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Welcome to the 35th CAMRA South East Essex Beer & Cider Festival Welcome to the Rochford Beer and Cider Festival 2014, in this, South East Essex CAMRA's 40th Anniversary Year. We hope to mark this by signing up our 1000th member at the festival. It could be you, if you’re not joined up already! Look out for our special birthday ale, a one-off from George's Brewery in Wakering. As the oldest member of the committee I have risen to chairman. My new younger colleagues have worked very hard to make me look good. I hope you enjoy their efforts. The Campaign has moved on, saving pubs is top of the list. We are losing over 4 a day. Curbing the power of greedy pub companies is
The Cherry Tree is a welcoming 18th Century pub, with a strong local following, both for its ambiance and excellent dining.
Real Ales Locally Sourced Food Bed & Breakfast Our countryside location provides excellent local walks and is close to Rochford Golf Club and Essex Marina, Rochford Train Station and Southend International Airport are only a mile or so away. The Cherry Tree, Stambridge Road, Rochford, Essex SS4 2AF
www.thecherrytreestambridge.co.uk
now on the agenda. But be of good cheer, real ale is still the only growth area in the drinks industry, and there have never been so many microbreweries. The theme of our festival this year, being the 100th year since it began, is the Great War. We have carried this across to the charity, the local branch of Mind. Over half of their clients are ex-soldiers suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The donation you give is urgently needed to help people on a one-to-one basis. Please give generously. Cheers Jimmy Kebbell Chairman
Just a few hundred yards away from the River Rouch you’ll find the Plough and Sail owned by the Oliver family. Still run as a traditional pub with real log fires, fine ales from local breweries, home cooked food and a very warm welcome.
Now Taking pre-Christm as bookings. Go to theploughandsai l.co.uk for our menus East End, Paglesham, Rochford SS4 2EQ Tel: 01702 258242
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Organisers’ Welcome We would like to extend a very warm Rochford welcome to friends, old and new, to this, the 35th South East Essex Beer Festival. This year, is my tenth at individually, or jointly, organising this event in Rochford. The festival has grown massively, and changed, I think for the better, over this period. I do like to listen to any comments, you may have and, some of the improvements, over the years, are as a result of these comments. If you do have any observations, with regard to the festival, do let me know, either personally or, via email to stephendunham@hotmail.co.uk. I do like to hear any comments that you may have. Some of our beers, this year, are dedicated to the commemoration of the beginning of World War One. The list ranges from a 2.5% session ale to a 12% strong ale, not forgetting a great range of ciders and perries. As usual, we have a large range of Essex ales, on the Essex Bar, beers from around the country on the National Bar and The Home of Brewing, Staffordshire, on the Home of Brewing Bar. If you would like to take home any ale, or cider, carry outs containers are available, at the bars. Also, this year, we are doing a special offer on British bottled beers, buy any three, 500ml bottles for £10. I would like to say a massive ‘thank you’ to the festival organising team, for their support, advice and effort, in putting this event together over the past ten months. It starts, in January, with a debrief on the 2013 festival. We have regular meetings throughout the year, culminating in the opening of the festival. We welcome any new ideas for the event so, if you are a branch member and, would like to get involved, you would be more than welcome to come along to the festival committee meetings, if you think you can help. We don’t bite, well not much. We will be back, at the Freight House, next year 17th to 21st November. Please put the date in your diaries. I would also like to thank, all the bar staff, who volunteer their time to help out during the festival. Please treat them with the respect they deserve. Lest we forget Steve Dunham and Colin King
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The first “seeds” for this year’s design were sown in the last few days of last year’s festival. We knew that the 100 year anniversary of the start of the First World War would feature greatly in 2014, but it was felt that, although we should commemorate the event, we didn’t want to celebrate it. However in the darkest recesses of my mind I remembered something about a truce that occurred at Christmas. Upon further research this truce occurred mainly during the Christmas of 1914 : The Christmas truce (German: Weihnachtsfrieden) was a series of widespread, unofficial ceasefires that took place along the Western Front around Christmas 1914, during World War I. Through the week leading up to Christmas, parties of German and British soldiers began to exchange seasonal greetings and songs between their trenches; on occasion, the tension was reduced to the point that individuals would walk across to talk to their opposite numbers bearing gifts. On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, many soldiers from both sides, independently ventured into “no man’s land”, where they mingled, exchanging food and souvenirs. Troops from both sides were also friendly enough to play games of football with one another. It is said that “there is plenty of evidence that soccer was played that Christmas Day—mostly by men of the same nationality, but in at least three or four places between troops from the opposing armies”. A letter written by a doctor attached to the Rifle Brigade, published in The Times on 1 January 1915, reported “a football match… played between them and us in front of the trench.” Games played between teams of opposing armies include that of "133rd Royal Saxon
This year’s festival theme and logo Regiment played a game against “Scottish troops”. Some accounts of the game bring in elements of fiction by Robert Graves, a British poet and writer who reconstructed the encounter in a story published in 1962. In Graves’s version, the score was 3–2 to the Germans. Another match was played in the sector of Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, ‘recorded that a game was played in his sector “between the lines and the trenches,” and according to a letter home published by the Glasgow News on 2 January, the Scots” won by 4–1.
Therefore, if you look at the logo on your glass, one half of the logo shows the men crossing the battlefields silhouetted against the orange glow of war.
Whilst the other half shows the two sides playing football with each other, during the Christmas Truce.
Royal Field Artillery Lieutenant Albert Wynn wrote of a match against a German team (described as "Prussians and Hanovers") played near Ypres near the border of Belgium and France. The Lancashire Fusiliers, based near Le Touquet on the northern French coast, played a match against German soldiers using a ration tin as the ball. The truce is often seen as a symbolic moment of peace and humanity amidst one of the most violent events of human history. The Christmas truce was particularly significant due to the number of men involved and the level of their participation – even in very peaceful sectors, dozens of men openly congregating in daylight was remarkable. The following year, a few units again arranged ceasefires with their opponents over Christmas, but the truces were not nearly as widespread as in 1914; this was, in part, due to strongly worded orders from the high commands of both sides prohibiting such fraternisation.
But be careful how you hold your glass if you’ve got beer in it ! ATTENTION TO DETAIL : The typeface I used for the lettering around the logo is Souvenir. This is an old style serif typeface, designed in 1914 by Morris Fuller Benton for American Type Founders. It was loosely based on Schelter-Antiqua and SchelterKursiv, a 1905 Art Nouveau type issued by the J.G. Schelter & Giesecke foundry in Leipzig. It has a softer look than other old style faces, with a generally light look, rounded serifs, and very little contrast between thick and thin strokes. At the time of its issue it was known as “the printer’s friend” because of its forgiving qualities on press. Brian Pinto
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Derventio Brewery are pleased to support and supply the 2014 Rochford Beer Festival.
Suppliers and brewers of fine quality cask and bottle ale.
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Whatpub.com and The National Beer Scoring Scheme : NBSS It is CAMRA policy for all CAMRA branches to use NBSS scores to assist in selecting pubs for the Good Beer Guide. The online scoring system has now been incorporated into the Whatpub.com website. WHAT’S WHATPUB.COM ALL ABOUT? For a number of years, people have been asking why CAMRA as the UK's largest and most influential pub-going consumer organisation doesn't have its own online pub guide. Well now it does. You can use whatpub.com to search for pubs across the UK and then look up opening times, descriptions, facilities and of course details of the real ale and cider on offer. Being an online guide means that extra functions such as additional text for descriptions, photos and live map data are also available. Our aim is to get every pub in the UK listed on whatpub.com and all with complete and up to date information such as descriptions and photos. The Good Beer Guide (GBG) is our showcase to the world – it demonstrates that we as a Campaign believe that excellent real ale is worth campaigning for. It plays a vital part in supporting our pubs because if you want to drink cask ale then the pub is the obvious option. Every pub in the GBG should sell great beer all the time. The view of over one hundred thousand people is the key to that consistency and the National Beer Scoring Scheme is the tool to make that job as easy as possible. If you drink real ale in a pub, and have ever thought about why it is or indeed why it isn’t in the GBG, then by scoring it you can make a difference. Also, if you have anything to do with selecting pubs for the GBG you have a duty to listen to what over 140,000 fellow members are saying about your pubs. WHAT ARE THE BEER SCORES USED FOR AND HOW DO I ENTER ONE? Beer scores are entered by CAMRA members and are used by CAMRA branches in order to help
select the best pubs for the CAMRA Good Beer Guide. To submit a beer score, simply join CAMRA and as a member you will be given a login that you can use to access additional features on whatpub.com The National Beer Scoring Scheme (NBSS) is a 05 point scale for judging beer quality in pubs. It is an easy to use system that has been designed to assist CAMRA branches in selecting pubs for the Good Beer Guide and monitoring beer quality by encouraging CAMRA members to report on beer quality where ever they go. Start by searching for pubs on the main whatpub.com website. A list of possible choices is shown - click on the pub that you want and submit your beer score using the panel to the right hand side. Beer scores can be entered at www. whatpub.com When you first enter the database you will be asked to login. Your username is your CAMRA membership number. The password is the one you use to access the national website. WHAT DO THE SCORES MEAN? 0. UNDRINKABLE. No cask ale available or so poor you have to take it back or can’t finish it. 1. POOR. Beer that is anything from barely drinkable to drinkable with considerable resentment. 2. AVERAGE. Competently kept, drinkable pint but doesn't inspire in any way, not worth moving to another pub but you drink the beer without really noticing. 3. GOOD. Good beer in good form. You may cancel plans to move to the next pub. You want to stay for another pint and may seek out the beer again. 4. VERY GOOD. Beer in excellent condition. 5. PERFECT. Probably the best you are ever likely to find. A seasoned drinker will award this score very rarely.
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Pubs Matter Our community pubs matter and deserve to be protected. CAMRA has launched a new hard-hitting campaign to urge the Government to close national planning loopholes. The campaign, ‘Pubs Matter: So why can’t we have a say’, aims to give power back to local communities by ensuring planning permission is always required before the change of use or demolition of a pub. Local pubs are currently closing at an alarming rate and every week two pubs are converted into supermarkets. CAMRA says the current planning system too often leaves local communities powerless to act in the face of big companies and unscrupulous developers keen to exploit these loopholes. Under current planning law, pubs can be demolished or converted into several other uses including supermarkets and estate agents without requiring planning permission.
pubs are being left vulnerable by gaps in English planning legislation as pubs are increasingly being targeted by those wishing to take advantage of the absence of proper planning control. “It is wrong that communities are left powerless when a popular local pub is threatened with demolition or conversion into a Tesco store. “It is time for the Government to stop standing by while pubs are being targeted due to gaps in planning law.” With a simple amendment to the General Permitted Development Order 1995, any demolition or change of use involving the loss of a pub would require planning permission. This small change by Government would save hundreds of pubs from closure and give communities a powerful new weapon in the battle to protect our pubs. To support the campaign please go to www.pubsmattter.org.uk
CAMRA says allowing pubs to be converted without a planning application is ludicrous – and Government must step in and close these loopholes as a matter of urgency. Tom Stainer, CAMRA’s Head of Communications said: “Popular and profitable
The Facts Pubs support over 1 million UK jobs and inject an average of £80,000 into their local economy each year.
31 pubs close every week. Research by CAMRA found that TWO pubs were converted to supermarkets every week from January 2012 to 2014.
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D E S O CL Al at the Shepherd and Dog, Ballards Gore, sadly now closed PUB CLOSURES - USE IT OR LOSE IT Our pubs are STILL suffering. This time last year we reported that the national figures showed that 26 pubs were closing every week. SADLY THIS FIGURE HAS NOW INCREASED TO 31 PUBS A WEEK. YES, THIRTY-ONE PUBS CLOSE EVERY WEEK. South East Essex has seen lots of pubs close down including the Shepherd and Dog, Ballards Gore; the King Canute, Canvey; the Rising Sun, Billericay; the White Horse, Rayleigh; the Silver Jubilee, Canvey and many more. The Alexandra Yacht Club was another great real ale and real cider venue that is now gone forever.
tionship between the giant property companies (pubcos) and their licensees. This rebalance must include an option for lessees to become free of tie, accompanied by an open market rent review, so that they can buy beer on the open market potentially saving each pub business tens of thousands a year. List Your Local: CAMRA’s List Your Local initiative aims to get 500 pubs around the UK listed as Assets of Community Value by the end of 2014. Doing this gives a community more power should the pub be put up for sale and stops a valued, profitable community pub being sold for short term financial gain by the pub’s owner (or Pub Company). Most importantly please keep visiting and supporting pubs! Use them or lose them. Further information: www.pubisthehub.org.uk www.closedpubs.co.uk Don't forget, when you visit a pub, to enter your beer scores at http://whatpub.com/ to help us find the best pubs in our area for the next Good Beer Guide.
Many pubs have been converted to private housing and some have been demolished. Those pubs that are still operating are finding things very tough. HOW CAN YOU HELP? If you aren’t already a member, please join CAMRA. Current campaigns include: Pubco Campaign - Reform of the Beer Tie: CAMRA is campaigning for a rebalance to the current unfair rela-
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George’s Brewery and Hop Monster Brewing Company
Established in 2010 in Great Wakering, George's Brewery and its experimental cousin, Hop Monster Brewing Company continue to thrive. Mark Mawson’s diverse range of beers are permanently featured at several locations including: Plough & Sail, Paglesham; Mayflower, Old Leigh; Station Arms, Southminster; South Benfleet Social Club and the Trout, Southend. Mark’s beers have been featured at CAMRA's flagship event, the Great British Beer Festival for the last three years. Monthly and seasonal specials have proved very popular. Look out for: The Fallen; Lest; and Hop Monster Crystal. For the latest news visit the website: www.georgesbrewery.com/news.html The Off Sales Licence and the installation of a bottling plant (500ml and 330ml) means you can enjoy George’s and Hop Monster beers at home! For parties and special events, polypins, and minipins in various sizes are also available to purchase from the brewery. Growlers and Squeakers: quality re-usable glass containers in 1 litre and 2 litre sizes. Once the initial purchase has been made, just bring them back to be refilled! George’s Brewery is still growing, employing
more staff and continuing to supply local Festivals and events with beer and equipment. Cooling jackets, taps, stillage and equipment are available for up to 30 casks for your event or party. Brewery visits and Brew Days can also be arranged. Look out for George’s and Hop Monster beers at the South Benfleet Social Club Real Ale Festival in December. Please bear in mind that we are a small concern and we may not always be able to get to the telephone. We are normally at the brewery weekdays from approx. 09:00hrs to 16:30hrs. Saturdays we are normally there from 10:00hrs to 13:00hrs. If there is no reply, please leave a message and we will get back to you as soon as possible. For directions to the brewery and further information on beers, sales, cooling equipment and beer festival supplies:
By Phone: on our direct line 01702 826755, or on 07771 871255, or 07875 044260 By e-mail: info@georgesbrewery.com By snail-mail to: George’s Brewery, Common Road, Great Wakering, Essex, SS3 0AG
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The Cask Ale List These beers were ordered; some will have changed since programme printing. Not all beers are on at every session: ONLY THE BARRELS WITH A CASK SIGN AND PRICE ARE AVAILABLE. Any tasting notes are just a guide; please ask for tasters.
Colchester Metropolis Red Diesel
Crab & Winkle 3.8%
Dark mild with chocolate & nutty flavours
Billericay Zeppelin
3.8%
Easy drinking session ale with slight smoky notes
Billericay Blonde
4.0%
Hoppy golden ale with bitter finish
Billericay Dickie
4.2%
Balanced amber ale with biscuit notes
A Mild with No Name 5.5% Strong mild with chocolate & coffee flavours
Mayflower Gold
6.5%
Powerful, American style pale ale
Rhythm Stick
4.9%
Strong Bitter
Bishop Nick Heresy
Brewers Gold
4.0%
Deverell’s AU79
4.0%
Refreshing blonde ale
Aleman
4.5%
Wheat Beer
Dominion Woodbine Racer
4.2%
A golden organic pale ale, light citrus grapefruit
Eco Warrior (Pitfield) Wheat Beer (Pitfield)
4.5%
Thomas Sopwith
2.5%
Pale golden ale
Puck's Folly
4.3%
5.0%
Farmers Smooth malty bitter
Heavily hopped golden beer
Zeppelin
4.0% 4.2% 4.3%
Malty lightly hopped bock style beer
Felstar 4.6%
Local plums used to give rich flavour
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3.7%
Pale golden ale. Twice Champion Beer of Britain.
3.5%
Brown with tropical citrus flavours
Plumberry
Blackwater Mild Smooth and malty dark mild
Belgian style wheat beer brewed with coriander
Citrus grapefruit flavour
Brentwood Gold
Crouch Vale
4.2%
Brentwood
BBC 2
3.6%
Golden ale with a citrus hop aroma.
Dark Porter with chocolate malts & 4 hops
Santa's Paradise
Mild Dark full bodied mild
4.0%
Citrus and floral pale ale
Witch Hunt
4.6%
Coffee and vanilla porter
Billericay Mild Bill
4.2%
Well balanced with a long rich finish
Brazilian ESSEX BAR
3.9%
Golden hoppy beer
Old Essex
3.9%
Deep amber traditional old ale with a rich malty taste
COLOUR KEY Bitter
Crix Forest Mild
Golden/Pale Ales
Dark beer: Mild/Stout/Porter
Red Ales
Speciality
4.0%
Porter
Proper Porter
Indian Summer
4.5%
Black beer with coffee and cocoa aromas
4.0%
4.0%
5 malts, some German, & 2 American hops
Marley’s Ghost
4.0%
6 malts & five hop varieties; pleasantly sweet
Ebenezer Old
4.0%
Classic old ale, with hoppy finish
Balthazar’s Feast
9.0%
Very dark & warming, strong old ale
Harwich Town Ha'penny Mild
3.6% 3.8%
Pale gold with fruity hoppy aroma
Pilgrim
4.0%
Traditional Brown bitter with bramling cross hops
Flood Tide
Good Cheer
4.9% 5.2%
Traditional, fruity, dark porter
Vintage Aviator
5.2%
Bursting with zestiness, a very refreshing session ale
Nethergate Old Growler
5.0%
Robust superior dark beer
Red Fox Mild
3.8%
Dark, full-flavoured mild, nutty and thick
Hunter's Gold
3.9%
Golden beer with a delicate citrus aroma
Traditional mild. Sweet, lightly hopped
E.P.A 100
3.7%
Sorry no tasting notes available
Bingle Jell’s
4.0%
Lightly malty backtaste with pleasing bitterness
Cockleboats
Scallawag
Sorry no tasting notes available
Brewed for 40th Anniversary of South East Essex CAMRA
The Fallen
3.6%
Mighty Oak
4.0%
Festival Special. Easy drinking session ale
40th Anniversary
Hop & Soul Extra Light and refreshing beer
George’s 200-200
4.6%
A very dark, full flavoured, traditional Porter
Dark mild
4.8%
Surrex Gold
4.1%
Hazy pale golden ale
Arctic Fox
4.5%
Rich spicy Christmas beer
Spiced Sloe Stout
5.5%
Full bodied stout flavoured with sloe berries
Ruby Red Mild
6.5%
Dark brown bitter with a tangy sweet malt
Full mash, complex, mild. Red Fox's homage to Sarah Hughes
Hope
Roundtower
Devil's Delight
4.4%
Amber coloured beer. 5 malts and 2 hops
Strangely Brown
4%
Brewed from an old recipe. Fuggles & Progress whole hops
Moulsham Mild
3.5%
Bramling cross hops complement the selection of malts
Hopkins
4.6%
An autumnal copper coloured beer
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Cask Ale List continued Roundtower Lupuline No 2
Starry Night 4.5%
Well hopped golden beer
Burton Bridge
Saffron Citurian
Bridge Bitter 3.8%
Light golden ale with citra hops
Saffron E.P.A.
3.9%
Straw coloured pale ale. Floral aroma
Saffron Blonde
4.3%
Light golden ale with citrus & malt flavours
Shalford Mild
4.4%
Dark ruby bitter, grapefruit aroma
Thomas Sykes
Dark mild with roast malt & chocolate flavours
10.0%
Straw coloured strong ale
Top Dog Stout
5.0%
Malty with full bodied rounded bitterness
Burton Old Cottage Oak Ale
3.7%
4.2%
Bitter beer with lingering aftertaste
4.0%
Tawny, full bodied bitter. Dry hoppy finish
Chestnut
4.2%
Dark session ale with a touch of bitterness
Levelly Gold
4.0%
Golden Summer ale
Yellow Jersey
4.0%
Enville Nailmaker Mild
4.0%
Defined hop aroma with a degree of sweetness
Brewed for Tour de France 2014
Ebenezer Ale
4.5%
A traditional light brown coloured beer provides plenty of Xmas cheer
Rotten End
6.5%
Strong beer. Sweet, nutty, with a bitter finish
5.7%
Gueze style beer: Head Brewers Premium Edition # 12
Wobbly Croc
12.0%
Hazy dark brown to amber strong beer
Ginger Beer
4.6%
Gates Burton 4.2%
English Pale Ale, finely balanced malt & hop character
Damn
5.0%
Sweet, with toffee, red berries & a bitter finish
Kinver Edge
4.2%
Light hoppy bitter. A traditional English bitter
STAFFORDSHIRE BAR
Beowulf Beorma
4.2%
Light honey, strong ginger & some biscuity malts
Reservoir Pale
Wibblers Dengie Sour
Czechmate Saaz
Saaz hops; a light and fruity beer
Half Centurian 3.9%
Malty hint of fruit giving way to a lingering bitterness
Dragons Smoked Stout 4.7%
5.0%
Pale premium bitter with hop & citrus flavours.
Over The Edge
7.5%
Light coloured winter warmer
Dark malts & roasted barley combine for a chocolate flavour
Lymestone
Black Hole
Pale hoppy ale. Biscuit & juicy fruit flavours
Bitter
Stone Cutter 3.8%
Almost golden with a strong hop aroma
Stone Faced
3.7% 4.0%
Toffee, fruit and berry flavours
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Cask Ale List continued Marston’s New World
Slaters 3.8%
Summer ale with a citrus passionfruit aroma
Sunbeam
4.2%
Zesty gooseberry and grapefruit taste
Pedigree
4.5%
Spicy hops, juicy malt & very light hint of apple finish
3.8%
Traditional. Golden, hoppy & floral with a little dryness
Gregory's Gold
4.4%
Single hopped with Sovereign, flavoured with some dry hops
Ran Ales Flya
3.9%
Amber colour, light spicy slight nutty aroma
Coppaflya
4.5%
Dark & malty with dry finish & chocolate aftertaste
4.2%
Copper coloured. Nutty and fruity aroma and taste
Submission
5.0%
Mellow & full bodied with a good hoppy aroma
Quartz Crystal
5.0%
Roasted coffee flavour and a light spicy hop
Shugborough Coachman’s Tipple
3.8%
Rich with fine balancing hops & real depth of character
Farmer’s Half
4.8%
Light in colour and heavily hopped
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4.0%
Talke O' Th' Hill Brewery 4.1%
English First Gold & American Cascade hops
Cross O’ th’ Hill
4.5%
Pale ale, lightly hopped with Bramling Cross
Titanic Mild
3.5%
Classic style full of roast malt & balanced by delicate hops
Captain Smith’s
5.2%
Full bodied, hoppy & bitter with a sweetness & roast malt flavour
Tower Gone for a Burton
4.6%
Winter Spirit
5.0%
Deep brown, full bodied winter ale with malt & caramel notes
Townhouse Winter’s Tale
4.3%
Sorry no tasting notes available
Centennial 4.2%
Hint of roasted character and a continental hop finish
Cracker
Top Totty
Amber coloured beer with a malt hop aroma
Peakstone Rock Chained Oak
4.0%
Ripe generous fruitiness with deep complex hop notes & rich malt
First Aid
Morton Merry Mount
Original
Rich malt aroma & palate balanced by bitter peppery hops
4.3%
Clear golden, hoppy & citrus with a crisp & smooth bitter finish
Weal Brewery Weal's in Motion
4.6%
Light with grapefruit qualities using English & US hops
Weal’s Of Steele
5.1%
Rich, warm full bodied ale using English & US hops
Potter’s Weal
5.5%
Smooth easy drinking bitter with a fruity aftertaste
Derventio
NATIONAL BAR
Blue Anchor Spingo IPA
Cleopatra Pale gold beer with apricots
5.1%
Some apricot and barley sugar notes
Clean tasting hoppy beer
Middle
Mrs Claus
Traditional, sweet, Cornish bitter
Special
5.0%
4.5%
6.7%
4.0%
Dunham Massey Chocolate Cherry Mild 3.8% Dark ale, with a hint of cherries
Strong, dark & sweet
Branscombe Vale
Winter Warmer
6.6%
Nutty aroma, bitter malt and vanilla notes
Strong, brown, traditional north western winter ale
Briarbank
Exeter
Mild
Briar Bitter
3.7%
3.7%
Traditional English bitter light copper in colour
Buffy’s Mild
Country Bitter 4.2%
Bursting with fruit and malt
Gold
5.0%
A well-balanced dark beer with an enticing, spicy aroma
Dark
4.8%
Caveman
Diamond IPA 4.1%
Hoppy pale ale with US Citra Hops
3.8%
Light session ale with aromatic hops
Cotswold Spring Trooper
Sapphire Blonde
4.0%
German hops. Peppery start, citrus aftertaste
A smooth amber ale
Palaeolithic
4.2%
Gemstone
Gold beer with Citra Hops
Citra
4.5%
Pale gold with malty aroma and flavour
Calverley’s
Best Bitter
4.6%
Malty, some fruit flavours and a bitter-sweet finish.
3.8%
A light hoppy golden ale
Citra Gold
3.9%
Exmoor
Cader Cader Gold
Avocet Pale blonde, organic ale
5.2%
Amber beer with hop bite and bitter finish
5.0%
Sorry no tasting notes available
Goacher’s Real Mild Ale
3.4%
Full flavoured dark mild with chocolate & black malts
Golden Triangle Mosaic City Gold
3.8%
Sorry no tasting notes available
Old Sodbury Mild
3.9%
Chocolate notes and a long finish
Goody
Cwrw Lynn
Dark ruby single hopped ale
Seithenryn
Genesis 4.2%
Golden beer with a continental character
Good King Wenceslas
3.5% 4.8%
Spicy Christmas ale
Cochyn Malty amber ale
4.5%
Harvey’s Sussex Best Bitter
4.0%
Balanced bitter with prominent hop character
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Cask Ale List continued Old Ale
4.3%
Victorian style dark winter brew, nutty & light smoke flavour
Bonfire Boy
5.8%
Malty strong ale with a subtle smoky character
Humpty Dumpty Swallowtail
Irwell Works Traditional copper coloured northern bitter.
4.0% 3.6%
5.1%
Scroby
4.2%
Refreshing pale ale with a delicious hop aroma
5.0%
Porter brewed with chocolate & crystal malts. Cocoa aroma
Oakham 4.2%
Golden ale, with grapefruit & peach flavours
Asylum
Traditional dark mild
4.5%
Premium amber bitter with insane hop aroma & character
5.5%
IPA. Refreshing with strong hop character
Purple Moose Snowdonia
Jacobi Light
4.0%
London style porter
Citra
Pale and hoppy
Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Admiral IPA
Traditional IPA with citrus hops on the palate
Winkelpicker
Lions Led by Donkeys 3.8%
Over the Top
4.0%
Norfolk Square 7.0%
Strong brown ale. A classic winter warmer
Lest we Forget
Midshipman Mild
Dark mild brewed with mild malt and Kent hops
Pursers Pussy Porter 4.0%
Light summer beer
Xmas Crack
Nelson
3.8%
3.6%
Pale ale with a delicate combination of aromatic hops
Golden ale with floral flavours
Dark Side Of The Moose 4.6%
Lacon’s Extra Stout
Delicious, dark, malty ale
4.5%
Hints of blackcurrant and citrus
Moorish Lynmouth Cliff Away
Hewish IPA 3.6%
Light and hoppy
Porlock Stock and two Empty Barrels
All Saint’s Tipple 4.1%
Mr Grundy 4.5%
Medium strength dark hoppy bitter
1914
5.0%
Dark stout style beer with a hint of blackcurrant
Lord Kitchener
5.5%
Full bodied brewed with New World hops
4.1%
Traditional best bitter, mid brown
Parson’s Porter
4.9%
More bitter than some porters. East Kent Goldings hops
Summerskills Start Point
3.7%
Clean & fresh nose. Sweet upfront with a delicate bitter finish
Tap East Porter Festival special
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3.6%
Light brown, lightly hopped bitter
Rectory
Sorry no tasting notes available
No Man's Land
R.C.H.
4.5%
Teignworthy Santa’s Tale
Untapped 4.1%
Aroma of biscuit malts, with some earthy hops
Christmas Cracker
6.0%
Traditional winter warmer; smooth & rich
Timothy Taylor Golden Best
3.5%
Amber coloured, light mild
Landlord
4.3%
Classic, strong, pale ale
Boltmaker
4.0%
Full measure of maltiness & hoppy aroma. CBOB 2014
3.9%
US gold beer with mosiac hop. Big tropical flavours. 30 IBU
Urban I.PA.
5.5%
Intercontinental blend of hops takes IPA to next level. 65 IBU
5.2%
Welton's Pride N Joy
2.8%
Light brown with a slight malty & hoppy aroma
Wolf Edith Cavell Ale
3.7%
Hoppy thirst quenching beer with a fruity finish
Yeovil Glory
3.8%
Session bitter. Slightly spicy & citrus notes
Summerset
Tiny Rebel One Inch Punch
Ember
Old style ale. Nutty aroma, fruit flavours
4.1%
Light rounded mouth feel & a tangerine fruity hop finish
Woodfordes Norfolk Nip
8.0%
Brewed yearly based on 1929 recipe. Toffee, caramel & chocolate
Tombstone Arizona
3.9%
Amber, malty, hoppy with a touch of citrus
Gunslinger
4.3%
Golden with a caramel nutty flavour
Big Nosed Kate
5.2%
Malty, fruity with a subtle passionfruit taste
Triple FFF Pressed Rat & Warthog 3.8% Complex mild
Moondance
4.2%
Best bitter with copious amounts of American Cascade hops
Tryst Brockville Pale
3.9%
Golden, hoppy, session ale
Transatlantic HopTrail 3 3.9% Sorry no tasting notes available
Twisted Oak Spun Gold
4.5%
Medium bitterness floral and fruity finish
The Traitors Gate Pub 40-42 e Broadway, Grays, Essex, RM17 6EW
SW Essex CAMRA
Pub Of The Year 2014!
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STATION ARMS
BEER FESTIVAL 39 Station Road, Southminster CM0 7EW Tel: (01621) 772225
23rd - 25th January 2015 Friday: 5.30-11pm Saturday: Noon-11pm Sunday: Noon-10.30pm
25+ Real Ales and Traditional Ciders Hot food available
Real Ales, Fine Wines & Good Food Large Garden • Quiz Nights Regular Live Music • Sunday Lunch Menu Function Room for Hire
200 Yards from Southminster Station
Food Served Every Lunchtime and Tuesday to Saturday Evenings
www.thestationarms.co.uk
274 Main Rd, Hockley, Essex SS5 4NS
Tel: 01702 203438 www.whiteharthockley.co.uk
Foreign Beer list Averbode
Belgium
Blond 7.5% Belgium
Blond 7.5%
Rodenbach
Dutch
Boon
Dutch
Blond 6.5%
Rochefort
Belgium
Belgium
La Chouffe 8.0% Belgium
Maredsous 6 6.0%
Halve Maan
Belgium
Brugse Zot Blond 6.0% Belgium
Moinette Blond 8.5%
Palm
Belgium
Belgium
Both venues have worked really hard and have made great efforts to promote real ale, and have beer festivals at least twice a year! Next festival: South Benfleet Social Club: 4th to 7th December. The transformation of the Gun has been remarkable.
Belgium
Apple 3.5% Framboise 2.5% Kriek 3.5% Peche 2.5%
Kona
USA
Firerock 5.9%
Redhook
USA
Longhammer IPA 6.2%
Paulaner
German
Heffe Weizen 5.5% German
Hacker Pschorr
Satan Gold 8.0% Satan Red 8.0% Belgium
Thurn und Taxis
Belgium
Saison 1900 5.2%
Slag Pils 5.0%
Belgium
German
Roggen Bier 5.3%
Schlenkerla
Belgium
Extra White 4.7% Extra Blond 5.2%
Slaghmuylder
German
Hell 5.0% Hefe Weisse 5.5% Sternweisse 5.5% Anno 1417 5.5%
Kwak 8.4%
Vedett
Belgium
Kriek Cuvee 6.0%
Weisse 5.3%
De Block
Lefebvre
Liefmans
Hopf
Palm 5.4%
Bosteels
Belgium
Lindemans
Belgium
Mac Chouffe 8.0%
Dupont
Belgium
Oude Marg Parfait 8.0%
Rochefort 6 7.5%
Achouffe
Belgium
Grand Cru 6.0%
La Trappe
Achouffe
Huyghe
Congratulations to two new entries in the Good Beer Guide, The Gun at Bowers Gifford and The South Benfleet Social Club.
Delerium Red 8.5%
Witte 5.5%
Achouffe
Belgium
Delerium Nocturnum 8.5%
St Feuillien La Trappe
Huyghe
Pub News
German
Rauchbier Marzen 5.2%
Congratulations to the Mayflower in Old Leigh: the South East Essex CAMRA Pub of the Year. Their excellent range of real ales and friendly welcome are complemented by a great location and a fish & chip restaurant attached! A recent refurbishment has made the pub even more attractive. Well done to all! Don’t forget to enter your beer scores at whatpub.com next time you visit a pub to help us find the best pubs in our area for next year’s Good Beer Guide.
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Cider & Perry mellow, aromatic, tangy, sharp, fruity, or tannic, as well as being sweet, medium or dry. These are real flavours not masked by cold temperature or fizz! Please be aware that traditional ciders and perries typically have higher alcohol content than most of the commercial cider you get in pubs or supermarkets, so please drink responsibly and enjoy your time at the festival. Wassail! From the cider bar team CIDER LIST The number of both Essex and East Anglian cider makers is growing. There’ll be a selection of makers from East Anglia, some of which haven’t been seen at Rochford before, as well as two new Essex cider makers. There’ll be a selection from the East Midlands, Kent and the West Country, which will include a few old favourites. We’ll have our usual local ciders from Buffoon’s and Paglesham Punch. All of the well known ‘industrial’ ciders are not recognised by CAMRA as ‘Real Traditional Cider or Perry’. Many people have rediscovered the joys of Traditional Cider and Perry and the rich world of flavours they offer to those sampling their delights. Real Cider and Perry represent a tradition that has been enjoyed in Britain since Roman times. Whilst the methods of production have benefited from modernisation, the basics still stay the same. Pick the fruit, press the fruit, allow to ferment, then enjoy. This results in a product that is unpasteurised, un-carbonated and full of natural flavours. Cider and Perry can be any combination of
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Apple Cottage Baldock, Hertfordshire F.T.J. Filthy Tramp Juice Bollhayes Dunkeswell, Devon Cider Buffoon’s Canewdon, Essex C-Cider CNC (Cider Not Cidre) Ribcracker Burnard Banham, Norfolk Monty's Double Carter’s Boxted, Essex Essex Cider Cromwell Hemmingford, Cambridgeshire Oliver’s Sweetheart Crones Kenninghall, Norfolk Owld Norfolk Rum Cask Whisky Cask Delvin End Sible Hedingham, Essex Waltzing Wasp Double Vision Boughton Monchelsea, Kent Cider
Dunton Dunton, Bedfordshire Cider
Burnard Banham, Norfolk Perry
Eve's Kettering, Northamptonshire Ted Robins
Cromwell Hemmingford, Cambridgeshire Cavalier Perry
Glebe Farm Kings Ripton, Cambridgeshire Side-R Dry Side-R Sweet
Double Vision Boughton Monchelsea, Kent Impeared Vision Perry
Hill Holme Great Totham, Essex Majors Millwhites Boxmore, Hertfordshire Hedge Layer Newton Court Leominster, Herefordshire Cider Oliver's Ocle Pychard, Herefordshire Cider Paglesham Punch Canewdon, Essex Cider
Millwhites Boxmore, Hertfordshire Apples And Pears Newton Court Leominster, Herefordshire Perry Oliver's Ocle Pychard, Herefordshire Perry Pine Trees Farm Doddington, Kent Pear O' Duddas Perry Potton Press Potton, Bedfordshire Perry Rockingham Forest Middleton,
Pine Trees Farm Doddington, Kent Duddas Tun
Northamptonshire
Potton Press Potton, Bedfordshire Discovery (SV)
Westons Much Marcle, Herefordshire County Perry
Perry
Roger’s Dorchester, Dorset Cider Talbot Harris Burton Bradstock, Devon Cider Ty Gwyn Crossway, Monmouthshire Cider Vale of Welton Daventry, Northamptonshire Poachers Virtual Orchard Wolverton Mill, Buckshamshire
All About Eve Hardcore Saxon Aelle Wharf
Paglesham Punch cider is also available at the Plough and Sail, Paglesham. Other pubs promoting local and unusual REAL ciders include: The Gun, Bowers Gifford; The Railway Hotel, Southend; the Blue Boar, Billericay; the Crooked Billet and the Elms, Leigh; the Olde Trout and the Last Post, Southend; the Golden Lion, Rochford; the Hoop, Stock; and the Quart Pot, Runwell.
PERRY LIST Bertie’s Braintree, Essex Con-Cox-tion Pyder Buffoon’s Canewdon, Essex Trevand Perry
Please let us know via whatpub.com if you discover any more pubs selling local or unusual real cider, or if you want to let us know of any other pub updates. Thank you.
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Fair Deal for Your local promoting the campaign in pubs and sent 8,000 letters to MPs on this issue in the last year alone! And the most recent activity saw a petition reach nearly 45,000 signatures which was handed to the Business Department.
THE CAMPAIGN Good news! The Government has announced plans to introduce a Statutory Code of practice and a new independent Adjudicator to help protect tied licensees and ensure they are not worse off than free of tie licensees. We would like to thank everybody who helped us get this far by lobbying their MP and taking part in the consultation. However the Government has stopped short of introducing market rent only or guest beer options so the campaign continues! A market rent only option for tied licensees is the best way of delivering the principle that tied licensees should be no worse off than free of tie licensees. We will be campaigning to get the legislation strengthened as it goes through Parliament in the coming months. The long 10-year campaign road to reach this result has seen CAMRA contribute to four Business Select Committee investigations, several high profile Parliamentary debates, a Government consultation, an Office of Fair Trading Super Complaint and numerous rallies in Parliament. CAMRA members and branches have distributed half a million beer mats and posters
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In total 212 MPs signed up to support our campaign and debates with MPs such as Toby Perkins, Greg Mulholland and Heather Wheeler were held to promote reforms at the main Party Conferences. Thank you to all our CAMRA members, volunteers and supporters, this campaign win would not have been possible without your tireless efforts. Over the last decade many thousands of pubs have been lost as big pub companies have squeezed them out of existence with sky-high rents and beer prices. With 31 pubs closing a week it is vital that publicans, who are on the frontline of keeping our valued community pubs open, are given protection from heavy handed business practices from the big pubcos. The Government’s introduction of a Pubs Adjudicator is another line of defence in protecting the nation’s pubs. The Adjudicator will ensure that publicans are treated fairly and will crack down on cases of inflated rents and excessive beer prices charged to publicans. There will be more power to the licensee to ensure they are no worse off than their free-of-tie counterparts. At present the reforms only apply to England and Wales but we continue to campaign for it to be introduced across the UK.
Thanks THANK YOU to all the pubs, breweries and businesses who have advertised in our programme. Without them the programme would not be possible. Please visit them and support them. Your local - use it or lose it!
Apart from our volunteers, advertisers and sponsors, there are many other people and businesses who have helped behind the scenes. We would particularly like to thank: TapRoom magazine Graham and Jackie at Recognition Express (www.recognition-express.com/essex)
and, all of the pubs taking part in our “Ale Trail to the Rochford Beer & Cider Festival” • Railway, Billericay • Plough & Sail, Paglesham • Gun, Bowers Gifford • Cherry Tree, Stambridge • White Hart, Hockley • Exchange, Southchurch • Olde Trout, Southend • Hamlet Court, Westcliff • Coach & Horses, Billericay • Mayflower, Old Leigh
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Trading Rooms, Westcliff Crooked Billet, Old Leigh Hoop, Stock Golden Lion, Rochford PunchBowl, Paglesham PeterBoat, Old Leigh BellHouse, Eastwood • South Benfleet Social Club
The Ale Trail encourages people to try real ale and real cider in different pubs throughout South East Essex. If your pub would like to take part next year, please contact: maggiecamra@hotmail.co.uk Don’t forget, when you visit a pub, to enter your beer scores at whatpub.com to help us find the best pubs in our area for the next Good Beer Guide. WhatPub can also be accessed through our local website: www.see.camra.org.uk
Pictures Left to Right: Olde Trout, Southend; Jordan Sharp, White Hart, Hockley; The Railway, Billericay; Cherry Tree, Stambridge.
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Site Map DISABLED TOILET
Staffordshire Bar
Cider & Perry Bar
Marquee Opening Times: Tues 5.30pm – 10.45pm.
Crooked Billet
51 High Street, Leigh-On-Sea, SS9 2EP Tel: 01702 480289 Bring this advert in for
£1 PiOntFofF a
Ale!
CAMRA South East Essex Pub of the Year 2012 Choice of 6 ales including Nicholson’s Pale Ale, Adnams best and other ale only available to Nicholson’s. NEW beer takeaway service available Food served all day
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Wed - Sat 12pm – 10.45pm.
Travelling Home Please allow enough time to queue for refunds on tokens or to return glasses. Please empty glasses before leaving the Freight House EVENING TRAINS Rochford Station is about 5 minute’s walk from the Freight House. Please check at Station for schedule changes. Trains depart towards London Liverpool Street at the following times:
22.08, 22.38 and 23.08 Trains depart towards Southend Victoria at the following times:
22.24, 22.44, 23.04 Timetables may have changed since printing, please check at station or www.abelliogreateranglia.co.uk EVENING BUSES Bus stop at the bottom of the Freight House
approach, towards Ashingdon, Hockley and Rayleigh. Buses to Southend operate from East Street, Rochford. Please allow 10 minutes to walk to the stop: Timetables at bus stop or please check at arrivabus.co.uk. Taxi: Andrews - 01702 200200 Car Park Freight House car park is Pay & Display. Please check the machines for current rates & hours.
DO NOT DRINK AND DRIVE. Designated drivers receive free soft drinks.
CAMRA’s Key Campaigns CAMRA members have chosen four main campaigns to concentrate on. These campaigns were agreed following a policy discussion group at CAMRA's AGM in Torquay, April 2012, and a previous membership survey and strategy weekend that was conducted by the National Executive. Narrowing the Campaign's activity to fewer key campaigns was a recommendation from the Fit For Purpose Report which was present to the members at CAMRA's AGM 2011. To find out more about what CAMRA is doing for each of these campaigns, please see the website: www.camra.org.uk/camra-s-key-campaigns One of CAMRA’s key campaigns is to stop beer tax killing beer and pubs. The main aim is to ensure a long term freeze in beer duty. BEER DUTY - THE FACTS AND FIGURES For more information, see CAMRA Beer Tax Briefing 2014: www.camra.org.uk/beer-tax
The last four years saw beer duty increase by a punishing 42% and has fuelled a shift in beer consumption away from pubs. Your local community pub relies on beer sales to sustain their business but half of all beer is now sold in off licences and supermarket chains as consumers seek to avoid tax rises. UK beer drinkers pay the second highest amount of beer duty per pint in the EU. On average a third of the cost of your pint down the pub is tax. Beer supports nearing 1 million jobs and generates over £22 billion in taxes. A beer duty freeze in 2014 would secure 2,400 jobs this year alone.
1 Stop tax killing beer and pubs 2 Secure an effective government support THE KEY CAMPAIGNS:
3 Encourage more people to try a range of real ales, cider and perries package for pubs
4 To raise the profile of pub-going and increase the number of people using pubs regularly
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Billericay Brewing Company and the Essex Beer Shop Gold, Chapel Street Porter & Dead Zeppelin. NEW LICENCE SO YOU CAN NOW DRINK BEERS AT THE BREWERY! All available to take home in bottles, 4 pint containers or 18/35 pint polypins. Free tastings! You can keep up-to-date with all the latest news by following on:www.facebook.com/BillericayBrew and twitter.com/BillericayBrew TUTORED TASTINGS Want to find out a bit more about beer and taste a range of different beers? Why not try a tutored tasting sessions?
Billericay Brewing Company is a microbrewery and beer shop based in Billericay. The brewery officially opened in March 2014. Sadly, they were let down by CAMRA this year and were not given a mention in the 2015 CAMRA Good Beer Guide. This was obviously a huge mistake, for which we offer our apologies. Beers are sold directly to the public from The Essex Beer Shop and other selected outlets. The Essex Beer Shop also stocks over 100 beers from Essex and London microbreweries. The Essex Beer Shop 54c Chapel Street, Billericay, Essex CM12 9LS Telephone: 01277 500121 / 07788 373129 EACH WEEKEND FREE TASTINGS Taste beers fresh from the brewery. Rhythm Stick, Billericay Blonde, Billericay Dickie, A Mild With No Name, Mayflower
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These make a good social gathering and offer the chance for a group of 2 to 12 people to taste a range of different beers and find out a bit more about the beer styles, how to appreciate best and how they are made. Could make an ideal gift for any beer lover you know. Billericay Brewing can design the experience to match your exact requirements and prices range from £15 to £40 per head, depending on the number of people and the amount of beer they would like to taste (part of the cost will be refunded on purchases over £25) in The Essex Beer Shop. BREAKING NEWS Planning permission has been granted for us to open a new larger shop with bar in the unit next to the brewery. So you will be able to regularly enjoy our beers at the brewery!
Festival Charity: Southend Mind Please help to support Southend MIND by donating your beer tokens (with any unused amount) in the box at the front desk. THANK YOU! It is over 100 years since the first documented case of “shell shock” occurred. Today, the diagnosis would likely be post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). By the time the First World War ended, more than 80,0000 British soldiers had been diagnosed with shell shock. British troops are still at risk of developing PTSD. Charities like MIND can help. South East and Central Essex Mind provides services from our Southend and Chelmsford offices in Braintree, Chelmsford, Castle Point, Rochford, Rayleigh, South Woodham Ferrers and Southend-on-Sea. As a service provider we aim for the people who benefit from the services we provide to be at the heart of everything we do. We have two adult Service User Groups, one in South East Essex based in Southend and one in Central Essex based in Chelmsford as well as a Youth Focus Group for individuals up to the age of 19, which is currently based in Southend. These groups feed into the development of services and governance of the organisation ensuring our services meet the needs of all ages. As well as a range of services we provide Mental Health Training for individuals and companies to raise awareness of mental distress and to reduce stigma. WHO WE ARE South East and Central Essex Mind Ltd was formed on the 1st April 2012 following the merger of Southend and District Mental Health Association (Southend Mind) and Chelmsford and District Mind Centre (1985) Ltd (Chelmsford Mind) in December 2011. Together we have a track record of over 45 years of delivering quality mental health services meeting local need and working with stake-
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holders to ensure we identify gaps and develop relevant services. We continue to look for ways to develop our services, working in partnership with other local service providers to ensure the needs of those within our communities who are experiencing mental distress are met. South East and Central Essex Mind Ltd is affiliated to Mind, a leading mental health charity in England and Wales. We are one of over two hundred Local Mind Associations, which comprise the Mind network. The services provided by us reflect the belief that individuals who are viewed to be vulnerable to mental health difficulties have a right to be treated as individuals; to be fully consulted in all decisions affecting them; and to enjoy normal patterns of life within the community. The objects of South East and Central Essex Mind are approved by the Charity Commission and mirror those of Mind, the national mental health charity.
OUR MISSION: Our vision is of a society that promotes and protects good mental health for all and that treats people with experience of mental distress Fairly, Positively and with Respect. The needs and experience of people with mental distress drives our work and we make sure their voice is heard by those who influence change. Our independence gives us the freedom to stand up and speak out on the real issues that affect daily lives. We provide information and support, campaign to improve policy and attitudes and in partnership with other local Mind Associations, develop local services. Last year the generous donations received raised over £2,200 for Little Havens. Thank you.