by Kev Bennett | Jul 24, 2023 | Community Fund, General News
The Wilderness Foundation are the latest local group to benefit from one of our Community Fund grants, and they have big plans to use the money to further develop their ‘Down To Earth’ Allotment Project in Chelmsford. Operating from an oasis of calm that...
by Emily Smith | Jun 30, 2023 | Community Fund, General News, Member News
Thank you to all of the volunteers that came out to help us today (Friday 30th June) to help at our clean up in Chelmsford. A keen group of volunteers met in Chelmsford Central Park to clean up within the park and along the River Can. Over ten large bags of rubbish...
by Kev Bennett | Jun 21, 2023 | Community Fund, General News
We’ve issued our latest wave of Community Fund grants, just in time for Co-op Fortnight, with the latest beneficiary being a pre-school in Southend. The Humpty Dumpty Pre-School has been looking after young children between the ages of two and four for 30...
by Emily Smith | Mar 20, 2023 | Community Fund, Food News
A domestic-abuse refuge centre in Southend has received a community grant to assist with their running costs from local co-operative, Chelmsford Star. Safe Steps have had to develop their centre in Southend to cope with additional demand as cases of women fleeing...
by Emily Smith | Mar 15, 2023 | Community Fund, General News, Member News
A South-Essex-based charity that provides second-hand baby clothing and equipment for free to those in need is one of the latest beneficiaries of a Chelmsford Star Co-op Community Fund grant. Rayleigh-based charity GrowBaby received a total of £15,000 as part of a...
by Kev Bennett | Feb 17, 2023 | Community Fund, Food News
One of the latest beneficiaries to a grant from our Community Fund is Families In Focus, a parent-led charity that supports families with a child under 25 with special educational needs or disability. Operating in both Southend and Chelmsford, we visited one of their...
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