Affiliated Members
Who can become a member
CVST offer three levels of membership to local organisations: Full, Associate and Friend of CVST. Full criteria and benefits are described within the application guidelines. You can download the guidelines and application form from the bottom of this page.
By becoming affiliated to CVST local voluntary and community groups can benefit from the following services:
- Weekly E-Bulletin packed with local and national news of voluntary sector gossip, events, government legislation, training opportunities, and fundraising information.
- Weekly Job and Volunteer E-Bulletin advertise your opportunities here
- Advice and information – just ask! All questions regarding a charitable organisation welcome.
- Volunteers – We can help you find volunteers or committee members (insert link)
- Hall Hire – meeting room, hall, IT Suite and counselling room at a reduced rate.
- Reserve a Beach Hut for a donation.
- Grants and Funding – Access to grants, sources of funding and funding advice and guidance.
- Opportunity to take part in the Annual Victorian Christmas Market, Annual Conference, Community Exhibitions and Events, Network Breakfasts, Cultural events – Windrush, Eid. Social Prescribing – our team can refer to your service, Resiliance – summer and winter resiliance partnership events.
- Comprehensive training programme
- Developing partnerships with statutory agencies – we can help groups to work with the Tendring Together Partnership, the District Council, Suffolk and North East Essex Integration Care Board (SNEE ICB), SNEE Voluntary, Community and Faith Social Enterprise Assembly, North East Essex Alliance, Tendring Neighbourhood Teams, Community Asset Mapping, Local Estates Forum, Mental Health Committee, Domain Partnerships, Colchester Catalyst, Tendring District Council, Health and Wellbeing Board, and Community Safety Partnership, Essex Police Independent advisory Group (IAG), Essex County Council Strengthening Communities, Rural Development, Essex CVS.
List of affiliated members
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- Baby Bank Tendring
- Bereavement & Friendship Cafe
- Bridgeway Mission
- Brightlingsea Lido
- Brightlingsea Town Council
- Brotherhood Community Hall
- Bill Clinic
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- CARA (Centre for Action on Rape and Abuse
- Carers First
- Catch 22 Colchester
- CFM Essex
- CHAPS
- Christ Light International Christian Centre (Solid Rock Light Chapel)
- Citizens Advice Bureau Tendring
- Clacton & District Local History Society
- Clacton & District Table Tennis League
- Clacton Carnival Association
- Clacton Concert Orchestra
- Clacton Constituency Conservative Association
- Clacton Debating Society
- Clacton Lions Club (CIO)
- Clacton on Sea Bowling Club
- Clacton on Sea Carpet Bowls Club
- Clacton on Sea Unite Community
- Clacton Sea Cadets
- Clacton Victoria County History Group
- Cobnuts Co-operative
- Coffin Club Colchester
- Colchester and Tendring Youth Enquiry Service
- Colchester Chinese Cultural Society
- Colchester Gateway Club
- Colne Radio CIC
- Community Energy Colchester
- Connect Without Limits CIC
- Corner House Care Ltd
- Creative Expression Community Group
- Crossroads Tendring and Colchester
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- Family Support – Brightlingsea trading as the Autism Centre
- Felicitous Foodology
- Foodcycle
- Frating Parish Council
- Frinton and Walton Heritage Trust
- Frinton Bowls Club
- Frinton Christian Community Care
- Frinton Community Association
- Frinton Free Church
- Frinton Literary Festival
- Frinton Residents Association
- Frinton, Walton and District U3A
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- Harwich & District Community Crime Prevention Panel
- Harwich Connexions Transport
- Harwich Festival
- Harwich Hive
- Harwich International Shanty Festival
- Harwich Town Council
- Headway Essex
- Healthwatch Essex
- Hearing Help Essex
- Heart Mind & Soul
- Hindu Culture Heritage Centre Ltd
- Holland Community Association
- Holland Men’s Club
- Holland Residents Association
- Home Instead
- Home Start Colchester
- Home-Start Harwich
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- Ladies Friendship Club (Clacton-on-Sea)
- Ladies Friendship Club (Holland-on-Sea)
- Lads Need Dads CIC
- Little Clacton Carpet Bowls Club
- Little Clacton Village Hall
- Little Pals Children’s Centre Nursery
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- Macular Society
- Mad About Theatre Company
- Manningtree & District Dementia Support Group
- Manningtree Town Council
- Mending Matters
- McGrigor Hall Management Committee
- Mid and North Essex Mind
- Mistley Kids Club
- Multiple Sclerosis Society Clacton & District
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- Teen Talk Harwich
- Tendring Brass Band
- Tendring Careline
- Tendring Community Transport
- Tendring District U3A
- Tendring Model Railway Club
- Tendring Older People’s Forum
- Tendring Specialist Stroke Services
- Tendring Talking Newspaper Association
- Tendring Time Bank
- Tendring Tool Refurb
- Tendring Twinning Association
- The Ark Centre
- The Autumn Centre
- The Bread and Roses Barge CIC
- The Harwich Festival
- The Harwich Society
- The Haven Project
- The London Bus Theatre Company
- The Salvation Army
- The Tendring Furniture Scheme
- Thorrington Parish Council
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