This Diabetes Awareness Week, let’s raise awareness, reduce stigma, and help people across Essex connect with local diabetes support, wellbeing services, and community organisations.
Diabetes Awareness Week is a UK-wide awareness campaign dedicated to shining a light on the realities of living with diabetes, supporting those affected, and encouraging people to access information, advice, and community support.
The Essex Map is a free community directory that helps people discover local health services, support groups, wellbeing activities, charities, and community organisations across Essex — including services supporting people living with diabetes and related health conditions.
Whether you’re:
💙 Looking for diabetes support or wellbeing services 🍎 Searching for healthy lifestyle or community activities 🏃 Wanting to improve physical and mental wellbeing 🤝 Looking to connect with local support groups and organisations 🏥 Or part of a service supporting people living with diabetes
…the Essex Map can help people find local support and community connections.
Are you an organisation supporting people living with diabetes or long-term health conditions?
Add your service or organisation to the map for free and help more people across Essex discover the support available in their local community.
This World Environment Day, let’s celebrate the people, groups, and organisations across Essex who are helping to protect the environment, support greener communities, and encourage sustainable living.
The Essex Map is a free community directory that helps people discover local services, activities, charities, and support groups — including environmental projects, community gardens, recycling initiatives, outdoor wellbeing groups, conservation organisations, and sustainability-focused activities across Essex.
Whether you’re:
🌿 Looking for local environmental groups or volunteering opportunities ♻️ Wanting to get involved in sustainability projects 🌎 Searching for community gardening or conservation activities 🤝 Hoping to connect with like-minded people in your area 🏡 Or part of an organisation supporting environmental wellbeing and greener living
…the Essex Map can help you find and share local opportunities.
Are you an organisation supporting environmental or community sustainability projects?
Add your service, group, or activity to the map for free and help more people across Essex discover ways to get involved this World Environment Day and beyond.
Volunteers make an incredible difference to communities across Essex every day. Whether you’re looking to give back, develop new skills, meet people, or support a cause you care about, there’s a volunteering opportunity waiting for you.
Looking to volunteer?
Visit The Essex Map at www.essexmap.co.uk to discover local volunteering opportunities and find a role that suits your interests, availability, and skills.
Recruiting volunteers?
If you’re a charity, community group, social enterprise, or voluntary organisation, make sure your opportunities are listed on Essex MAP so that potential volunteers can find you.
Need extra help finding volunteers?
Members can also submit volunteer requests to the Essex Alliance weekly newsletter, reaching organisations, partners, and individuals across the county. Simply email communications@essexalliance.org.uk with details of your opportunity.
This Volunteers’ Week, let’s celebrate the people who give their time to strengthen our communities and encourage even more Essex residents to get involved.
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This Pride Month, let’s celebrate visibility, connection, and community by highlighting the amazing LGBTQ+ organisations, support groups, and inclusive services across Essex.
The Essex Map is a free community directory designed to help people find local support, activities, wellbeing services, charities, and community groups all in one place. It includes dedicated LGBTQ+ listings featuring organisations such as The OutHouse, Basildon Pride, MindOut, LGBTQ+ youth groups, and more.
Whether you’re:
🏳️🌈 Looking for support 🏳️⚧️ Searching for inclusive local services 💬 Wanting to connect with community groups 🤝 Or promoting an organisation that supports LGBTQ+ people
…the Essex Map is here to help.
Are you an organisation supporting the LGBTQ+ community?
You can add your service or group to the map for free, helping more people across Essex discover the support, spaces, and communities available to them.
This week is Dying Matters Awareness Week (4–10 May) – a national campaign led by Hospice UK encouraging more open conversations about death, dying and grief. The aim is to break down stigma, help people feel less alone, and make it easier to find support when it’s needed.
If you’re looking for support in Essex — or if your organisation offers services that could help others — The Essex Map is here for you.
💙 Whether you provide bereavement support, counselling, end of life care, community groups, practical advice or wellbeing services, you can add your organisation to the map and help people find the support they need.
🔎 And if you or someone you know needs guidance, care or support, you can explore local services here: https://www.essexmap.co.uk/
Because talking matters. Support matters. Community matters.
Children’s Mental Health Week (9–15 Feb) focuses on helping children feel safe, connected and supported — building a strong sense of belonging in schools, families and communities 💙
If you or someone you support is looking for local help across Essex, visit 👉 www.essexmap.co.uk
Essex Map is a free directory of services, groups and support for children, young people and families.
And if you run a service that supports wellbeing, make sure you’re listed so families can find you when they need it most.
Official, free resources are also available for schools, families and workplaces to help create nurturing environments.
Whether you’re completing your Duke of Edinburgh Award, gaining work experience, or simply want to give back to your community, there’s a perfect role waiting for you!
Explore local volunteering opportunities on The Essex Map and find ways to make a difference near you.
