PROJECT SOUTHCHURCH EVENTS
BikeTrax 7
BikeTrax is back on 27th December for its seventh outing.
The opportunity to meet Project Southchurch, Forward Motion, Community Police Team and the Community Safety Unit.
BikeTrax as always gives you the opportunity to get your bikes checked for the winter to make sure they are road worthy and to get them security marked FREE of charge.
The security marking and bike check is carried out by our fantastic partners Forward Motion.
The Community Meeting.
We host 3 ‘Full’ Community Meetings a year, this concentrates on the four wards we cover. You can hear updates from our team, senior partners, Essex Police Community Team, local councillors and some guests. The Community Meetings are held at Belle Vue Baptist Church. In 2025 all 3 meetings will be sponsored by J & C Contactors.
SoBEX 2025.
18th September 2025 is the third Southchurch Business Expo hosted by Southend Christian Fellowship. This time sponsored by our friends KT Plant Hire and again in partnership with Southend City Council Business Development Team. This is the opportunity to highlight local business and to attract new businesses to the EastQuarter. It is also an opportunity for businesses to network with other providers and services. In 2025 we will focus on apprenticeships and career pathways. Stands for exhibitors are free, so please click on the button below to secure your stand.
Southchurch Business Expo 2024.
It was great that so many businesses joined us on our 2nd Business Expo on 5th September at Southend Christian Fellowship - The Plaza. A fantastic opportunity for local businesses to network with other business organisations. The opportunity to highlight the potential of the EastQuarter as a influential and important trading area of Southend.
The Expo was opened by Colin Ansell the CEO of Southend City Council with a speech from Cllr Matt Dent portfolio holder for business. We were also glad that Cllr Daniel Cowan, leader of Southend City Council, came to support the event.
The Expo was hosted in partnership with SCC Business Development Team, sponsored by Amber Mortgage Solutions and our event Media Partner was Southend City Radio.
The 3rd Southchurch Business Expo will be held on 18th September 2025 at Southend Christian Fellowship - The Plaza.
Southchurch Day
As from 2024 we will be celebrating the very first Southchurch Day. The actual day is 12th June, however, the celebrations will be on the closest Saturday to the day itself. So the first Southchurch Day started with a history walk from The Walnut Tree and made its way along Southchurch Road and down to Southchurch Hall Gardens.
When they arrived at the gardens there was re-enactments, games, music and craft stalls to enjoy. Southend Museums opened Southchurch Hall for families and friends to immerse themselves in history. We were grateful for the current High Sheriff, David Hurst to join us.
Why the 12th of June? It’s the date in 1267 that Richard de Southchurch stood down as Sherriff of Hertfordshire and Essex. We wanted a date in the middle of the year and that’s what our Director of History and Heritage came up with.
There is more to Richard than meets the eye. During the 2nd Barons War, Richard stole roosters and inserted them with incendiary devices to catapult towards his enemies. Which is the reason Ricky the Rooster plays a prominent part in celebration, the revenge of the rooster.
