- Baby Basics Billericay
- Laindon School Uniform Bank
- Sociability’s bike repair project
- Sunnymede PTA’s previously loved uniform shop
Love Essex Fund Success Stories
Since 2019, the Love Essex Fund has provided funding to nearly 200 projects across Essex. Learn more about the successful applicants here.
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The Love Essex Fund offers £500 micro-grants to projects that reduce household waste. The fund is available to individuals, schools and organisations. Since 2019, the Love Essex Fund has provided funding to nearly 200 projects across Essex!
The successful applicants include repair cafés, library of things, preloved uniform swaps, refill shops, and many more.
This February, the Love Essex Fund achieved record success after receiving 105 applications. These applications were highly impressive and showcased the array of community projects tackling household waste across the county.
Keep an eye on our webpage to find out when the next funding round opens.
Below, you can find all the projects we have funded since 2019.
Love Essex Fund recipients by district
Basildon
Braintree
- Baby Stuff Braintree
- Braintree District Mencap’s preloved item swap shop
- Climate and Nature for Stisted’s library of things
- Friends of St Michael’s preloved uniform shop
- St Nicolas Church’s pop-up refill shop
Brentwood
- Key Lime’s preloved prom pop-up shop
Castle Point
- Canvey Island School Uniform Bank
- Kingston Primary School’s preloved uniform shop
Chelmsford
- Jean Genie Denim
- Refill Town
- Roots to Hope's community clothes cycle
Colchester
- Bridgeway Mission’s sewing hub
- C3 Impact's community market refill
- Colcheco
- Consciously Clothed
- Colchester Toy Library
- Friends of Lexden Primary School’s preloved uniform project
- Mersea Community Repair and Make
- RAMA’s clothing repair shop
- Tiptree Community Hub’s preloved uniform exchange
- Wivenhoe Library of Things
Epping Forest
3Food4U Waltham Abbey’s second-hand item bank
Harlow
- Harlow Community Men's Shed
- Integration Support’s recycling workshops and reuse kits
- Rainbow Services’ second-hand prom event
Maldon
- TBC
Rochford
- 4th Rochford Scout Group Repair Café
- Cake Club Parenting Support
- East Essex Hackspace CIO
- Hockley Parish Council’s baby basics
Tendring
- Clacton School Uniform Bank
- Holland Park Primary School PTA's preloved fancy dress bank
- The Active Wellbeing Society’s bike repair project
Uttlesford
- Berden Repair Café
- Friends of Newlands Spring’s preloved uniform shop
- Great Easton Primary’s clothing and equipment bank
- Radwinter Repair Café
- Uttlesford Children's Clothing Bank’s preloved prom event