03/03/2026

Jumbo to recruit young creatives

The Jumbo Project is giving ten young people the chance to join an exciting creative research programme to discover Water Stories and inspire future generations.

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30/12/2025

Major boost for Jumbo

The Jumbo Project has received £200,000 from the Garfield Weston Foundation, a family founded grant-maker which supports charities.

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13/12/2025

Not Jingle Bells, Jingle Bricks!

This festive season we are offering the chance to buy a unique gifts, sponsorship of one of Jumbo’s 1.2 million Victorian bricks.

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28/11/2025

Artist visits Jumbo to film TV series

Accomplished artist David Downes visited Jumbo to get inspiration for to his latest paintings and to film a tv series.

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02/11/2025

Could you help our charity?

North Essex Heritage is recruiting one or more Volunteer Special Advisers to help our charity with some brilliant, challenging, and unique projects.

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12/10/2025

Artists create Jumbo image

Dozens of art and design students from Colchester Institute took on a Jumbo-size project for The Big Draw Festival.

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A group of smiling men and women stand in front of a brick building.
03/09/2025

MP praises inspiring funding

Colchester’s MP has thanked two of The Jumbo Project’s major funders as work gets underway to save the landmark building.

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A group of smiling men and women at seen with a very tall brick building in the background. The building is a disused water tower and is topped with a large, square red metal tank.
14/08/2025

Book sales boost for Jumbo

The project to restore and repurpose Jumbo has received a £9,000 boost from the group set up to save the tower 25 years ago.

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02/08/2025

Work to start this month

Sir Robert McAlpine Special Projects has been appointed to lead the restoration of Jumbo and things are starting to happen this month.

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12/07/2025

Would you like to join The Jumbo Project team?

If you have a passion for engagement and experience of creating activities that inspire people you could be our Engagement Assistant.

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