# Mid Essex Area Quaker Meeting

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1215760 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1215760)
- Website: https://midessexquakers.org.uk
- What it funds: Religious activities
- Who it helps: The general public
- How it gives: Makes grants to individuals, Makes grants to organisations, Provides buildings / facilities / open space
- Area of operation: Essex, Southend-on-sea
- Trustees: 7
- Last verified: 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/mid-essex-area-quaker-meeting

Mid Essex Area Quaker Meeting is an Area Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Our charitable purpose is furtherance of the general religious and charitable purposes of Quakers. We hold public Meetings for Worship on a Sunday at our Meeting Houses in Chelmsford, Billericay, Brentwood, Maldon and Leigh on Sea. Further details can be on our website at midessexquakers.org.uk.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> The object of mid Essex Area Quaker Meeting is the furtherance of the general religious and charitable purposes of the religious society of friends (quakers) in Britain in the Area of mid Essex Area Quaker Meeting and beyond. To that end, the CIO’s income and property are used solely to further the Area Meeting’s object by work such as: i) strengthening the life and witness of Quaker meetings both in the Area of mid Essex Area Quaker Meeting and beyond; ii) spreading the message of quakers and interpreting and developing the thought and practice of the religious society; iii) undertaking Quaker service for the relief of suffering at home and abroad; iv) funding the concerns that Quaker meetings in the Area of mid Essex Area Quaker Meeting or beyond have adopted or agreed to support; v) providing for the pastoral care of individual members and attenders including assistance to those in need and for education; vi) maintaining and developing Quaker Meeting houses as places for public worship and from which to carry our witness into the world; vii) administering and maintaining the organisation of Area Meeting and contributing to the support of Britain yearly Meeting.

## What it funds

Mid Essex Area Quaker Meeting is registered under the Charity Commission purposes religious activities for the general public and other defined groups; the register records that it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings / facilities / open space.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as Essex and Southend-on-sea.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from Mid Essex Area Quaker Meeting in its sources (last checked 5 Nov 2026). Its website (midessexquakers.org.uk) may list programmes that are not yet open or are by invitation only. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

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