{"id":4118,"date":"2026-05-08T08:01:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T08:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.essexraynet.co.uk\/?p=4118"},"modified":"2026-05-08T08:01:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T08:01:41","slug":"weve-done-it-essex-raynet-becomes-a-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.essexraynet.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/weve-done-it-essex-raynet-becomes-a-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;ve done it!  Essex RAYNET becomes a Charity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essexraynet.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/NEWS-image-2018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.essexraynet.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/NEWS-image-2018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.essexraynet.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/NEWS-image-2018.jpg 315w, https:\/\/www.essexraynet.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/NEWS-image-2018-300x282.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">What can I say, we&#8217;ve done it!<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">I am delighted to confirm that, Essex RAYNET is now a Foundation Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) as of Wednesday 6<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0May 2026.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This is a fantastic step forward for Essex RAYNET and will open the doors to grants and fundraising, as well as being registered as a legal &#8216;entity&#8217; which helps protect the financial and organisation as we progress over the forthcoming years.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The hard-work is really only just beginning, as there will be a transitional period for elements of the daily operations of Essex RAYNET, moving to Essex RAYNET CIO, which has many operational benefits.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><b><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/b><\/div>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-body-separator-line\" dir=\"auto\" data-applydefaultfontstyles=\"true\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Jason Moore<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">M9XTA<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Chairman and County Coordinator<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What can I say, we&#8217;ve done it! I am delighted to confirm that, Essex RAYNET is now a Foundation Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) as of Wednesday 6th\u00a0May 2026. This is a fantastic step forward for Essex RAYNET and will open the doors to grants and fundraising, as well as being registered as a legal &#8216;entity&#8217;<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essexraynet.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/weve-done-it-essex-raynet-becomes-a-charity\/\">+ Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essexraynet.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essexraynet.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essexraynet.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexraynet.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexraynet.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexraynet.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4119,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexraynet.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4118\/revisions\/4119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essexraynet.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexraynet.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexraynet.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}