Chill and chat in Saffron Walden
Chill and Chat Youth Café is a new youth club that was set up in Saffron Walden with VVU funding. The free open access youth club is run by Enterprise East and held at the Jubilee Hub (a community hub run as a partnership between Enterprise East, UCAN (Uttlesford Community Action Network) and Uttlesford Town […]
Time with TYPO
We love being invited to visit the projects that we support and were excited to visit TYPO – Tiptree Youth Project Outreach at their Wednesday youth club. The Wednesday youth club was set up following feedback from young people in Tiptree that they wanted a safe space to hang out, with trusted adults to support […]
YMCA Chelmsford
The VVU provided YMCA Essex (Chelmsford) with some funding to develop a new, free to attend Friday night youth club for young people in Chelmsford’s city centre. The club began in June 2024, providing fun activities, workshops and a safe place with qualified youth workers for young people aged 11 to 18 to attend in […]
A visit to Doddinghurst Road
On the 1 November, Essex County Councillor Louise McKinlay, Deputy Leader & Cabinet Member for Communities, Economic Growth and Prosperity joined Roger Hirst Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex on a visit to Doddinghurst Road Community Church (DRCC) in Brentwood. The purpose of the visit was to witness the great work being done by […]
Southend Vineyard youth friendly cafe
As part of monitoring the projects and interventions which form the VVU work programme – and gaining insights into the challenges being faced – team members regularly visit projects. In October we visited Southend Vineyard in Warrior Square, Southend. Southend Vineyard Youth Café in Warrior Square is one of the projects funded through the 2024/25 […]
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 […]
