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Community Exchange

Community Exchange acts like a noticeboard, where commercial organisations can connect with Essex-based schools and colleges, voluntary services, social enterprise organisations and community groups, in order to build stronger communities by working in partnership, for the benefit of all our resident in Essex. 

This is a FREE of charge platform and promotes the exchange of: 

    • in-kind donations; materials or equipment 
    • volunteering time; individuals or groups 
    • Work placements; paid and unpaid, internships
    • Training opportunities; NVQ, City & Guilds, etc
    • Apprenticeship opportunities
    • Schools & Colleges visits; delivering careers talks, mock interviews, mentoring, CV advice. 

Community organisations in Essex can promote their projects and events, as well as adding a list of items or support that might need or like, to carry on the amazing work that they do supporting our community members.

 

Suppliers' Offers  

Is a list of what our Essex County Council suppliers are offering, as part of fulfilling their Social Value commitments.   

 

Community Wishing Wall 

Is a list of what Essex community projects and charitable organisations in Essex need help with.

 

 

Our Community Organisations

This is a selection of the most prominent infrastructure Community Voluntary Services within the Essex County Council boundaries. Their aim is to support and strengthen grass-root voluntary organisations and community groups by cascading opportunities and develop the voluntary sector in their local area. 

Community Voluntary Services Tendring Clacton and Harwich 

Community360  Colchester

Basildon, Billericay and Wickford Council for Voluntary Service (BBWCVS) 

Brentwood CVS

Castlepoint Association of Voluntary Services

Chelmsford Volunteering Centre

Maldon and District CVS

Voluntary Action Epping Forest

Rainbow Services Harlow

Uttlesford Community Action Network 

Rayleigh, Rochford and District Association of Voluntary Services

Open Road - Drug & Alcohol Recovery  

Centre for Action on Rape and Abuse (Cara) 

Next Chapter - 'A future without domestic abuse'

The OutHouse - 'A place for the whole LGBTQ+ community to find support and friendship

Summit - aim was is to advocate for residents in the Tendring area who may be living with a mental health illness or long-term health condition. 

Teen Talk is an early intervention service and charity in Harwich. It helps young people aged 11 to 25 and their families by providing practical and emotional support. 

Bangladeshi Women's Association Essex  (BWAW CIC)

African Families in the UK (AFiUK)

Colchester Chinese Culture Society

Refugee, Asylum seeker & Migrant Action (RAMA)

Last updated: 05/07/2024