Communities
TWENTY-nine Essex people have been awarded honours in the Queen’s New Year honours list. Of those recognised, seven received awards for helping their communities in the Covid-19 pandemic. Mrs Jennifer Tolhurst, Lord-Lieutenant of Essex, the Queen’s personal representative in the county, said: “The past year…
RESIDENTS still have time to have their say on Essex County Council’s (ECC) draft ‘Everyone’s Library Service 2022-2026 draft plan’. The draft plan and survey can be found at www.essex.gov.uk/everyoneslibrary and feedback can be submitted until 1pm on Friday 21st January 2022. Helping children and adults improve their literacy, encouraging people…
FOR the fourth year running, you can Recycle Your Christmas Tree with St Clare to help us raise vital funding! On Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th of January 2022, we will be out and about in the local community, collecting Christmas trees for recycling. This…
DECEMBER marks a decade of Essex-based Saffron Building Society’s Community Fund. Managed by Essex Community Foundation (ECF), the Fund has granted a total of £13,578 this year, taking total donations to over £100,000. This money has benefitted over 55 local charities across East Anglia since…
LAST week, St Clare Hospice hosted three special ‘Light up a Life’ memorial services which raised over £20,000 for the local charity. The ceremonies gave families the opportunity to remember and celebrate the lives of lost loved ones. Sarah Thompson, St Clare Hospice CEO welcomed…
A KIND-hearted Harlow schoolboy has since again helped the Harlow Foodbank. Harlow Foodbank’s Andy Thornton takes up the story. Andy said: “I can’t resist sharing this story. Here is young Adiyat Kabir on his 15th birthday. Last year, we told you about him collecting money…
THE Potter Street Wombles are very much a community-minded group and this was reinforced as they raised hundreds for St Clare Hospice with a special Christmas womble. Last Saturday, they walked the length and breadth of Potter Street in festive costume and fund-raising buckets in…
THE children’s Christmas party organised by the Berecroft Residents Association, was a great success, with a great turn out. Music was playing, with food and a bit of dancing to Christmas songs. Santa and Mrs Claus made an appearance for the kids to meet. Gifts were…
HEART 4 Harlow are sad to confirm that we have decided to postpone the Heart 4 Harlow Awards Celebration due to the current uncertainty around the COVID 19 pandemic. Although we hope and pray that this latest wave of infections will not be as severe…
THE local community in Ridgeways has been provided with a generous selection of paint and equipment for the construction of the yearly Christmas grotto, thanks to a donation from home improvement business Wickes and its store in Harlow. The donations were provided as part of…
ORDER from GoGetters on the 20th-24th December for your chance to receive a present from Santa. They have gifts such as the new PS5, Smart Watches, Laptops & much more exciting goodies! The wonderful GoGetters drivers will be dressed up as Santa, giving away the…
FOR the last three years Changing Lives have been supporting the Harlow Community by providing food parcels and food for people over the Christmas Period. They will be collecting from M&S, Aldi and Sainsbury’s this Christmas Eve. Please make sure you come to the Community…
TOTTENHAM Hotspur Football Club (THFC) brought festive joy to the children’s ward at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) earlier this week. Harry Kane MBE, star striker for THFC and captain for the England national football team, held a surprise video call for children…
THIS Christmas, at The Rent Guarantee Company they decided to make donations to four local charities in Harlow, aligned with the work they do supporting local families. They responded recently to a call to action to provide nappies (not newborn) from Bump to Five and…
A HARLOW man’s Christmas lights are once again wowing residents and all for three great causes. Paul Blake has been putting on his display in Woodcroft, off Abercrombie Way, for many years but they look bigger and better than ever. Paul’s three causes are St…
