Job Vacancy – United in Kind Coach Uttlesford
WECAN (West Essex Community Action Network) is a Social Enterprise formed by the 3 long-standing VCSE infrastructure agencies servicing West Essex (Council for Voluntary Services Uttlesford, Rainbow Services, and Voluntary Action Epping Forest). We are recruiting a United in Kind…
Gifted books distributed to Dunmow Dementia Cafe
Since becoming the Utttlesford United in Kind Coach in September 2019, Kim, has been supporting the Dunmow Dementia Cafe. This group has been up and running from June 2019 and has 30+ members. The club offers tea, chat, friendship and…
Devicesdotnow are getting people online with a little help from WECAN
United In Kind Coach Nick, from WECAN Epping Forest, has been helping local people to get online through a national initiative called #DevicesDotNow. The scheme was set up by Good Things Foundation and it provides brand-new Levono tablets and internet…
World Loneliness Week – 15th to 19th June 2020
Research has shown that one in five people experience loneliness at some time, and kindness could be a tool in tackling the problem By supporting our communities, we hope that many more people will be inspired to volunteer or take…
How our United in Kind Coaches are making a difference in West Essex
Harlow United in Kind Coach Sarah tells us about Jeff: “Jeff (60) is a carer for over 20 years. He had given up work to take care of his mother. As time went by, Jeff became isolated from his friends…
New Online Loneliness and Isolation Tool
A new isolation and loneliness awareness raising workshop has been launched You need to register to complete it, and then in can be done in your own time. Once completed you can either print your own certificate or send a…
Working in partnership with Stansted Airport
Stansted Airport have recycled their coffee granules and converted them into coffee logs WECAN employee Kim Clark (our United in Kind Coach for Uttlesford) has been working with the team at Stansted Airport to find a way of changing something…
United in Kind launches in West Essex
United in Kind officially launched on the 23rd September and WECAN is proud to be part of the this social movement focused on kindness and being built to address the issues of loneliness and social isolation throughout Essex Social isolation…
United in Kind Coaches announced for West Essex
WECAN was awarded a grant by Essex County Council to deliver the United in Kind programme across West Essex. RCCE is providing this service across the rest of the county. We have dedicated United in Kind coaches in each district…