Charity
AS promised, dedicated Old Harlow resident, Daisy held a cake stall on Sunday outside her house in Jocelyns. Neighbours flocked to the stall that as you can see form the photographs, held a wonderful variety of cakes. Daisy raised £212 on Sunday. A grand total…
FOR three long months, Harlow athlete Grace Iyinbor has been unable to compete as an athlete. Last year, Grace, who now competes for Enfield and Haringey, made great strides in not only her favourite event (Javelin) where she came sixth in the Southern England Champs…
St Clare’s Open Gardens 2020 event goes ‘virtual’ in its 26th year THIS summer, St Clare Hospice’s perennially popular Open Gardens fundraising event is going ‘virtual’ for the first time ever – to ensure the event can still take place amidst the coronavirus pandemic. The…
St Clare Hospice’s Urgent Fundraising Appeal raises thousands amidst Covid-19 pandemic but the road to recovery is still long ST Clare Hospice’s Urgent Fundraising Appeal, which was launched amidst the coronavirus outbreak, has raised over £120,000 for the West Essex and East Hertfordshire hospice charity.…
Karen Swims to France Without Leaving Her Garden and Raises £1,500 for Charity KAREN Sandford, Harlow Salvation Army Major and community leader, has completed the incredible challenge of swimming the width of the Channel – 21 miles plus a little extra for luck – in…
Update: Daisy had her cake sale on Sunday and raised £212. Altogether she has raised £397 for Alzheimer’s and is continuing to fundraise for them. LAST month, we told you all about kind-hearted Jocelyns resident, Daisy, who had made cakes for VE Day. Now Daisy…
THE Jack Petchey Foundation are offering £3000 total in prizes to the winners of their song-writing competition which launched last week. Jack Petchey’s Anthem competition is FREE to enter for all young people aged 11-25 from London and Essex. The initiative is designed to reach…
St Clare Hospice continues supporting locals throughout COVID-19 IT has been 10 weeks since the UK went into ‘lockdown’ and since then West Essex and East Hertfordshire charity, St Clare Hospice, has pulled out all the stops to diversify its services and continue supporting local…
Accuro’s Adult Friendship Scheme hold ‘Lockdown Bake Off’! WEST Essex based disability charity Accuro has been running virtual services for it’s members throughout the lockdown period. Throughout May, Accuro’s Adult Friendship Scheme put their baking skills to the test with a ‘virtual bake off’ challenge.…
ST Clare Hospice in Essex has partnered with local artists, illustrators and tattooists to launch two colouring-in and activity books aiming to ease people’s anxiety while the Covid-19 pandemic is ongoing. The Colour to Care books have puzzles, quizzes and artwork for both children and…
Look after the ones you love, and St Clare, this Wills Month WHEN it comes to looking after our family, there isn’t much we wouldn’t do to take care of them. It may come as a surprise then, that when it comes to stating our…
Hospice marks Carers’ Week with online wellbeing classes ST Clare Hospice is marking the annual Carers’ Week (8th – 14th June 2020) awareness campaign with the release of a series of online self-care and wellbeing classes, created by the charity’s Day Therapy team. Led by…
CHARITIES offering a range of support to local residents through the Covid-19 pandemic, including mental health, domestic abuse and tackling social isolation are to benefit from a £50,000 donation by London Stansted Airport. Each year the Airport usually contributes the £50,000 sum into its Stansted…
IN these unprecedented times, St Elizabeth’s estimates that the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic could cost us over £1.2 million – both from lost fundraising revenue and from increased expenditure on staffing and protective equipment. St Elizabeth’s cares for and supports over 200 children and…
Support 4 Sight receives the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service Support 4 Sight have been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK. Support 4 Sight has been serving those in Essex with sight…
Headway Essex brings the Colour5K to the whole of Essex with its first virtual event! HEADWAY Essex, the brain injury charity, planned to hold its eighth annual Colour5K at the Ardleigh Showground on Saturday 27 June 2020. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, they’ve had to…
