THE CITIZENS’ Advice Bureau of Harlow has been a very busy place this year. We invite you to have a look at their newsletter which is full of important information.

THE Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) have received an astonishing £10,000 donation to help fund specialist child bereavement training and purchase new bereavement resources. Sadly, hundreds of families across the UK are affected by the loss of a child every year; the generous donation…

Harlow Playhouse Christmas Advert A message from Harlow Playhouse THIS year, with distance between us and separated from loved ones. Christmas might be a bit different, so we’ve done something a bit different too… Last night we launched our first ever Christmas advert live on…

Recycle your Christmas tree with St Clare Hospice this January  THIS January 2021, you can recycle your Christmas tree with local charity St Clare Hospice, who will come and collect your tree from your home in return for a donation to their vital hospice cause.  …

By Local Democracy Reporter A £200,000 investment from Essex County Council is to make key cycleways in Harlow ‘safer, greener and healthier’. After taking advice from all four Harlow county councillors, town cycling enthusiasts and the leader of Harlow Council, cllr Mark Ingall, the money…

A message from West Essex Mind OUR Mental Health Support Team, formally Trailblazers, work in a range of schools in Harlow. They ran a competition with student to design the best Christmas cards. 5 of the best cards were chosen and are on sale now.…

A HARLOW school has thanked an Ingatestone company for the donation of a Christmas tree. Headteacher, Mrs Peden said: “We would like to thank Larkins Farm for their donation of a Christmas Tree for Pear Tree Mead Academy.  “Every member of staff and all the…

A HARLOW couple are hoping to raise money for the homeless through their dazzling Christmas lights. Kate and Danny Stephens have put up their decorations outside their house in Parnall Road. Katie said: “Danny and I are wanting to raise money for charity. We’ve been…

ANIMALS have been “a lifesaver” for people struggling during Covid lockdown, according to retailer Pets at Home which has seen sales rise sharply reports the BBC. Chief executive Peter Pritchard said pets had played “an incredibly important role” through a period of “social loneliness”. Picture:…

FEARS over the future of Cineworld receded today after the world’s second-biggest cinema operator revealed that it had secured $450 million of fresh debt reports The Times. A package of measures, together worth more than $750 million, includes an agreement from its banks to waive…

THE ‘Santa Dash’ is an event loved by charities and their supporters everywhere. On Saturday 5th December, local charity Accuro, who provide services for people with a disability, are holding a Santa Dash with a difference – this year, the event has gone virtual! Participants…

A HARLOW woman has started a fundraiser for her sister who faces a battle against cancer. Juliette Charles has opened up a gofundme page for her sister Ellie. Juliette said: My beautiful sister has been diagnosed with breast cancer,  DCIS with micro invasion.  “This is…

RYE Hill Road will be closed for four days this week. The road runs from Paringdon Road in Harlow across to London Road near Thornwood. For more details, click below. https://one.network/?tm=119273676

GOVERNMENT ministers are facing a direct appeal from church leaders to reopen places of worship for Christmas services amid claims they are ‘Covid-secure’. Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove and Robert Jenrick, the Communities Secretary, have been handed a Faith Task Force dossier detailing the efforts…