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Village Agents are getting people connected

Learning to send an email or access the internet can be very rewarding at any age!

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'Green Fingers to Green Bins'

CANCELLED Tuesday 12th June, 3-5pm, RCCE House, Feering Network event looking at practical support available for allotments, orchards and waste...

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Walkers have a fine day out at Hatfield Forest, and raise money to boot!

Around 60 walkers made the trek from White Roding to Hatfield Forest, raising over £8, 000 for the Essex Rural Fund.

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Essex is now Digital

RCCE has been praised for its work to ensure that nobody was left with a blank television screen when the analogue transmissions in the London TV regi...

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Essex Rural Fund tops £100,000 aided by ECC Chairman!

RCCE’s endowment fund, set up in 2009 to mark its 80th anniversary, has passed the £100,000 mark.

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Essex Biodiversity Project supports Best Kept Churchyard competition

RCCE are pleased to welcome the Essex Biodiversity Project as co-sponsors of the Best Kept Churchyard competition this year.

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Essex gets direct hotline to Government to shape rural policy

Essex Rural Partnership is one of only 17 bodies to have been awarded membership of Defra's new Rural and Farming Network.

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RCCE LAUNCHES NEW COUNTY-WIDE OIL BUYING SCHEME

RCCE is looking for local co-ordinators to help run its new bulk-buying scheme for domestic heating oil.

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Essex gets direct hotline to Government to shape rural policy

The Essex Rural Partnership has been chosen as one of only 14 Rural and Farming Network members, announced by Agriculture Minister Jim Paice today (4t...

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Village Agents - Enabling Independent Living and Social Inclusion

Since the service was started in October 2009 the Village Agents have completed over 7,000 referrals and activities for people living in Mid Essex

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Edible Essex - Foraging Taster Session - Colchester - 26th May 2012

Edible Essex invites you to discover more about edible plants growing wild in our countryside.

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Edible Essex 'High Tea' Foraging Session - Chigwell - 28th April

Edible Essex, in collaboration with Essex Wildlife Trust, is providing a fantastic opportunity to discover more about edible plants, fruit, nuts...

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Essex Life backs Essex Village of the Year and Best Kept Village Competition

Essex Life magazine, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, has announced that it will join with RCCE and sponsors, Essex & Suffolk Wate...

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Supporting vulnerable and Elderly people through the winter months

Our Village Agents team have secured funding from the Surviving Winter Appeal which is administered by Essex Community Foundation to offer free portab...

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Christine Walkden talks about simple ways to grow your own – in the UK’s driest county

Over two hundred people from all over Essex came to hear Christine Walkden talk at Writtle College on Thursday, 16th February. The event, organised b...

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RCCE launches Essex Village of the Year and Best Kept Village Competition for 2012

The quest to find our best all-round rural communities is now underway in the Essex Village of the Year and Best Kept Village Competition.

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Neighbourhood Planning Guide

RCCE launches an on line guide for communities who want to produce a Neighbourhood Plan

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RCCE Best Kept Churchyard Competition 2012 open for entries.

RCCE has launched it's Best Kept Churchyard competition for 2012. Entry forms and guidance notes can be downloaded below.

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