YOU ARE invited to come along to St Clare’s Harlow based Scarlet, Vintage & Retro shop for a Mod experience to remember! The event will be held from 9.30am – 5pm at their Vintage & Retro store, with a best dressed Mod catwalk at 2pm. When arriving…

LEADING housebuilder, Redrow, has raised a fantastic £9,726 for their charity of the year, Essex & Herts Air Ambulance (EHAAT). Charity events were held throughout 2022, raising funds that will help the air ambulance to continue to provide vital service for those across the counties and surrounding…

ON the 8th May Coronation Bank Holiday Harlow Foodbank are opening the doors of their Store House to show visitors how the charity supports Harlow and the surrounding area. In the past year they have gave out over 4,000 food parcels from the Foodbank. Each…

HARLOW MP, Robert Halfon, is taking on the challenge of a sponsored swim to raise vital funds for Harlow Hospital Radio. On Friday 2nd June 2023, Robert will swim 100 lengths of a 20 metre pool in an attempt to help the Hospital Radio to…

THIS month (April) is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, an opportunity to focus on prevention and early treatment of the disease. Bowel cancer is cancer found anywhere in the large bowel, which includes the colon and rectum. It’s one of the most common types of cancer…

ST CLARE Hospice has received a funding boost after lawyers recovered costs for a man it cared for before his death from asbestos cancer. Terry Coombes, from Harlow, was diagnosed with mesothelioma in October 2019.  A cancer of the lining of the lungs, mesothelioma is…

A NUMBER of Harlow residents have raised thousands for charity by completing the London Marathon. Over the last year, they have run mile after mile through the roads, streets and cycle tracks of Harlow. Sundays have been dominated by the ‘long run” That began at…

ON Sunday 23rd April a team of twelve runners completed the London Marathon in aid of local charity, St Clare Hospice. The team have so far raised a combined total of more than £26,000 for the Hospice. That is enough to fund over 12 days…

Harlow based domestic abuse charity wants you to take on their Muddy May Challenge  RESIDENTS across the region are encouraged to put on their old running shoes and tackle a 5km obstacle course to help raise funds for survivors of domestic abuse.  The local charity supports…

HAVE you got a sofa looking for a new home? Or perhaps a dining table and chairs that isnt getting the use they deserve? St Clare Hospice has the answer! The Hastingwood-based hospice charity runs a free furniture collection service across West Essex and the…

THE NSPCC can today reveal new data from a joint UK wide survey of 8,329 teachers, with the teaching union NASUWT, which highlights the essential role that schools play in safeguarding children and the concerning landscape of abuse and neglect. More than 400 teachers were…

THE cost-of-living crisis may have taken its toll on the nation, but Harlow residents have given a vital helping hand to their neighbours – through supporting the work of the Michael Roberts Charitable Trust. The Harlow charity have calculated that a breathtaking 8 – 10%…

HARLOW residents have got to know (and love) Harlow Playhouse favourite Fanny Galore over the past few years but many may not know the man behind the mascara. But Craig Whymark has launched a number of fundraising activities on behalf of his father, the former…

THIS year, a team of fourteen will be tackling the world-famous London Marathon in aid of local charity, St Clare Hospice. On Sunday 23rd April they will represent the Hastingwood-based hospice at the UK’s largest marathon on the 26.2 mile route through the capital. Eight of…