EVERY year during the first week of June (Thursday 1st – Wednesday 7th June 2023), organisations, charities and communities across the UK take part in the celebration of volunteers who offer their time and skills to make a difference. Volunteers’ Week provides an opportunity to recognise and…

LAST month, Graham Ellis Associates, a practice of Chartered Surveyors based in Harlow, hosted their inaugural Golf Day in aid of West Essex and East Herts charity, St Clare Hospice. In its first year, the Graham Ellis Golf Day raised a total of more than…

IF there’s one thing Yvonne taught her family, it was to make the most of every day. Witty and wise, Yvonne had an infectious zest for life and always followed her passions. Even after she was diagnosed with cancer, she studied for a Masters degree…

GIVE your furniture a new home, and turn it into St Clare care! 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…

ST Clare Hospice is holding its second annual Palliative Care Conference on 27th September at the Manor of Groves Hotel in Hertfordshire. The local charity covers West Essex and the borders of East Hertfordshire. Dr Qamar Abbas, Medical Director at St Clare Hospice said, “We…

HARLOW Town Cricket Club has partnered with St Clare Hospice and will replace the sponsorship space on their new playing kit with the charity’s logo. The hope is to actively promote and raise awareness of the fantastic work the hospice provides to the local community.…

DYING Matters (8 – 14 May 2023) is a week dedicated to raising awareness of topics around death, dying and bereavement. The theme for 2023 is ‘Dying Matters at Work’ and St Clare are using the week to highlight their ‘Managing Grief’ workshops. Claudine Armitage,…

THIS summer, gardens across West Essex are opening their gates and taking part in the perennially popular Open Gardens event as it returns for its 29th year.  This year, the horticultural event will take place throughout the summer season, giving green-fingered fans of the event many…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

WEST Essex and East Hertfordshire charity, St Clare Hospice, will be taking part in the national ‘Big Help Out’ festival of volunteering, to mark The King’s Coronation on the final day of the long weekend, Monday 8th May. King Charles III’s Coronation will take place on…