Charity
ST Clare Hospice is joining voices with six other Essex hospices to #sharethecare as they come together to mark Hospice Care Week. As part of the national initiative, which runs from October 6 to 12, the Hastingwood-based charity is collaborating with St Francis, The J’s,…
A ZUMBATHON class is set to go ahead in order to raise money for St Clares hospice in Harlow. The zumbathan has been organised by Waltham Abbey Zumba instructors Bee Payne and Sam Champion. The event will be held at Waltham Abbey Town Council starting…
St Clare Hospice has received a £1,000 grant from the Santandar Foundation after being nominated by a Hospice supporter as thanks for caring for her father. The Hospice was put forward for the Community Plus cash award by St Clare supporter Tracy Begley who filled…
A NUMBER of Harlow residents have been taking part in the Ice Bucket Challenge. The Ice Bucket Challenge, sometimes called the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, is an activity involving dumping a bucket of ice water on someone’s head to promote awareness of the disease amyotrophic…
IT LOOKS like it is going to be a very busy year for the chair of Harlow Council, cllr Ian Beckett. On Saturday, he donned his Onesie to walk from Passmores Academy to Harlow Museum in order to raise money for Harlow Chocolate Run and…
THREE hundred runners are expected to pound the pavements of Stansted Mountfitchet for the village’s annual 10k Fun Run in aid of St Clare. The organising committee of the long-running race have handed over the community event on Sunday, July 13 to the Hastingwood-based Hospice,…
FLASHES of fluorescent lit up the night as more than 600 people turned out for St Clare Hospice’s annual Midnight Walk on Saturday. Neon pink, yellow, orange and green illuminated the night for the 80s-themed revival as walkers of all ages came together to support…
TV PRESENTER Jeff Brazier is helping ensure St Clare Hospice’s first-ever It’s a Knockout competition packs a punch! The Hub host has lent his support to the fun team-building event taking place next Thursday (July 10) at Bishop’s Stortford Rugby Club. In 2009, the Hastingwood-based…
NWES staff will be turning back the clock to the decade when the enterprise agency was founded when they take part in next weekend’s 80s-themed Midnight Walk for St Clare Hospice. The not-for-profit organisation, which manages the Harlow Enterprise Hub in Edinburgh Way and is…
THE Rotary Club of Harlow Tye has donated £100 to the Bricklayers Arms Troop, the 15-strong group of pubgoers who are to retrace the historic 75-mile route of Operation Market Garden 70 years ago. Group leader Gary Middlehurst received the cheque from club president Mike…
THE keys to a new Ford Studio KA have been officially handed over to the winner of St Clare Hospice’s most successful Spring Raffle. Vera Morley was presented with the keys by St Clare lottery manager Caron Lakey and Mark Bennett, sales manager at local…
St Clare fundraisers have been shaking things up by teaming up with Harlow’s only independent milkshake bar to produce our very first Midnight Walk milkshake. Shake, Wrap & Roll, at The Stow, have come up with an udder-ly fantastic 80s inspired shake which is on…
DELICIOUS home-baked cakes and lovingly made jams and preserves will be bringing a quintessentially British touch to the St Clare Hospice annual May Fayre on Saturday, May 10. More than 10 stallholders will be selling their wares to raise funds for the Hastingwood-based Hospice at…
FANCY a daredevil challenge this spring? Then why not try your head for heights and join the thrilling 110ft abseil down Harlow Water Tower in aid of a local breast cancer clinical trials charity? Last year 50 people took the challenge at Church Langley, raising…
THE St Clare van was back in service on Monday – more than a month after it was driven away from the Hospice site by thieves. Drivers Paul and Martin were delighted to get the keys back so they can resume our delivery and collection…
