- We are passionate about the estate and want everyone, whatever their age, to be the best that they can be, and to work together to make the most of the community in which they live.
- We want to help the community to come together, and to help celebrate and understand their differences.
- We want to help all residents to be able to share their skills and learning and to be able to help and support each other.
- We want to work and help all residents whether they are here for a short term or have lived and worked here for generations.
- We want to reach out to everyone, for all to be included, and for everyone’s needs to be met, helping people to understand more about each other along the way.
FUNDING
The Beechwood Village Community Trust has a range of funding streams available that are currently open to applicants. There are four funding rounds each year and the deadlines for all applications are as follows:
Round 4 – 5.15pm, Friday, 06 january 2023.
Round 1 – 5.15pm, FRIDAY, 07 april 2023.
Round 2 – 5.15pm, FRIDAY, 30 june 2023.
ROUND 3 – 5.15PM, FRIDAY, 29 september 2023.
ROUND 4 – 5.15PM, FRIDAY, 05 january 2024.
Before completing your Application Form, please read the Guidance Notes for Applicants to check that you are eligible to make your application. Please ensure that when you send your application to us, you provide all the supporting documents required. Without this information your application may not be progressed.
Our funding streams have been designed to support local people to make positive changes in their community and to support established groups and organisations to carry out their work and to make their services accessible to the residents of Beechwood Village and Craylands.
Our funding streams available are:
The ‘Give it a Go’ Fund – Funding for residents to carry out a community project up to the value of £500.
The ‘Helping Hands’ Fund – Funding available for residents which supports their children to take part in activities, clubs and groups up to the value of £500.
The ‘Grants to Organisations’ Fund – Funding available to voluntary and community sector organisations, up to the value of £5,000, for projects up to 1 year which brings positive benefit to the local community.
The ‘Big Grant’ Fund – Funding available to voluntary and community sector organisations up to the value of £10,000 for a 1 year Project or £20,000 for a 2 year project which really makes a difference and can demonstrate sustainability.
If you have any questions or need some further support, please do contact us.
The Trust wants to develop a Beechwood Village that:
Pete is Executive Director of Customer Experience at Swan Housing Association, an 11,000 home Registered Provider working in London and Essex. Pete has worked as a Director at Swan since 2014 and has over 20 years’ experience in the housing sector working for a range of housing providers. Pete is Chair of the BVCT and has previously held a number of trustee positions for organisations such as the Foyer Federation, Essex Pride and Essex Care Association. Pete has considerable experience in leading teams and improving services including housing, registered care, support, and community functions all with customers at the heart. Pete is committed to ensuring that the trust delivers its mission and helps to enhance the lives of residents living in the Beechwood community.
Caroline is Head of Resident Involvement and Community Development for Swan Housing. She has worked in the social housing sector for the last 17 years across a variety of roles, but her passion remains in engagement and capacity building. She hopes to lend her expertise in this area to support the work planned by the Trust around enhancing the local community and environment. Caroline joined the Board of Trustees in 2016. She is the lead role for safeguarding and data projection on the Board.
Toby is a construction professional for an SME construction company specialising in social housing. He grew up in Basildon and his family home for his first 11 years was on Ilmington Drive. Toby has a Master’s Degree in Diplomacy and Foreign Policy, which includes strategy, diplomacy and decision making. He seeks to bring the skills from his professional, student and personal life, including experience as a Parish Councillor, together to benefit residents and develop the community.
Grant is the Interim Manager of Leisure, Open Space and Community Facilities at BasildonCouncil. He is an experienced local government officer with a varied portfolio of responsibilities and knowledge covering a myriad of different skills and competencies, including project and performance management, community development and co-production, grant-making and commercial operations, event planning, delivery and evaluation. Grant has a passion for changing lives and coproducing value for the citizens and places he serves. His ambition is to create the conditions to support the proliferation of inclusive, bottom up, community driven change.