THE Princess Alexandra Hospital Charity is looking for keen runners to represent their charity in the 2023 TCS London Marathon. The charity currently has three open positions for participants to run, jog, or walk their way through the marathon which is due to take place…

WEST Essex and East Herts charity, St Clare Hospice, is set to host a series of heartfelt ‘Light up a Life’ memorial services this December; giving families the opportunity to celebrate the lives of their loved ones this winter. The festive season can be a…

A KIND-hearted young Harlow boy is undertaking a charity head shave for his young friend Stanley who has a brain tumour. Stanley is fighting a rare aggressive brain tumour. It was around September last year, when Stanley Batten started to have the odd headache, occasionally…

A GROUP of Harlow musicians have released their version of Band Aid in order to wish the England football team well at next months’s football World Cup. Beat The World (Do They Know It’s Coming Home) was released on Sunday at a special event at…

BACK in August, we went down to Carly Burd’s home as she had turned her garden into an allotment in order to produce food for people in need. The article was seen by Geoff Jukes and the team at Town and Country Estate Agents. They…

Call ECCO now for a free collection of your unwanted furniture! ECCO Charity reg no. 1130574 have availability this week and next week to collect your unwanted furniture! One of our main goals is diverting items from going to landfill. Please call us on 01279…

FAMILY jeweller F.Hinds, Harlow has revealed its new Pudsey collection in partnership with BBC Children in Need, this week. This year’s collection will be launching in stores across the UK on Friday 21 October and includes an Alarm Clock (£16.99), a Trinket Box (£14.99) and…

HARLOW charity Rainbow Services, which works to improve local people’s quality of life, have led a community team to improve the entrance to Wych Elm in Harlow. Kelly Tarling and Jason Shaves from Rainbow Services helped create a team of Wych Elm businesses and stakeholders,…

EARLIER THIS WEEK, staff at Cooks Spinney pre-school had their generous contribution to the Harlow Foodbank all ready to go. They put out an appeal to any parent who was free to drive up to the base at Houlsham Tye and drop the goods off.…

MORE than 160 local people turned out to support St Clare Hospice on Sunday 16th October 2022 to take part in the charity’s fourth annual Walking in Memory event – a 5k sponsored walk through the local, Essex countryside. The event has raised around £15,500 so…

Education & Enjoyment – ECCO’s year at Parndon Wood Nature Reserve so far. A reflection by Ezra at Parndon Wood IT has been an incredible year so far at the woods, it has been a pleasure to host so many school trips for our local…

A HARLOW funeral home raised hundreds of pounds at a recent MacMillan Coffee Morning. The morning was held at Masterson Funeral Homes in Old Harlow, who are part of the Daniel Robinson and Sons group. A spokesperson said: “A huge thank you to everyone who…

THE Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Trust outstanding, following an inspection carried out in August and September. The service provides emergency care to critically ill and injured patients in Essex, Hertfordshire and the surrounding areas. It was inspected as…

THE Medical Director of a Hospice has completed a 80km+ trek through the Jordanian desert to Petra, to raise funds for the charity that he has worked at for more than 22 years. Dr Qamar Abbas (age 53 years from Chelmsford) completed the 5-day trek…