Charity
A HARLOW woman, whose campaign to grow and distribute food from her home and an allotment, has been named BBC Essex Volunteer of the Year. Back in April. Carly Burd hit the national headlines when vandals allegedly poured salt onto an allotment the disabled woman…
A CHILDREN’S nursery, popular with a number of Harlow parents is making an appeal after a fire has destroyed their property. A crowdfunding page for Blossoms Nursery in Thornwood has been set up if anyone can help. The message on their page states: On Monday…
IT was yet another great feat of fund raising for local funeral directors, Daniel Robinson & Sons, when they held their Annual Charity Golf Day on Wednesday, 13th September. They broke their own record for this event, increasing last year’s total by more than £8k,…
Photos by Hannah Blackburn A SPECIAL charity fundraising Tennis tournament raised over £2,000 for The Alzheimers Society. It was organised by Craig Whymark, better known to Harlow residents as Fanny Galore. Craig is the son of former Ipswich Town legend Trevor Whymark, who is living…
THE Harvey Centre is pleased to announce that they have raised an amazing £2885 for charity through fund raising activity at their One Great Day event which took place on Saturday 16th September. The Centre joined forces with One Great Day to raise funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital and Haven House Children’s Hospice, who…
MORE than £1,000 has been raised for charity following a golf day held at Canons Brook Golf Club on Wednesday 13 September 2023. The money will be split between Plants Pots and Wellies and PACT for Autism who are the chosen charities of the Chair…
THIS is an all day event starting from 12pm with lots in store including live music and DJs through the day with lots of fundraising. Quinn Gosnell is quite simply one of a kind. The four-year-old has a rare form of kidney cancer but everyone…
View in BrowserA TEENAGE girl has completed a 12-day challenge that has seen her cycle hundreds of miles to every one of Redwings’ visitor centres across England and Scotland, raising over £2,000 for the charity. Isabel Wright, who is 13-years-old and from Rugby, Warwickshire rode over…
ON this year’s International Day of Charity, residents are being asked to consider how volunteering could provide vital support to a charity in their area. Essex County Council’s Summer of Volunteering campaign aims to inspire residents to support their community by spreading the word about…
STARTING today (Monday 4th September), Air Ambulance Week 2023 will take off across the UK, and local charity, the Essex & Herts Air Ambulance (EHAAT), who is also celebrating its 25th year of providing a life-saving 24/7 service to its local communities, will be onboard. Air Ambulance…
A QUIZ is to be held in Church Langley for the people of Church Langley and their friends. Full details below.
A NEW Essex-based charity has launched with thousands of pounds of grant funding available to support community-centric good causes making a positive impact in rural communities across Essex. The Hypercharged Foundation, set up by rural broadband provider County Broadband, is an independent grant-giving charity to…
CALLING all courageous soles…are you brave enough to take on the coals? The St Clare Firewalk promises to be one on the most memorable journeys you will ever undertake – a barefoot walk over red hot wood embers. With no tricks and no special effects,…
A 13-year-old girl is cycling to every one of Redwings’ five visitor centres across England and Scotland to raise money for the largest horse welfare charity in the UK – with a little help from her father and his best friend. Fantastic fundraiser Isabel Wright,…
ON Sunday 10th September, Helen Rollason Cancer Charity will be organising a ramble and trail run in beautiful Essex countryside followed by a cream tea. There are several rambles to choose from: 1 mile, 4 miles, 6 miles and 10 miles, or participants can do…
HUNDREDS attended the annual Community Embrace Festival held on the Abercrombie Way fields on Saturday. There was a wealth of entertainment, food and entertainment at the event. Our cameras filmed Cara and Jodi performing as well as Razed Roof with some community dancing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FVlOkpvJhiI
