


About us
We help individuals in the Rochford and Southend-on-sea area
The Essex Community Foundation Charity holds Millions of pounds for thousands of Charities over the UK, a lot of Celebrities such as Jamie Carrager has his foundation under the umbrella of the Essex Community Foundation.
The benefit of this is we can give 99p out of every pound to the causes that we are raising money for. Many other charities take up to 37p, out of every pound that is received.
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Our Founder
Why I Started The Priest Foundation
In 2014 I entered a cycling event called the Tour of Dengie with five friends. We trained really hard through the winter months. The weather on the day of the event was horrendous with 35 mph winds and pouring rain. Everything told us not to ride in those conditions, but as we had trained so hard it wasn’t going to put us off.
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Thorpe Hall School
We have now become one of the Charities that Thorpe Hall School has adopted.
Thorpe Bay Lodge Donation
Thorpe Hall Lodge Donated £770 pounds to the Priest foundation for a Ladies night they had for Paul Bates. “I would like to thank Paul and all of Thorpe Hall Lodge for their
The Priest Foundation Grants
Organisation is called ‘Achieve Thrive Flourish’ – https://www.atfcommunity.com/about-atf Are requesting support to enable them to deliver sports based sessions t
We Believe In The Value Of Conversations About Mental Health
One of the ways we are doing this is through our grant programme, which allows approved applicants to receive counselling paid for via our foundation. We believe in the value of conversations about mental health and trauma and want to pave the way for recovery.
The mission of the Priest Foundation is to improve the lives of people with mental health issues and make counselling more assessible for everyone in the Rochford District and Southend area.

