Southend City Vision Hub
Welcome to the Southend City Vision Hub
Let’s keep shaping Southend together.
The Southend City Vision is our shared ambition to make Southend the best place to live, work, visit, and grow. It’s built on your ideas, energy, and the great work already happening in every corner of our city.
Now that the Vision is launched, the conversation continues. We want to hear your stories, see your successes, and celebrate what’s working — so together we can strengthen Southend’s future.
Blow Your Trumpet
Got a project, event, or success that brings the City Vision to life?
Use one of the ways below to tell us about it and we will publish the City Vision Newsfeed below
1) Blow Your Trumpet form
2) Email your submission to citypartnership@southend.gov.uk
Whether you're a local group running a youth event, a business revitalising a high street space, or a school promoting creativity — we want to hear from you. Your submission might be featured in our newsfeed or celebrated across the partnership.
Submit your story now.
News & Inspiration
1) Visit our City Vision News to discover local action making a difference — from clean-up campaigns and creative festivals to innovation in education or health.
These real stories show how our community is turning the Vision into reality.
“We’re not starting from scratch – we’re building on what’s strong.”
The Southend City Partnership and its members are continually collaborating across the city. We will post what’s happening behind the scenes and follow progress toward our shared goals.
Why It Matters
By sharing your achievements and activities, you help us:
Highlight the strengths of our city
Build a positive and authentic narrative for Southend
Inspire others to get involved
Shape the next chapter of our work – including the 2026 City Vision Progress Report
Together, we’re creating a city that’s proud, connected and future-facing.
Let’s keep the momentum going.
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City Family CIC is expanding its work with children, young people and families across Southend!
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City Family CIC is expanding its work with children, young people and families across Southend, launching a series of new programmes designed to boost confidence, social connection and civic pride.
Working with children aged 8–16, the new offer combines after-school, holiday and wellbeing support to help young people build resilience, strengthen relationships and feel more connected to their community.
Two new initiatives — Next Gen and Family Social Prescribing — will form the heart of the expansion.
- Next Gen will deliver creative afterschool and holiday groups for children in Years 5 and 6, helping them develop confidence, teamwork and a sense of belonging as they prepare for secondary school.
- Family Social Prescribing will support children and young people aged 10–16 who may need extra help to re-engage with education, through one-to-one guidance and tailored family support.
Together, these programmes reflect City Family’s ongoing commitment to creating opportunities for all children to thrive — and directly support the ambitions of the Southend 2050 City Vision, in particular its priorities: Safe and Thriving Communities and Haven for Leisure and Creativity
Delivered in partnership with local schools, the Southend School Nursing Team and Education Access team, Essex Fire and Rescue Service, and community organisations, the programmes will also create new pathways for early help — offering practical, non-clinical support before challenges escalate.
The programmes have been funded by The Community Investment Board and South East Essex Alliance Health Inequalities Fund
For more information please contact yfsouthend@cityfamily.org.uk
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It's official - Southend-on-Sea is getting its own Monopoly board
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MR Monopoly took a stroll down Southend pier as the city’s own edition of the famous board game was officially announced
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Videos
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Do you remember the excitement of 2022? Let's all show our pride for our new city! Members from our community have taken part in this video and have discussed the things they love about our new city. Let's continue the conversation - we're having 1000 conversations! What do you love about Southend-on-Sea? Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE44cz4irgBZ2friX13rBFFh-Nsh3YYHg