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Rural Community Council of Essex

RCCE (Rural Community Council of Essex) is an independent charity helping people and communities throughout rural Essex build a sustainable future.

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News

• 07/Jan/2019

  2019 Essex Village of the Year Competition – Open for Entries!

  The search is on for the 2019 Essex Village of the Year. This popular annual competition run by RCCE, with the support of sponsors Essex & Suffolk Water and Inkpen Downie Architecture & Design Ltd, focusses on the efforts local people are making to strengthen and sustain rural community life.

  

• 21/Dec/2018

  Office closure over Christmas/New Year

  The RCCE office is closed from 1pm, Friday 21st December 2018 and will re-open at 9am on Wednesday 2nd January 2019.

   

• 13/Dec/2018

  Essex Village of the Year 2019 Competition

  We are launching the 2019 competition earlier than usual in order to give villages more time to prepare and submit their entries.

• 13/Nov/2018

  Winners Announced - Harvest Photograph Challenge

  Congratulations to Growing Communities joint winners:

  Rickling C of E Primary School - Saffron Walden

  St Nicholas C of E Primary School - Tillingham

  Both schools produced bumper crops of vegetables for this years harvest, their dedication to gardening is clear to see!  Well done and keep up the good work!

  Please click the link at the top of this article to view the photographs.

  

• 16/Oct/2018

  Growing Communities Healthy Packed Lunch Plot Competition Returns!

  Growing Communities invites all children in primary schools and special schools of Essex to take part in designing a healthy kitchen garden plot and create a recipe for a healthy packed lunch using the produce!