Connect | Develop | Support

Together, we build stronger, healthier, more connected communities.

At Community360, we believe every person deserves the skills, confidence, and opportunities to thrive. By connecting, supporting and developing communities, we’re creating a brighter, fairer tomorrow.

Together, we are not just shaping individual futures; we are transforming communities and building a better world for generations to come. 

together

Our Impact

Our impact is measured in the lives we touch and the connections we create.

What’s Happening Right Now

New Initiatives and Inspiring Stories

Our Projects

360 connected

Connect.  Develop. Support

Stories That Matter

We actively advocate for building a better understanding of the role of the voluntary and community sector in adding value to the places where we live and operate. We encourage evidence-led practice in the sector, facilitating innovative applications of data for the benefit of community action and establishing positive partnerships for collaborative working.

Pat Fagen
Pat Fagen
Finding independence again
Paul Gibbs
Paul Gibbs
I wanted to give back
Alison Stanford
Alison Stanford
Finding belonging through volunteering
Indu Brahmhatt
Indu Brahmhatt
Finding home, building community
Salma Ahmed
Salma Ahmed
How we are improving life for Bangladeshi women in Essex

Corporate Fundraising

At Community360, we believe collaboration creates the greatest impact. Whether you’re a business looking to partner with us, a team eager to volunteer, or an organisation wanting to support our work through fundraising, there are many ways to get involved.

Community-led Research and Partnership Working

Our inclusive community-led research and engagement practices, provides the link between service providers and community researchers ensuring that all have a voice.

Get in touch to see how we can work together.

Community Asset Mapping

In collaboration with Healthwatch Essex and CVS Tendring we have produced a series of reports and will continue to work in new areas. Our Asset Based Community Development informed approach blends descriptive mapping exercises with lived experience, ensuring recommendations are appropriate for beneficiaries of services.

Get in touch to see how we can work together.

Macmillan Community Voices

We are working in partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support to amplify diverse community voices across Southend, Essex and Thurrock, helping to reduce inequalities and shape more inclusive, accessible cancer care and support.

Get in touch to see how we can work together.

Evaluation

Strengthening impact reporting across VCSE, public and health sectors, locally and beyond. Following our innovative Knowledge Transfer Partnership in collaboration with Innovate UK and the University of Essex, we will build on its legacy to employ the Shared Evaluation Framework in evaluation practices.

Get in touch to see how we can work together.

A Focus on Transport Poverty

The team seeks to understand the challenges that transport inequality causes for our communities. Through collaboration with partners, we will use our learning to inform recommendations for improvements. We welcome contact from organisations also seeking to work in this area.

Get in touch to see how we can work together.

Conference and Academic Activity

We are active in academic and sector-based research communities, presenting our research and learning at conferences. We collaborate with others to find innovative impacting solutions to help shape stronger communities.

Get in touch to see how we can work together.

Ready to Make Impact?

Get involved with us in one of the following ways

rechrd img

Research, Engagement, and Insight

Led By Louise Willsher, Director of Strategy and Impact

We actively advocate for building a better understanding of the role of the voluntary and community sector in adding value to the places where we live and operate. We encourage evidence-led practice in the sector, facilitating innovative applications of data for the benefit of community action, and establishing positive partnerships for collaborative working.

Our inclusive community-led research and engagement practices, provides the link between service providers and community researchers ensuring that all have a voice.

In collaboration with Healthwatch Essex and CVS Tendring we have produced a series of reports and will continue to work in new areas. Our ABCD informed approach blends descriptive mapping exercises with lived experience, ensuring recommendations are appropriate for beneficiaries of services.

We are working in partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support to amplify diverse community voices across Southend, Essex and Thurrock, helping to reduce inequalities and shape more inclusive, accessible cancer care and support.

Strengthening impact reporting across VCSE, public and health sectors, locally and beyond. Following our innovative Knowledge Transfer Partnership in collaboration with Innovate UK and the University of Essex, we will build on its legacy to employ the Shared Evaluation Framework in evaluation practices.

The team seeks to understand the challenges that transport inequality causes for our communities. Through collaboration with partners, we will use our learning to inform recommendations for improvements. We welcome contact from organisations also seeking to work in this area.

We are active in academic and sector-based research communities, presenting our research and learning at conferences. We collaborate with others to find innovative impacting solutions to help shape stronger communities.

banner-bg