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ST Clare Hospice will be able to buy two specialist pieces of medical equipment to help patients administer pain relief in the comfort of their own homes thanks to a £3,405 grant from the Axis Foundation. The two McKinley T34 Syringe Drivers are small battery-powered…
A CHARITY bike ride from Harlow to the Republic of Ireland is set to be completed today. As we reported on Monday, six riders set off from the Princess Alexandra Hospital, on a 350 mile ride to Carrick on Suir, Co Tipperary with a goal…
AN INTREPID team of cyclists are cycling from Harlow to the the Republic of Ireland and all for a great cause. Earlier this year, Church Langley residents Alissa and James’ Ashworth little boy Billy was born asleep on the 14th February – unfortunately Billy suffered…
THE snow covered streets of Old Harlow and Saffron Walden grace the cover of St Clare Hospice’s beautiful Christmas cards this year. The bespoke cards, which feature original artwork by illustrator Fergus Russell and have been published exclusively for the Hospice, are perfect for sending…
IN the run-up to Halloween, why not spook yourself silly with a Fright Hike Challenge through Epping Forest at night in aid of St Clare Hospice? Designed as a team event, the 30km overnight walk in six hours on Saturday, October 26 is one Hell…
TWINS Claire and Stuart Evenden, from Harlow, will be taking the plunge when they take part in a skydive for St Clare Hospice in memory of their nan. Claire, who is afraid of heights, said having her brother there would help to ease the nerves…
YOUR HARLOW met with Harlow based Essex Ghostbuster Ricky Westall to discuss what it means to be a Ghostbuster in Harlow today, and how he hopes to tackle cancer, as well as the supernatural, by walking eight miles in full Ghostbuster get up. Tell me…
Letter to Editor Support Diabetes UK I am looking for enthusiastic volunteers in or near to Harlow, Essex to help me collect donations for Diabetes UK in your local Tesco store. I signed up as a Team Leader for the Big Collection because I recently…
HARLOW Council has a collection box for used postage stamps in its reception at the Civic Centre in Harlow on behalf of St Clare Hospice. The charity, which was set up in 1990 and provides palliative care at its hospice in Hastingwood, is looking for…
Tickets for the event, sponsored by Bidwells, cost £6 (adults) and £2 (for 16-year-olds and under – under-threes free). Accuro’s events co-ordinator Ruth Davies said: “We are hoping families, friends and jazz lovers will come along to not only enjoy the gardens and Barry Tyler’s…
STRUGGLING for ideas to keep the kids entertained this Bank Holiday weekend? Then why not head down to Miller & Carter in Harlow for a family fun day in aid of St Clare Hospice. With temperatures expected to soar this weekend, the London Road steakhouse’s…
THE SUCCESS OF A Foodbank is a hard one to quantify. It is hardly a thing to celebrate and yet the work of Gary Knott and his team has to be lauded. If it was not for them, who would have stepped forward. Harlow Foodbank…
AVA McCarthy is one helluva girl. At just the tender age of two years old she’s leading a quest to fight childhood cancer. TWO-year old Ava has Stage 3 Wilms Tumour with complications. The cells found in Avas tumour don’t represent a normal Wilms. Ava…
THOSE little stamps on the corner of all your letters can still bring in hundreds of pounds for St Clare Hospice, which has joined a specialist company to help us manage donations. And if you still have old foreign currency – Spanish pesetas, German Deutsche…
AT the end of July 2013 Harlow Foodbank has fed over 8,000 people in crisis with emergency food in Harlow and the surrounding area since it opened in April 2009. In the last financial year the foodbank collected over 23 tonnes of donated food from…
FOUR INTREPID walkers who are also partial to being talkers raised over two thousand pounds on a 50 mile trek for MedEuip4kids. Terri Howard, Veronoca Johannsen, Tina Fawcett and Tanya Batram made the 24 hour trk. In the ladies own words. “WOW we made it…
