Here's where Macmillan Coffee Mornings are taking place across Essex

The cancer charity encourages businesses, groups and individuals to hold a coffee morning each year to raise money for its vital work.

The charity provides support and advice to those fighting cancer and their families.

You can find your nearest event here:

Colchester area

• Dragonfly Colchester Hotel Coffee Morning, Old Ispwich Road, Ardleigh on September 27 from 10am until noon.
• Great Bay Bake Off Macmillan Coffee Morning, Beauty at the Bay, 269 Bergholt Road, on September 29 vrom 9.30am until 12.30pm.
• Better Healthcare Coffee Morning, 145 High Street, Colchester, on September 29 from 1pm until 3pm.
• Macmillan Coffee Afternoon - John Fowlers LLP, Stockwell Street, on September 29 from 1pm until 2pm
• M&S Coffee Morning, 38 High Street, Colchester on September 29 from 10.30am.
• Walkabout Macmillan coffee morning, 39 Head Street, Colchester, on September 28 from 10am until 2pm.
• Macmillan Coffee Morning, Newcross Healthcare, second floor 37 Crouch Street, Colchester on September 29 from 10.30am until 2.30pm.
• Ezelet Ezemoves Coffee Morning, 95 Crouch Street, on September 29 from 10.30am.
• Coffee Morning, 3 Clubs Bowling Club, Old Heath Recreation Ground
• Rosemary's Coffee morning, 16 Abbey Field View, on September 30 from 10.30am.
• Tolley's, Roy HG Tolley, 59-67 Gosbecks Road, on September 29 from 10am. 
• TMC coffee and craft, 78 Robin Crescent, Stanway, on September 29 from 10am. 
• Waldegraves Holiday Park Coffee Morning, Waldegraves Lane, West Mersea, on October 1 from 11am until 3pm

Clacton area

• Eldo Bar MacMillan Coffee Morning with a Difference, 23 Broadway, Jaywick on September 29 from 10am until noon
• Carol Carter, 19 Litchfield Close, Clacton, on September 29 from 10am
• Clacton Leisure Centre Macmillan Coffee morning, Vista Road, Clacton, on September 29, from 11.30am
• Old Road Medical Practise, 145 Old Road, Clacton on September 29, from 1pm
• Tendring Time Bank MacMillan Coffee morning, 30a St. Osyth Road, Clacton, on September 29, from 10am to 2pm
• Coffee Morning, East of England Co-op Funeral Services, 75b Station Road, Clacton, on September 29, from 10am to 2pm
• Jubilee unit coffee morning, Clacton & District Hospital, Tower Road, Clacton, on September 30 from 10am

Halstead area

• A Cake and a Cuppa at Greenstead Family Barns Cafe, Greenstead Farm, Greenstead Green, on September 29 from 9am until 11.45am.
• The Drapers Coffee Morning, 53 High Street, Earls Colne, on September 29 from 10.30am.
• Coffee Morning, Reading Room, High Street, Great Yeldham on September 30 from 10am.

Braintree area

• Macmillan coffee morning, village hall, Church End, Shalford on September 29 from 10am.
• Great Big Coffee Morning with toddler play, Great Bardfield Town Hall, Dunmow Road, Great Bardfield, on September 29 from 9.30am until 1pm
• The Tabor Group Coffee Morning, Fennes Shooting School, Fennes Road, Braintree on September 29 from 10am
• Panfield village hall, 46 Thistedown, Panfield, on September 29 from 10.30am
• Blake House Craft Centre, 6 Craft Centre, Blake End, Rayne, on September 29 from 11am until 1pm
• Cushlas coffee morning, 2 Brunwin Road, Rayne, on September 29 from 8.30am
• Rayne Macmillan coffee morning, Rayne Village Hall, 3 Gore Road, on September 30 from 10am until 1pm
• Macmillan Coffee Morning, Braintree District Council, The Town Hall, 
• Market Square, on September 29, from 10am until 2pm
• Travis Perkins Braintree's Coffee Morning, 9 Benfield Way, Braintree on September 29 from 8.30am
• M&S Coffee Morning, Unit 7 Braintree Retail Park, Charter Way, September 29 from 10.30am
• The Salons Coffee Morning, 6-6a East Street, Coggeshall on 

Witham area

• RPFA Coffee morning, Rivenhall Village Hall, 54 Church Road, 
• Rivenhallon September 29 from 9am
• Silver Tots Macmillan Coffee Morning, Silver End Congregational Church Hall, Silver Street, Silver End on September 28 from 9.45am until 11.30am
• Elyssa's Coffee Morning, The Institute Hall, 78 High Street, Kelvedon on September 30 from 2.30pm until 5pm

Maldon area

• Coffee Morning, St Luke's Church Extension, Church Road, Tiptree, on September 29 from 9am until noon
• Knit and Natter Coffee Morning, Honywood Hall, Hall Road, Great Totham, on September 29 from 10am until 12.30pm

Chelmsford area

• Fun Day, Pets Corner, Wyevale Garden Centre, Homelands Retail Park, Cuton Hall Lane, Chelmsford, on October 14 from 9.30am until 5pm
• Anglia Ruskin University, Bishop Hall Lane, Chelmsford, on September 29 from 10am
• Macmillan Coffee Morning @ Coffee Hub, Springfield Park Baptist Church, Chelmsford, on September 28 from 9.30am until noon
• And so to bed coffee morning, 15 Riverside Terrace, Victoria Road, Chelmsford, on September 29 from 10am until 3pm
• Waterhouse Volvo Coffee Morning, 4 Baynes Place, 
• Chelmsford, on September 29 from 9.30am
• Christ Church Coffee Morning, 164 New London Road, 
• Chelmsford, on September 30 from 10am
• M&S Coffee Morning, M&S Cafe Chelmsford, on September 29 from 10.30am
• The Great Baddow Bowls Club, The Recreation Ground, Baddow Road on September 28 from 10am until 2pm
• Coffee morning at the Bell Woodham Ferrers, The Bell Inn, Main Road, Woodham Ferrers on September 30 at 11am
• The Curlew Macmillan Coffee Morning, 80 Gandalfs Ride, South Woodham Ferrers, on September 29 from 11am

Brentwood area

• The Robin Coffee Morning, Ongar Road, on September 29 from 10am
• Kazen Kai Martial Arts, Bannister Drive, Hutton, on September 29 from 10.30am until noon
• Coffee Morning, Brentwood Baptist Church, 91 Kings Road, 
• Brentwood, on September 29 from 10am until noon
• Ivy Rose Florist's Macmillan Coffee Morning, 37 Ongar Road, Brentwood, on September 29 from 10am
• M&S Coffee Morning, 43-45 High Street, Brentwood, on September 29 from 10.30am 
• Worlds Biggest Coffee Morning, Spire Hartswood Hospital, Eagle Way, Warley, on September 29 from 9am
• Cake and Pamper, Studio One, 8 Meadows Close, Ingrave, on September 29 from 10am 

Basildon

• M&S Coffee Morning, Mayflower Retail Park, Basildon, on September 29 from 10.30am
• Come for a Cuppa!, Children First Fostering Agency, 3 Lords Court, Basildon, on September 29 from 11am
• Felmores dental care coffee morning, Felmores End, Pitsea, on September 29 from 10am
• Dennington Crescent on the Green, 21 Dennington Crescent, Fryerns, on September 30 from 4pm
• M&S Coffee Morning, 1 Town Square, Basildon on September 29 from 10.30am
• Macmillan Coffee Morning, Kingswood Baptist Church, Codenham Straight, on September 30 from 10am
• Madi's coffee morning, Flat 3 Miriam Courts, High Road, Basildon, on October 1 from 10am until noon
• Kare Plus Basildon & Southend Coffee Morning, 7 Riverside House, Lower Southend Road, Wickford, on October 2 from 9.30am until noon

Benfleet

• Jet Wheel Tyre's Coffee Morning, 223 Church Road, Benfleet, on September 29 from 10am
• Macmillans Afternoon Tea, Bread & Cheese Pub, 520 London Road, Benfleet, on September 30 from noon
• The Coffee Grind, The Green Room, Kiln Road, Benfleet on September 29 from 10am noon

Rayleigh area

• Lower Barn Cafe's Coffee Morning, London Road, Rayleigh, on September 29 from 9am
• Thatch Hairdressers, 13 London Road, Rayleigh, on September 29 from 9am
• St Albans Church, St John's Road, Westcliff, on September 29 from 10:30 to 12:30.
• The Red Door, 131 High Street, Rayleigh, on September 29 from 10am
• M&S Coffee Morning, 12-24 Eastwood Road, Rayleigh, on September 29 from 10.30am
• First Choice Kitchens and Bathrooms MacMillan Coffee Morning, 33-35 Spa Road, Hockley, on September 29 from 10am until 12.30pm
• Weight Watchers Hullbridge, St. Thomas of Canterbury Church, Thorpedene Avenue, Hullbridge, on September 27 from 10.30am until noon

Southend area

• Wendy's coffee morning, Snipitz, 381 Rayleigh Road, Leigh, on October 2 from 11am
• World's Biggest Coffee Morning, Leigh Wesley Methodist Church, Elm Road, Leigh, on September 29 from 10am until 12.30pm
• Strangeways Coffee & Cake Morning, 11-13 Elm Road, Leigh, on September 29 from 9am
• Birdwood Coffee Morning, Birdwood Bakery, 125 Leigh Road, Leigh, on September 29 from 10am
• Rose Martha's Coffee & Cake on the go, 64 Leigh Road, Leigh, on September 29 from 10am
• Bon Bon Decadence Coffee Morning, 58, The Ridgeway, Westcliff, on September 29 from 10am
• Macmillan Coffee Morning, Southend Hospital NHS Trust, Prittlewell Chase, Westcliff, on September 29 from 10am
• RNA Macmillan Coffee Morning, Royal Naval Association Club Ltd, East Street, Southend, on September 29 from 10.30am
• M&S Coffee Morning, 56 High Street, Southend, on September 29 from 10.30am
• The Castle's Coffee Morning, 92 Eastern Esplanade, Southend, on September 29 from 11am
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• Coffee Afternoon and Morning, Shoebury Mission Hall, Wakering Avenue, Shoebury, on September 28 from 2.30pm until 4pm
• Anchor Macmillan Coffee Morning, Anchor Inn, High Street, Great Wakering, on September 29 from 10.30am
• Eastern County Care, Little Wakering House, 367-369 Little Wakering Road, Little Wakering, on September 30 from 11am until 3pm

Canvey

• Coffee and Wood, Taurus, Lakeside Crescent, Canvey, on September 28 from 9.30am until 11.30am
• Platinum Rose Macmillan Coffee Morning, 11 Long Road, Platinum Rose, Canvey, on September 29 from 9am
• Co-op Funeralcare's Macmillan Coffee Morning, 16 Furtherwick Road, Canvey, on September 29 from 10am until noon

Grays

• Woodlands Edge Coffee Morning, Broxburn Parade, South Ockendon, on September 29 from 10am
• Cherry Tree Garden Coffee morning, Macmillan Carers Service, Thurrock Community Hospital, Long Lane, Grays, on September 28 from 10.30am
• M&S Coffee Morning, Lakeside, on September 29 from 10.30am
• Garlands & Greens coffee morning, 2b Calcutta Road, Tilbury on September 29 from 10am
• Macmillan Coffee Morning, East Tilbury Library, East Tilbury Village Hall, Princess Margaret Road, East Tilbury, on September 28 from 10am until noon