Firstsite has been awarded £692,625 from the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure it has a sustainable future. More than £300 million has been awarded to thousands of cultural organisations across the country in this...
In the past year, more Essex women have been screened for cervical cancer than ever before. Despite the ongoing impact of COVID-19, GP practice staff have been working hard to deliver additional screening sessions, making extra effort to reach out and encourage more women to attend...
Park wardens are out patrolling from today (Thursday 1 April) to improve community safety across our borough's parks and open spaces. The team of five includes four wardens who will be patrolling our parks, and a controller monitoring the CCTV footage and advising them from the...
An appeal has been launched to help a young mum in need of an expensive operation after she gave birth to a litter of six kittens despite being in pain herself. Poppy, as she has been named, came into care at the North Hertfordshire branch of...
From 12th April 2021, Arriva will be increasing the frequency of some bus routes across Essex as non-essential retail, outdoor hospitality, indoor leisure, and outdoor settings begin to reopen. The new timetables will see increased frequencies across Southend, Colchester, Harlow, and surrounding areas, to help local...
Garden Communities can help lead the future of post pandemic living was the message echoed by architects, builders, developers and local authorities at the Building Garden Communities Conference on 25 March. With keynote speeches by Christopher Pincher, Minister of State for Housing, Fionnuala Lennon, Homes England's...
Not since Shakespearean times have we self-isolated to avoid a highly transmissible disease, so it’s not surprising its affects are not well-known. However, with thousands of us feeling a little ‘foggy’, Saffron Walden-based, Mark Newey, founder, leading mental wellness education provider, Headucate.me, gives us the...
Little Adventurers believe in supporting their local Havering community and this includes regular fundraising for the Salvation Army charity. Keen to set themselves a further challenge, the creative team decided to turn this into a competition to produce a rainbow of colour for their Easter charity project. The...
Dennis Relojo-Howell, a psychologist and mental health campaigner from Rainham Essex, was voted as the winner at the Psychology Zone of I'm a Scientist, Get Me Out of Here! last Friday 26th March. A British-Filipino, Dennis grew up in a slum in Manila in the Philippines....
ESSEX FOOD LOVERS can indulge in flavour sensations from across the county and the UK, as well as homecooked treats, at a new designated Food Hall at Poplar Nurseries. The all-new 3,000sq ft Poplar Food Hall, located next to the garden centre entrance, will house...
