THE third Monday of January (Monday 21st January) has been awarded the gloomy title of Blue Monday, due to a combination of post-Christmas blues, cold dark nights and most people having already broken their new year’s resolutions. But the St Clare Hospice weekly lottery is…

Challenge yourself and become a St Clare Superhero in 2019 THOSE looking for a new adventure in 2019 can find out how to make their year thrilling, and raise money for a local charity, at St Clare Hospice’s first ever Challenge Information Evening. An industry…

ST Clare Hospice, in Hastingwood, is calling on local people to help them improve the lives of others through its growing community-led social connection programme, Compassionate Neighbours. The award-winning programme, originally founded by St Joseph’s Hospice in East London in 2011, has now been established…

THIS week, St Clare Hospice is opening a new Donation Centre at the Links Business Centre in Bishop’s Stortford, which will help the charity raise vital funds for future patient care. The Donation Centre will open its doors for donations from the public on Wednesday…

HARLOW Hospital Radio team once again take to the stage of the Victoria Theatre in Old Harlow for the fifth HHR Variety Show on Saturday February 2nd. As well as members of the radio station, which is a 100% voluntary organisation broadcasting to patients of…

St Clare’s Harlow Shop Manager urges locals to volunteer in their local charity shop Kevin Stocker (59, from Harlow) has joined the team at St Clare Hospice’s flagship charity shop at the St James Centre in Harlow, where he is the new Shop Manager. Kevin…

UNTIL the end of February 2019 ,night shelter accommodation is available for anyone sleeping rough in Harlow via Hope4Harlow. Each night a different local church is providing shelter. During the coldest weather we will provide additional accommodation for anyone who is able to access Hope4Harlow…

ST Clare Hospice is celebrating the fifth birthday of its Hospice at Home service which was launched in January 2014. The team of registered nurses and nursing assistants provide free, short-term, compassionate care for people with life-limiting illnesses in the comfort of their own home,…

HARLOW Town FC are delighted to be hosting a charity game in aid of Great Ormond Street Children’s Charity. They have partnered with Writtle College and Essex Senior Football League to help raise funds for this worthwhile cause, supporting the great work done at Great…

THE “Not the Royal Variety Performance” is coming to Harlow to raise funds for local homeless charity, Streets2Homes. It is organised and hosted by local comedian Clare Harrison McCartney and promises to entertain. The Fraudway singers are headlining with their show. Local vocalist Cara Sheridan…

LAST year, The Hare and its customers raised so much money for St Clare Hospice and had so much fun with their charity Christmas fun day! From 4pm on Sunday December 23rd, they will have kids games, snow machine a visit from Santa, some amazing…

OVER the last month, around 600 people have come together to celebrate the lives of friends and loved ones in a series of ‘Light up a Life’ Christmas carol and remembrance services. The Hastingwood-based charity held a series of seven ‘Light up a Life’ services…

IT looks like Harlow is in good hands if there are more six-year-olds like Sonny. Last week, Sonny was walking to Freshwaters Primary school with his mother Katy, when he saw homeless people asleep. Sonny was very upset. The next week, when he wrote his…

ON Monday 17th December footballers from West Ham’s under 23 team paid a visit to the Hastingwood-based hospice to bring some festive cheer to the patients on St Clare Hospice’s Inpatient Unit and those visiting the Day Centre. They also brought a £1,000 donation to…