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CATS Protection Harlow, Epping Forest & District Branch is looking for a forever home for Tilly, who has been in foster care for longer than they’d like. This gorgeous girl is nearly one year old, and is lively and affectionate, loving to play with her…
HARLOW students have entered the space race, triumphing in the national finals of a rocket building competition by taking first and third place. Students from Sweyne Park School won the competition, which took place at Stow Maries Aerozone on 23 May, while the Stewards’s Academy…
PEOPLE across Harlow are being asked to ‘Think Carer’ during this year’s Carers Week to help raise awareness of the needs of unpaid carers, help them to access support and create carer friendly communities. The online campaign is being supported by health, social care, charities…
SINCE we launched in July 2013, Your Harlow has published over 8,000 news items. Our aim is to add to the news in Harlow: To celebrate the good and to also report on “the bad”. We don’t see ourselves in competition with anyone, we just…
MORE than 21 venues will be opening their gates to the public in aid of St Clare Hospice during their 23rd annual Open Gardens Weekend. The two-day horticultural event, which is being held on 24 and 25 June, is an opportunity to explore some of…
IN April, we travelled to France and Belgium, as a part of our history trip – to well and truly understand the consequences of the First World War. To show us the traumatic events that took place right in front of our very eyes, like…
A CHARITY raising cash to help teach people with Down’s Syndrome how to swim has been handed a £1,000 boost. Harlow-based Upwards with Downs is a small charity which provides help and support to people with Down’s Syndrome living in Essex, Hertfordshire and the surrounding…
Little Parndon Primary Academy kicked off their enterprise project today with special guest Max McMurdo. http://www.maxmcmurdo.co.uk/ The entrepreneurial upcycler presented a special assembly which included a video of his appearance on the BBC programme ‘Dragons Den.’ He explained what it was like going up in…
STEWARDS Academy welcomed representatives from the National Citizen Service (NCS) in to a recent year 11 assembly to celebrate our achievement in getting students involved. With 70 students ready to take part in this year’s programme Stewards is number one in Essex and second in…
DURING the week of 22-28 May St Clare supporters took part in the Hospice’s first ever ‘Go Bright’ campaign, which saw a flurry of bright events and celebrations take place across West Essex and East Herts – raising awareness and funds for the Hastingwood-based charity.…
Living with Luke 77 There once was a man who had a dog. The dog didn’t have a name, it was just ‘the dog’, but it followed its master everywhere he went. Which was weird, because The Man didn’t even like dogs. The dog was…
A report form St Clare Hospice TO kick off Volunteers’ Week, today we’re sharing with you a lovely story from a lovely lady – Val Jones, a Day Therapy volunteer here at St Clare. Val has been with us for 5 years now, giving her…
THE legion of ambulance service supporters are being celebrated to mark National Volunteers’ Week. The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) engages the support of volunteers in a variety of different roles, including community first responders (CFRs), volunteer car drivers and members of…
Razed Roof Theatre Group, Harlow, Rayleigh Baptist Church Carers Café and Crossing Boundaries, Westcliff-on-Sea have been recognised with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Services for 2017 Three voluntary groups from Essex who work in the community have been honoured The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Services,…
CONGRATULATIONS to Nathaniel Frobour 11 Bede, Summer Lopez 8 Newman, Estelle Owusu 9 Hume, Laetitia Wolff 11 Hume who received awards within the last few months. Nathaniel was awarded for his hard work and determination to overcome obstacles in learning and for making good progress,…
