Seven voluntary organisations are receiving an early Christmas present from the Essex & Suffolk Water Community Fund. Grants totalling nearly £9,000 have been awarded from the Fund to charities and voluntary organisations in Essex, Suffolk and East London. The Fund is managed by Essex Community Foundation...
Pupils from a Colchester primary school have been treated to a day out at the city’s festive Extreme Ice Slider to thank them for raising money for the NSPCC. Year five and six pupils from Gosbecks Primary School visited the Christmas attraction in Castle Park last...
An online retail manager from Essex has become the first person to complete a charity’s 1,000-mile cycling challenge, reaching the target in less than a month. Gina Cleere, from Basildon, was inspired to take part in Alzheimer’s Research UK’s Cycling Down Dementia challenge because her father,...
The first ever Autism friendly Santa’s Grotto and Christmas Market in West London on Saturday was a collaboration between three groups and charities – Anna Kennedy Online, Hillingdon DADS and Mencap Hillingdon South which was a huge success. The Deputy Mayor of Hillingdon Cllr Morgan...
National Lottery millionaires from across the South of England pulled on their sparkly jumpers and festive hats to give an early Christmas present to the Little Bridge House hospice in Barnstaple; they created a giant gingerbread inspired playhouse filled with toys for the charity and...
Essex Volunteer Police Cadets have been getting into the Christmas spirit for a great cause over the weekend. Around 10 cadets from the Thurrock Unit helped out at the Give a Gift shop at intu Lakeside. The Give a Gift shop, run by Thurrock Council, is a...
Richard Riakporhe was set to take on his sixth opponent on the 1st of December 2017, at the York Hall in Bethnal Green. In the run up to the fight one opponent after the other pulled out, the latest one from the heavyweight devision, which resulted...
A MOTHER was so disappointed she couldn’t find clothing portraying ethnically diverse people or characters she has started her own fashion label to improve the situation. Lisa Munyenya, Essex mum of three mixed-race* children, felt the fashion and clothing industry was letting her children down by...
A teenager is to embark on a unique challenge during the festive period to raise funds for a military charity. Tyler St George, 22, from Clacton, will kayak from Clacton to Walton Piers, before hiking back to the former, and is aiming to raise £100 for...
Stephen Metcalfe, Member of Parliament for South Basildon & East Thurrock, congratulated all those involved in organizing the excellent Horndon-on-the Hill Christmas Market which he attended last weekend. Stephen said: “To mark that start of the festive month, I joined local businesses, arts and craft stall...
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