The Pitsea Town Centre Working Group have agreed to donate a total of £3550 to support three charities in the town. An equal donation of £1183 will be given to the Craig Tyler Trust, the Trussell Foodbank (Northlands) and Changing Pathways (Felmores). The Pitsea Town...
Basildon Council are donating over 100 laptops to Every Child Online, to help support disadvantaged children in our borough. A Basildon company and soon to be registered charity, Every Child Online aims to ensure all children have the correct equipment to be able to learn from...
Homeowners with a low income and energy efficiency rating are invited to apply for funding to warm their homes for less and tackle climate change through Essex County Council’s Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery scheme, which has now been extended until 30 June 2021. One...
3500 trees are currently being planted in Wickford Memorial Park as part of the 26-acre extension to the park. The trees are part of a new woodland area of almost three hectares along the land between Memorial Park and Giddings Copse, after Beauchamps School no longer...
ENTREPRENEUR Eddie Black should be running on empty after a year of leading non-stop expansion of his Eco business. Yet after steering his 70-strong team through the unchartered territory of a coronavirus pandemic he's as energised as ever. In the last 12 months Eddie has built a...
London Southend Airport has announced a new online self-service system called WebTrak to enable local residents to view all aircraft movements in the vicinity of the airport. The platform will launch on 31 March following a successful trial. WebTrak is used by some of the...
Stephen Metcalfe MP has welcomed the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill which will strengthen police powers and create a new criminal offence to tackle unauthorised encampments. The new offence will target trespassers who intend to reside on any private or public land in vehicles without...
Period pains can be incredibly debilitating, upsetting and down right inconvenient. According to intimate wellbeing brand INTIMINA's resident gynaecologist Dr. Shree Datta, period pains are often caused by the womb muscle contracting or endometriosis and can be incredibly common on the first day of your period. Although...
Basildon Council has agreed to continue providing a yearly £20,000 grant to Basildon, Billericay and Wickford Council for Voluntary Service (BBWCVS). BBWCVS is a registered charity formed in 1979 and exists to promote, develop, support and represent a thriving voluntary and community sector across the borough,...
An East Anglian property company is positioning itself for a more sustainable future with support from Lloyds Bank. M&D Developments operates across Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and Hertfordshire and has been developing buildings for more than 40 years. Headquartered in Bury St Edmunds, the family-owned business secured...
