Communities
VOLUNTARY and community organisations working with young people in Harlow are set to benefit from grants totalling £160,000 over the next two years. Grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 are available from The Youth Social Action Fund for a wide range of activities which seek…
FOSTERING February is now well underway with Children First. It is part of a profile raising campaign shared with www.fostercarers.com Children First along with the other agencies in the National Fostering Agency Group are promoting and supporting activities to increase awareness around the need for…
NEARLY every day, octagenarian, Chris Harriss takes a three mile walk from his Sheering cottage. It is that “get busy living” attitude that has kept him in fine fettle all these years. And Chris was in fine voice too as we asked him why he…
OLIVE Jones is one of Harlow’s proudest pioneers. A woman of dignity and determination as well as a considerable amount of class. Olive still writes to her sisters in Australia. And so, respecting that tradition, we asked Olive to write to us and tell us…
WOULD you like to raise money for a charity or voluntary organisation that is dear to your heart, or are you involved in such an organisation that needs to raise money for a particular project? It can be local, national or international and it might…
SOMETIMES, our films comprise of the two questions: Why did you come here? Why did you stay? And then we let the camera role. With Harlow accountant, that was very much the case. David then sweeps though over sixty years of living in Harlow, in…
OFSTED has praised Holy Cross Primary after conducting a short inspection at the Tracyes Road school. The report states: “Following my visit to the school on 17 January 2017, I write on behalf of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills to…
A HARLOW nurse and mother of two who is behind the charity The Metabolic Foundation has spoken about her journey and her desire to raise awareness for fatty oxidation disorder. Gemma Hotlby said: “I got diagnosed with a rare metabolic condition, known as a fatty…
IF there is a theme that is developing as we chronicle people’s journeys to Harlow, then it is that of family. We went to Potter Street to speak to father-of-four, Sam Stopplecamp. The son of Americans, Sam is a very interesting man with a great…
ST Clare Hospice is calling on their local businesses across West Essex and East Hertfordshire to put their entrepreneurial skills and business acumen to the test by taking up the St Clare ‘£50 Challenge’. The Hastingwood-based Hospice is once again running the annual fundraising investment…
THE tradition of story telling was the centre of attention at Kiddi Caru’s Harlow day nursery, when the children celebrated National Story Telling Week recently. Running from January 28th to February 4th, National Story Telling Week is organised by the Society for Storytelling to promote…
YOU know there are some people who are just: nice. Whether it was the way they were brought up or in their genes or indeed a trait that they developed a long the way, they are simply..nice We went to Upper Mealines (where exactly is…
LITTLE Parndon Primary Academy has been rated ‘Good’ in all areas by Ofsted following an inspection on 10th & 11th January 2017. Key findings show that – – The school is well led by the headteacher, who is determined to give every pupil the best…
WE have a page on our sister site called The Hyperlocal Bible. It is series if video blogs made by our editor that, we hope,helps those who are thinking of running on line newspapers. It covers a great variety of subjects that come up every…
IN 1968, Nila Hibbert came to Harlow from Sri Lanka. Since then, whether it is through her work as a nurse or her work as a community advocate, Nila has made a considerable impression in Harlow. In a fascinating interview, we talk to Nila about…
