CHARITIES across south and Mid Essex are invited to apply for a cash grant from the Weekly News .

We are launching our latest round of applications for funding from the Gannett Foundation, which was set up to boost projects benefiting our communities.

Gannett, which owns the Weekly News and other Newsquest titles, has handed out nearly £4million in grants across the country in the past decade.

In the 2015 scheme, charities are in with the chance of bagging more than £10,000 each.

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