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We’re excited to share an opportunity to learn more about the Your Essex Community E-Portal – a valuable online space for connecting and engaging with local community resources.

📅 Next Session: Monday 16th September at 1:00pm

✅ Free to attend

🔗 Book your place here: Click to register

This awareness training will guide you through the features of the portal, showing how you can make the most of it for your organisation, group, or personal use.

Don’t miss out – secure your spot today

Singing for the Soul Showcase – Fridays 2pm – 3pm

Join the Enterprise East team for a free community singing session. The hub comes alive every Friday afternoon with song, laughter, and community spirit; a wide variety of well-loved tunes are sung, from Amy Winehouse to Frank Sinatra, and everything in between. Whether you’re a seasoned singer or just love a good tune, this group is for everyone. Give it a try – come along and enjoy the fun! Said EE’s Founder & CEO, Sam McReynolds, “We are thrilled to be running our ‘Singing for the Soul’ community choir from Jubilee Hub. It’s a wonderfully inclusive group, full of fun, connection and joy.”

The Fellarship Showcase – Wednesdays 2pm – 4pm

The Fellarship launched in 2023 as an afternoon drop-in session. It is run by Howie Fiddy and Dave Hook, and along with other volunteers Steve and Joe, they have created a safe space. It is a well-attended group and is now established as a happy place for men to have tea / coffee and biscuits, play board games – and most importantly to have ‘fellarship’ with other men from all walks of life.
Cross generational fellarship! Over the summer months, nonagenarian, Ray, has been playing chess with teenager, Max. With Ray heading towards receiving that special letter from the King and over eighty years between the two gentlemen, this illustrates the true meaning of ‘fellarship’, whatever your age! They are incredibly well-matched at the game, and whilst playing chess, Max is also gaining valuable volunteer experience for his Duke of Edinburgh Award. Said UCAN volunteer, Howie Fiddy, “We are so happy to provide this vital service for the menfolk in our town who simply need that essential human interaction with others. As well as being a fun couple of hours a week, it also allows them to feel safe to share and open up to others, if they choose to. And the drinks and biscuits never fail to put a smile on their faces!”

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Essex County Council invites you as a stakeholder to give feedback on shaping a new domestic abuse support campaign for victims aged 70 and over.

This campaign aims to:

Equip professionals and caregivers with information to recognise signs of abuse and access resources from SETDAB.

Raise awareness of domestic abuse in older people and encourage them, their family and friends to seek support from COMPASS.

We’ve developed two versions of the campaign design and would value your feedback to ensure the look and feel aligns with the campaign’s objectives.

Please complete our short survey, which includes visuals of both designs. Your input will help influence the final creative direction of this important campaign.

Thank you for your support.