Harlow Business and Community Together RAINBOW Services has entered into a partnership with Harlow and District Chamber of Commerce to deliver a new project which will facilitate a more structured approach to Corporate Social Responsibility and to create a better pipeline for business involvement and…

FIVE scouts from Harlow are looking forward to joining 40,000 young people from around the world for a once in a lifetime adventure. This unprecedented number of Harlow scouts made it through the onerous selection process and have been chosen to represent Essex and the…

HERTS and Essex Community Farm are very happy to announce the four projects that will be presenting at Harlow Soup on Thursday 22nd February! Here are the project names and brief summary: Livewire – Funding for Mindfulness sessions with young people. Public Piano – Funding…

MAKE Believe Worldwide Ltd are proud to announce the success of 8 children who successfully auditioned and appeared in last night’s Celebrity Big Brother (15 Jan 2018) featuring Ann Widdecombe and Wayne Sleep. The children are all members of the MB Talent agency and were…

SIX new volunteer-run community libraries could be coming to Essex as a result of the recent consultation on the County Council’s mobile library service. Findings from the consultation, which began in September 2017, will be presented to the County Council’s Cabinet at its January meeting.…

A NEW community project Harlow SOUP is launching this February with a Crowdfunder campaign to kick-start this community crowdfunding idea. Harlow SOUP is a series of community crowdfunding events that promote community development by raising money for new projects in Harlow, encouraging positive action and…

PACT for Autism has sent a huge thank you to Harlow Lions Club for their donation of £200, raised at the Victorian Christmas fair held in St John’s Arts and Recreation Centre in Old Harlow. A spokesperson said: “Your generosity will help us enormously in…

FIVE scouts from Harlow have made it through the arduous selection process and have been chosen to represent Essex and the UK at the World Scout Jamboree in West Virginia, USA in 2019. They all live in Harlow, attend local schools (Stewards, St Marks and…

By Adam Spartley ASPIRING chefs were put through their paces at Burnt Mill Academy following a visit from professional chef Ben Nottage. Students studying the new NCFE food and cookery course were taught professional knife skills and shown how to make, roll and bake pastry…

FOSTER carers have recently become eligible for 30 hours of free childcare a week. Following pressure from campaign groups and MP’s, Education Minister Robert Goodwill reversed a policy that would have excluded 3000 young children in care from the free education scheme. ‘I am delighted…

THE NEW chief executive of Rainbow Services, Jemma Mindham has praised the work of Harlow groups on Local Charities Day. A government initiative ear-marked Friday as Local Charities Day. A number of charities held stalls on the Broad Walk in Harlow. We caught up with…

By Alfie Baker FOR over a quarter of a century, Woodcroft resident Paul Blake has been illuminating the area with his marvellous Christmas lights. For the past six years, he has bee raiding money for St Clare Hospice. We popped down to Woodcroft (just off…

THE HARLOW Chinese community has received a £10,000 cash boost from the lottery. The money will be for a: Monthly Health Chinese Luncheon Club for Senior Citizens This group will use the funding to set up a monthly luncheon club for older, isolated and vulnerable…