About SCOG

We are a constituted community group set up to engage with hidden communities within Southend. We reach out and understand what issues communtites and neighbourhoods are facing and then set up action groups to map out priority plans for each area we support. We use community days as a method to engage and recruit community activists.

The Southend Community Outreach Group (SCOG) has been formed by residents for residents, to reach out to communities, understand the issues that they are facing and empower them to overcome these issues.

The Group assist local areas of deprivation to have a voice and say in local service provision. The main aim of the group is to promote various forms of resident involvement and reduce social isolation in Southend.

OVER 2,000

Southend resident's

HAVE BEEN

POSITIVELY IMPACTED

BY SCOG

THE STORY SO FAR

Events...

Over 1,000 residents attending events since June 2015.

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Southend-on-Sea is ranked 111 out of 354 Local Authorities on Essex.gov.uk deprivation score, putting it in the 40% most deprived LAs

nationally.

Source: Page 21 Essex.gov.uk

DOWNLOAD OUR ACTION PLAN

To engage with residents from hidden communities

To better understand issues that affect the local communities

To organise events to reach out to residents

To attract funding for community projects

To improve resident involvement in Southend

Our Mission Statement

Social housing residents in Southend live within the top 20% most deprived wards in the country and SCOG represents residents in these areas. They have found that often the traditional methods of involvement can prohibit hidden communities; to overcome this they engage with residents through a variety of creative ways.