# Essex Community Foundation to hold phone-in funding surgery

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/03/17/essex-community-foundation-hold-phone-funding-surgery/
- Published: 2017-03-17T15:39:13+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The Essex Community Foundation is holding a phone-in funding surgery next month
for voluntary and community organisations in Colchester or Tendring.**

Organisations that take part will receive advice and information on identifying 
support available for their work and on the process of applying for grants.

[Essex Community Foundation](http://www.essexcommunityfoundation.org.uk) is an independent
charitable trust which manages funds on behalf of individuals, companies and public
agencies for the benefit of local communities. 

## Advertisement

The phone-in will be held on Wednesday 19 April 2017 between 10am to 12 noon.
 Fran
and Jill, ECF grant officers, will be on hand during the surgery. Eligible organisations
can call them on the day on 01245 356018. 

 ⌊Essex phone-in funding surgery⌉ 

If you cannot get through on the day, the Foundation asks that you leave a message
with your name, the organisation you are calling from and a number that they can
contact you on. 

## Other parts of Essex

The Essex Community Foundation offers other funding phone-in surgeries for organisations
based elsewhere in Essex. For example, on 1 March it held one for organisations 
based in Maldon district, and in January it held one for organisations based in 
Braintree and Brentwood.
 

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