Communities
FOR OUR final piece on volunteering, we visited Employ Ability at the Latton Bush Centre. We interviewed Declan who, as part of this treatment for a mental health condition has found volunteering a great form of therapy. We met Declan a few weeks ago, where…
LAST week, as part of our celebration of all our volunteers in Harlow, we interviewed Sam Nicholls. Sam works at the British Heart Foundation shop a number of days a week. He also works for Harlow Foodbank. On top of that he also works at…
ON THURSDAY we visited Harlow Police Station and spoke to Special Constable Andy Jamieson. In a number of ways, it takes a lot to commit to being a “Special” but in our interview with Andy, we learned that Essex Police go a long way to…
OUR third film as part of National Volunteers Week showcases the work of Integration Support Services (ISS) Volunteer co-ordinator Sumana Begum was manning a stall in The Water Gardens on Saturday so we asked her to let our readers know how residents can volunteer. http://www.iss.org.uk
ANOTHER successful evening of Harlow Soup took place on Thursday night. A packed audience came together at Pemberley Academy to see four community groups battle it out. We will run a separate story on the winners soon. But for now, we interviewed key organiser, Elliott…
FRONTIERS Youth FC are hosting their annual presentation fun day. Everyone is welcome ! If you would like to come along and help us celebrate their end of season or looking for a fun day out with the children then this is the place to…
THE team from Harlow Sumners branch would like to invite guests to a special Open Day event on Tuesday 9th July from 1.30pm until 8pm. The summer open day will be an opportunity for the community to come and meet the Sumners Farm community and…
ROGER Hirst, the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex, is holding his annual conference at Colchester Stadium on Friday, June 7. At the conference, which will be showcasing how the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner has been delivering through partnerships, Mr Hirst will be…
FROM 1st – 7th June every year, organisations celebrate and say thank you to the fantastic contribution millions of volunteers make across the UK. In 2019 thus far, over 70% of people in the UK have volunteered at some point in their lives and 96%…
