Charity
JOIN them on Tuesday 28 June 2022 from 6-8pm at Harlow Playhouse for this free, open event where we will be opening up the conversation around hospice care for the LGBTQ+ community. St Clare Hospice is hosting this event in collaboration with Harlow and West Essex Pride and the Harlow Playhouse Trust to offer…
A NEWLY qualified optometrist at Specsavers in Harlow has returned from a trip to Kurdistan where they provided free eye care to more than 80 orphans in two days. Sara Sidik and her family founded their own charity, Al Sadaqah, and raised £3,500 to provide…
HELP FOR FLOOD VICTIMS IN SYLHET, BANGLADESH DAYS of heavy rain at the beginning of monsoon season have caused widespread flooding in Sylhet, north-eastern Bangladesh, leaving millions stranded without shelter, food, or access to clean water. Flood water is now over a metre above the…
SUPPORTERS are preparing to ‘Step Up’ for St Clare as part of a month-long sponsored step challenge taking place to raise funds for the West Essex and East Hertfordshire charity, St Clare Hospice. The challenge asks participants to walk 10,000 steps every day, for the…
CYCLING for a cause, three brave cyclists took on the epic 100 mile ‘Ride London Essex 100’ bike ride on Sunday 29th May. Riders Jon, Morgan and Craig collectively raised over £1200 to date for West Essex based Disability Charity Accuro (Care Services). Rider Morgan…
COMMUNITY groups across the UK can today bid for levelling up funding to take back control of pubs, music venues, sports facilities, and historic buildings for the benefit of the public. Groups will be able to bid for a share of the government’s £150 million…
REYLAND Johnson set to host St Clare Hospice Charity Fun Day. Full details on poster below.
YH is following a number of runners as they prepare for the London Marathon in October 2022. Among the runners is local teacher, Sarah Jackson. Sarah said: “I first featured in Your Harlow in February 2022, I am a local teacher and mum running the London Marathon…
CLOSE to 600 runners, joggers, walkers took part in a 6k run to mark the opening of a new junction of the M11. On a lovely June evening, the participants raised over £8,000 for St Clare Hospice. The run was organised by the civil engineers…
GRIEFLINE (01279 945089) is a local resource offering much-needed emotional support, across West Essex and East Herts, to anyone struggling with their grief around the loss of someone. GriefLine operates from 9am – 5pm, Monday to Friday. It is run by a team of St…
THE big bug hunt took place at Parndon Wood Nature Reserve in Harlow on 1st June 2022 during the half term and the free event was a hit with local families. With over 24,000 insect species in the UK, Baker Ross is on a mission…
THE WORKS in the Harvey Centre are set to have a charity event this weekend. They are trying to raise as much money as they can for Marillac Neurological care centre, They will be all dressing up in beach theme. There will be a large…
A NUMBER of comedians who are set to appear at the world’s largest arts festival in Edinburgh are set to perform in Harlow. Full details below.
THE leader of Harlow Labour has thanked the volunteers of Harlow. Cllr Vince said: “On volunteers week I want to take a moment to thank all of the volunteers across Harlow and across the rest of Essex who give up their free time to make…
STAFF at a Harlow store took the opportunity to raise much needed funds as part of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. The Matalan store in The Water Gardens were raise money for the Royal British Legion, who especially undertake a lot of great work in…
RISING poverty may be contributing to thousands more children going into care in England, research suggests. The University of Liverpool study links a rise in child poverty to more than 10,000 extra children being taken into local authority care over five years. Growing rates of…
