Stanway Fiveways Community Page
This page contains useful advice as well as updates and information from the local community, including holiday clubs and events taking place in the area. Please check back regularly.
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Colchester Borough Council is providing support for residents, businesses and communities, and more details can be found by visiting our website: https://www.colchester.gov.uk/supporting-colchester/
Here you will find helpful information and support on the following:
Supporting Colchester - Support for residents
- Financial support
- Employment support
- Support for older residents
- Mental health and emotional wellbeing support
- Welcoming warm spaces
- Support for businesses
- Housing support
- Help accessing food
Supporting Colchester - Support for Communities:
- Support for Carers
- Support for families with children
- Staying well in winter
- Community 360: My Social Prescription
You are also welcome to email the Communities team: communities@colchester.gov.uk, who will provide you with further information and/or forward your enquiry onto the relevant team.
Furthermore, the Essex Free School Uniform has been set up to alleviate the pressure on parents by assisting with the cost of school uniform - this support can be accessed by a request through the Foodbank (and other partners) or directly through their email: uniform@dnanetworks.org. Additionally, if you would like to donate uniform no longer needed, please get in touch with them.
Domestic abuse support
https://www.thenextchapter.org.uk/
Finances
https://helpforhouseholds.campaign.gov.uk/
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Help for Households - Get government cost of living support We know people are worried, so the government is offering help for households. See what cost of living support you could be eligible for. helpforhouseholds.campaign.gov.uk |
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Poverty is so much more than going without. Poverty destroys lives. It robs people of joy, hope, and opportunities. It tears families apart, isolates those most in need of support, and leads many to believe there is no way out. capuk.org |
