 to increase their ability to deal […]

Sep 24 2024

Kool Carers provides vital support to our young carers

More than 150 young carers in the Basildon, Brentwood and Wickford areas have accessed tailored support and education thanks to funding awarded to Kool Carers in the 23/24 VVU Community Grant round. £6270 was awarded to Kool Carers to run educational sessions for the young people attending the project. Kool Carers, provides a safe, supportive […]

Sep 24 2024

ReRoute: redirect lives, rewrite futures

ReRoute works with young adults, where an individual is often presenting with some of the most prolific vulnerabilities. ReRoute is a voluntary programme that reaches out to 17–25-year-olds who are suspected of having committed the following offences (with a home address in Southend, Essex and Thurrock): Possession of a bladed article Possession of class A […]

Sep 03 2024

Grant success of Southend United Community and Educational Trust

As the football season gets underway, we also celebrate the work of Southend United Community and Educational Trust, another beneficiary of our 2023/2024 community grant. Southend United Community and Educational Trust received Community Grant funding in 23/24 to develop a new youth club for vulnerable and at-risk children and young people. The youth club provided […]

Aug 27 2024

Celebrating Sanctus

It is always great to look back at the end of a grant funded period and see how the organisations successful in applying for a VVU community grant benefited from the funding. The final end of year reports show just how much an impact even the smallest amount of funding can have, improving lives and […]