Charity
F.HINDS, one of the UK’s longest-established family-owned jewellers, is celebrating an outstanding year of charitable giving, community support and business growth in 2025 – while looking ahead to an even more impactful year ahead. 2026 marks 170 years of trading for the business, which continues…
AN Essex and Suffolk-based business has smashed its fundraising target for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) – helping more than 50 families make cherished memories with their loved ones. Lignacite, a leading manufacturer of concrete blocks for the building trade, named the organisation as its…
SPONSORED Match Day – Supporting St Clare Hospice. Join in on 31st January 2026 as Harlow Rugby Club host Wymondham RFC for a special sponsored match in support of St Clare Hospice – proudly hosted by Princeps. St Clare Hospice provides compassionate, life-changing care to people living with life-limiting…
COMMUNITY Embrace and SWEAT are coming together for Sweat Sunday. This will take place at the GPCA on Abercrombie Way, Harlow. Full details below.
LOCAL charities, sports clubs and community groups in Essex and Hertfordshire are being reminded that there’s still time to apply for the latest round of funding from the Stansted Airport Community Fund, with the deadline set for Friday 13 February. The fund is open to…
A POPULAR Harlow singer is set to undertake a marathon 12 hour sing-a-thon for charity. Paul Bromond is well known for supporting a whole host of community events across the town. On January 23rd, he will be doing a 12hr sing-a-thon at the Shark pub…
THE Traitors star Leanne Quigley is urging people to kick start the New Year by signing up to Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life in Essex. The charity’s much-loved events will be taking place across the UK from May to July as communities go ‘all…
BIG Give, Global’s Make Some Noise, and NCVO announce the opening of applications for the Small Charity Week 2026 match funding campaign, the second nationwide match funding campaign dedicated exclusively to small charities. Following the success of the inaugural 2025 campaign, Small Charity Week will…
IN November and December this year, St Clare Hospice held their brand-new Santa’s Grotto in partnership with Harlow Garden Centre and Blue Diamond Garden Centres. The hospice’s winter wonderland proved to be a success, selling out quickly and receiving a positive reaction from families who…
ST Clare Hospice Thanks the Community for Coming Together in Remembrance at 2025 Light up a Life Services Local charity St Clare Hospice hosted its 2025 Light up a Life remembrance services across West Essex throughout November and December. Each service offered a space for…
JUST before Christmas, one of the Patrons of Essex-based Charity, The Dream Factory, Anne Wafula-Strike MBE, British Wheelchair Paralympian, was delighted to be bestowed an Honorary Membership to The Rotary Club of London. Anne who now lives in Harlow, was born in Mihu, Kenya, and was a fit…
HARLOW Foodbank would like to give a huge thank you to some of the students from Burnt Mill Academy for their tremendous effort helping at the Harlow Food Bank Store House today! They sorted three stacked pallets of donations and a whopping 595.5kg of food…
A HARLOW man is taking on a major swimming challenge in order to raise money for children in Gaza. Mark Watson’s message on his Justgiving page states: “I have felt helpless day after day seeing images of countless children in Gaza with broken bodies and…
ON 4th January 2026, Shaun Weston, Managing Director at British Offsite, will embark on The Last Degree Challenge; a seven-day, 100km ski journey across one of the harshest environments on Earth, pushing towards the South Pole in an extraordinary test of endurance to raise vital…
COULD 2026 be your year to do something memorable and meaningful? This year’s calendar is jam-packed with ways you can have fun and make a difference in support of St Clare. • March – Paws for a Cause – Find pawr-pose this year. Complete a…
IN 2025, ECCO charity has raised a further £3,000 for Harlow Foodbank thanks to the generosity of customers and a commitment to match every pound donated. The total now amounts to £10,000 over 3 years. The funds were raised through donations made by customers purchasing…





