Community Service - Activities
Community Service Activities
Community Service What We Do
Annual Christmas Tree Collection & Bag packing - where we raise money in December to support local charities.
- Age Concern Colchester - where we provide volunteers and funding.
- Beacon House - where we provide volunteers and funding.
- Food parcels are distributed through Virgin Health to underprivileged families at Christmas
- Hats for Headway - where we all wear a silly hat in return for making a donation to the Headway Charity.
- Kids Out Day - where we take special needs children & their carers on a day out to Colchester Zoo.
- Kids Out Fun Day Lunch - where we invite special needs and underprivileged children and their carers for a fun lunch.
- Monthly Food Collection - where we collect food items for homeless families.
- Play Santa Appeal - where we collect toys for underprivileged local children at Christmas; we do this in conjunction with Fenwick & The Essex County Standard.
- Post-Polio Syndrome - where we raise money to support local individuals who have this unfortunate illness.
- Transport help is provided for The Colchester Blind Club.
Related pages...
Supermarket collections
more Local supermarkets kindly allow us to collect for Rotary charities on the run up to Christmas, and at other times of year
Young Carers Quiz
more In March 2023, the Community Service and Youth team organised a quiz for young carers from Y7 and above
Collecting for Marie Cure
more We helped with a collection for the Marie Curie Charity in the City Centre on Saturday 25 March
Young Carers' Day at West Mersea Outdoor Centre
more This is a joint project with the Rotary Club of Kelvedon & District.
Kids Out Day at Colchester Zoo
more This is part of the National Kids Out Scheme - if you would like to help please contact Rtn David Casey for details