Our community fund

Grants awarded via our Community Fund 2020

The Saffron Community Fund had an impressive total of £13,600 to award to worthy charities this year.

At Saffron we have an endowment fund with Essex Community Foundation (ECF) Registered Charity Number 1052061. The fund is invested to maximise resources for grant giving now and in the future.

Our 2020 Community Fund grants

£2500 to Thirst Youth Cafe

To help run the Thirst Youth Cafe in Bishops Stortford.

£3000 to YOPEY Befriender

To help towards the running of a new Colchester intergenerational dementia befriender project.

£3400 to Halstead Day Centre

To go towards activities and costs of a centre providing social care for the elderly in the Braintree District.

£2700 to Colchester Cap Debt Centre

For an additional administrator to support with increased referrals to this charity helping to relieve debt in Colchester.

£2,000 to Essex Sight

To purchase an awning and computer equipment for a mobile sight clinic in rural areas of Tendring and Colchester.

“Saffron Community Fund is just one of the ways we support our communities. We are committed to making a sustainable difference.”

- Claire Hunnable, Community Business Partner

Essex Community Foundation

ECF matches applications from voluntary organisations and individuals to the funds we hold and also manages Saffron flow-through funds from various efforts such as the Community Choir and staff events. Our grant panel, made up of both Saffron Staff and members, meet annually with ECF to consider applications and to distribute the funds available. If you are involved in any organisation within the East of England area and would like to be considered for a grant please visit the ECF website.

Essex Community Foundation

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