SNAP supports families who have a child or young person, aged 0-25, with any additional need or disability. No diagnosis or referral is needed for them to access our support. We cover the whole of Essex, Thurrock and Southend and we are currently helping more than 3,200 families. Over 6,000 families have been supported since … Continue reading FAMILY SUPPORT ASSISTANT NEEDED- FRONT DESK

🌟 Introducing Batias 🌟 Introducing Parents Aid 🌟 Introducing Thurrock Harriers 🌟 Introducing Thurrock Foodbank 🌟 Introducing Thurrock Centre for Independent Living 🌟 Introducing SNAP (Special Needs And Parents) 🌟 Introducing DIAL 🌟 Introducing One Community Development Trust 🌟 Introducing the Stroke survivors and carers art group 🌟 Introducing the Thurrock Astronomy Society 🌟 Introducing … Continue reading It’s Small Charity Week

Last week, a group of children from the local Graham James Primary School visited the Corringham Integrated Medical Centre (IMC) site to make their mark on the new building. The mark in question was a series of hand paintings across the dividing screens in the reception area. These screens separate reception from bathroom facilities and … Continue reading Local Schools ‘hands on’ approach to commemorating Corringham IMC

Thurrock’s very own free arts festival of Walking, Talking & Making, the T100 Festival has returned with a fantastic line up of creative talent from the area joining in with exciting events following its theme, T100 People. It culminates on 25 June with a finale performance of a section from The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant. … Continue reading T100 and Jubilee Pageant

Showcase your organisation during Small Charities Week 2022. To celebrate Small Charities Week we will be promoting the wonderful groups and organisations supporting the residents of Thurrock. Throughout the week, we’ll be showcasing the work the VCFSE sector in Thurrock via our weekly email and social media accounts. Small Charities Week runs from Monday 20th … Continue reading Small Charity Week 2022

The MSE in Action virtual conference is launching on Tuesday 28 June and running until Wednesday 29 June, from 10am – 4pm each day. Open to everyone working in health and care across mid and south Essex, it will provide a platform for health and care workers and stakeholders to celebrate the launch of the … Continue reading MSE in Action Virtual Conference

Join us this Father’s Day for a High Street procession with music and silk flags from The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant. Find out more and book your place visit t100festival.co.uk.

Thurrock Dementia Action Alliance will be hosting its next face to face Dementia Friends Information Session on Friday 1st July 2022, 12-1pm at Beaconsfield Place Community Space, Calcutta Rd, Tilbury RM18 7EN. During this friendly and interactive session, you will learn more about dementia, how it affects a person and what you can do, professionally … Continue reading Dementia Friends – New Session

This coming Sunday, 12th June, is Bulphan in Bloom’s plant sale and cream tea. Held at a St Mary’s Church of Bulphan between 2pm and 4pm. There will be undercover seating in the pretty church grounds. If anyone can bake/donate a cake it would be very much appreciated. Equally if you have any plants you … Continue reading Bulphan in Bloom Fundraising

Everyone is welcome to join in with the new Gardening Club at Headon Hall. Every Monday at 11am 18 Crawford Aveneu Grays Essex RM16 2AS

Recently local schools to help us devise a shortlist of names for three community group rooms at the new Corringham Integrated Medical Centre (IMC). These group rooms are a key element of the build’s community focus and are being made available for local community health and wellbeing activities when the new building opens later this … Continue reading Community Space Names

Volunteers Week takes place 1-7 June every year. It’s a chance to recognise the fantastic contribution volunteers make to our communities and say thank you. The official Volunteer week website has lots of free resources such as event poster templates, certificates, how to get involved and more! The Volunteer Centre is based in the Beehive, … Continue reading Volunteers Week 2022 is coming!

This week we held our Trustees Training at Thurrock CVS, led by our Community and Voluntary Sector Development worker, Vanessa Bennett. We had 16 individuals from the voluntary sector attend the hybrid session to learn more about key legal responsibilities of trustees, liabilities and how a board of trustees should operate alongside staff/volunteers and more.  … Continue reading Thurrock CVS hold Community Trustees Training

Purfleet-on -Thames Community Forum are organising a free event on, 2nd June to celebrate the Queens Platinum Jubilee. It will be on the green by the Royal Hotel at Purfleet-on-Thames, RM19 1QA and is open to all. On the day  the Town Crier will make a proclamation at 2pm in the central atrium of Lakeside … Continue reading Purfleet-on-Thames Community Forum to host Jubilee Celebration

This week Thurrock CVS received another fantastic donation from local retailer IKEA. IKEA Thurrock kindly donated 80+ backpacks for Thurrock CVS to distribute to charities and community groups. This week, we had the pleasure of donating 30 backpacks to the Friends of Essex and London Homeless charity, who support people in crisis around the borough. … Continue reading TCVS distribute backpack donations to local homeless charity

Age Well East are recruiting 2 Thurrock Friendship Co-ordinators Age Well East is a values-driven organisation with a passion for making the greatest difference to people 60+ by supporting and empowering them to live happier and healthier lives. The current services they provide covers: – Identifying benefits that those over 60 are entitled to and … Continue reading Age Well East are recruiting in Thurrock

Meet Stanley, he’s 11 years old and lives in Stanford. During lockdown 2020 Stanley decided to learn the skill of crocheting, self taught from youtube tutorials and clips online. Since then Stanley has continued his new love for crochet and has been posting live facebook videos and free workshops to teach other local residents how … Continue reading Young Crocheter praised by Thurrock residents

Children & Young People Mental Health Digital ServiceThe Southend Essex and Thurrock (SET) Executive Collaborative Commissioning Forum is looking to improve digital and remote access to mental health support and counselling services for children and young people (CYP), enhancing the mental health of young people and their families across the seven Essex CCG localities, Essex … Continue reading Contract Opportunities open to VCFSE

12.05.202210:00am – 11:30amThe Beehive Resource Centre, West Street, Grays, RM17 6XP  This course is ideal for anyone who’s new to trusteeship or existing trustees and senior staff who would benefit from a refresher course. This course could also form part of an induction for a new trustee. Training is FREE to Thurrock residents or those supporting … Continue reading New FREE Training Opportunity! Trustee Roles and Responsibilities