HARLOW award winner and International Disability Bowls Champion, Daniel Adams, has continued to inspire us all here at Active Essex with his incredible achievements. Daniel is one of our All Together ambassadors and has recently embarked on a new challenge to raise money and awareness…

UTILITY companies UK Power Networks and Essex and Suffolk Water are teaming up with the Citizens Advice service in Essex to tackle fuel and water poverty. Both firms maintain an active Priority Services Register, which helps identify customers who may benefit from extra support in…

AS part of this year’s Dying Matters Week – running 10-16 May, St Clare Hospice will be opening its virtual doors to local people to show them, ‘we are more than you think’.  The West Essex and East Hertfordshire charity will be sharing its news…

COMMUNITY groups in the Harlow area that help local people look after their hearts can now apply for a regional grant up to £10,000, thanks to national charity Heart Research UK and the Subway® brand. The Heart Research UK and Subway® Healthy Heart Grant is…

IT has been great to see the large number of Harlow residents out picking litter across the town. Over the next few weeks, we want to travel across the town and showcase the work different groups, from Katherines to Old Harlow are doing. But we…

By Michael Casey YOU may not have been aware but I ran the St Clare Hospice 10K race today. To be honest, there were 399 fine runners and one 59-year-old who if he is going to impersonate the horse he backed in The Grand National,…

THE OWNERS of a new pharmacy has thanked customers for their patients. The Stow Pharmacy opened up in late March, taking over from Boots. The new owner, Dipa Pattni said: “Thank you to all our customers and patients for bearing with us during the last…

AFTER a lot of hard work behind the scenes, local charity Livewire have secured over three years of funding from the National Lottery – Reaching Communities Fund. Creative Director Sam Ashford said “It’s been a very long process which involved a lot of hard work.…

ESSEX County Council is dedicating £500,000 to fund a new Safety Advisory Group which aims to explore the issue of public safety in Essex. The group will look to talk to partners, residents and council officials to ensure everyone is working together to tackle safety…

IT seems to have started with one man concerned with litter in Rectory Field but now there are Harlow Wombles all over town! Community-minded Barry Beaton started to do regular litter picks near his home. He then started a Facebook page called Harlow Wombles, where…

STEWARDS Academy are currently developing a small outside area of the school into a Remembrance Garden to remember past staff and students.  Their amazing site staff have excavated the area and removed around 30 tonnes of soil. They have created a trench around the outside…

ALMOST two thirds of adults in Essex are living with obesity or are currently overweight, but one local weight management programme provider has been recognised with a national award for its innovative approach to tackling the obesity challenge. MoreLife was crowned Primary Care Network, GP…

BARRINGTON’S Funeral Directors are a relatively new company but in a short space of time, they have shown a great commitment to the local community. You may recall their wonderful Santa sleigh ride through Harlow at Christmas. They now have an Easter Bunny Competition. Full…

WEST Essex and East Herts charity, St Clare Hospice, is inviting supporters to get involved in their range of activities this Spring. From their events and volunteering opportunities; to playing their Lottery, taking on a challenge, or connecting through your business – there are so…