Monday is the Panto Horse Race but also the launch of our new Mascot Buddy. Thank you to Colin for his generosity in allowing us to get Buddy and he looks forward to meeting everyone on Monday with the Mayor. Help us towards our £10,000 fundraising...
Day 1 This day is mostly travelling from Colchester to Arran but I will stop along the way to show points of interest and give info on them. I especially hope the weather is nice on the ferry trip across to the island as the view is stunning Also the...
How are your skills of detection? The scavenger hunt is coming to town on Panto Horse Derby Day August 26th. With various start times during the day it’s perfect for the school holidays! Can you help Piccolo find his missing horse shoes? Piccolo has lost a number of horse shoes around the...
Age Concern Colchester is now registered with Recycle for Charity. “We help our thousands of members raise funds for charity by providing a free, easy to use, custom branded recycling programme for empty printer inkjet cartridges. Working with Recycle4Charity is a simple way to help the environment, whilst raising money.”...
Have you ever been the victim of hard selling? We are concerned that senior citizens within our community are being approached stating that we have sent them. One lady in particular reported a hard sell from a company called “Pure Independence” who said they were sent by the NHS and...
What a lovely afternoon in Witham. We had a fantastic time celebrating our Witham coffee morning club with a delicious afternoon tea. We were delighted to have Angela Kilmartin and Sue Wilson from the Witham Central Ward join us. Thank you for your very generous donation. We are meeting every Wednesday...
Owen Gosling will shortly embark on a solo walk around the Isle of Arran in Scotland to fundraise for Age Concern Colchester & North East Essex and to raise awareness about loneliness in old age. Find out how this young man came up with his adventure by reading on: For further...
At the weekend we had the wonderful opportunity to join the team at Colchester United as one of their charity partners at their open day. Age Concern Colchester provided information about the Panto Horse day, gave out art competition entries and also played battleship football, so that people could try...
What a week!!! Take a look at the before and after photos We’ve had a great week at Age Concern Colchester with our arrival of some outdoor seating, courtesy of a grant from King Coel Kittens and some beautiful flowers to brighten up the front of our building with the amazing help and support...
Introducing Owen Gosling who you may read quite a bit about on our blog space while he undertakes a massive fundraising challenge in August raising money for us at Age Concern Colchester and NE Essex. Owen asks you all for support while he undertakes an eight day fundraising challenge: “Check...
