TUESDAY 21 June, saw the fifth Thurrock Council run community drop-in session take place, this time in the Community Church Hall in Chadwell St Mary.
THANKS have been expressed to staff at the Marks and Spencer store at Lakeside who have united to support a borough-based wildlife charity. Sue Schwar, founder of the South Essex Wildlife Hospital at Orsett was on hand to receive a cheque from staff who organised a raffle to mark the Platinum Jubilee, with the hospital […]
ON 22 May 2022, The Dream Factory held a 5K Whizzing Wheels Challenge at the Redbridge Cycling Centre in Ilford, Essex. This fabulous event was in collaboration with The Wheels and Wheelchairs Charity, who are a group of wheelchair users and skaters who regularly go out in London parks together, enjoying the sensory rush of […]
EMPLOYEES from the Amazon fulfilment centre in Tilbury recently spent an afternoon volunteering at a nearby foodbank that receives weekly donations of food and produce from the fulfilment centre in the town.
PEOPLE across Thurrock are being urged to sign up to Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life as there are just a few weeks left until the big day. The charity’s much-loved events are returning to the town at Gloucester Park, Cranes Farm Road, Basildon, on Sunday 19th June 2022 and anyone who enters between May 30 […]
PUPILS from primary schools in Thurrock and Basildon took to the stage in a singing competition raising money for St. Luke’s Hospice last week (Thursday 19th MaY). Six schools took part in Sing for St. Luke’s 2022 at the Towngate Theatre in Basildon. More than 200 children aged between 4 and 11 years sang for their […]
RESIDENTS in Thurrock, including former neighbours and friends are being asked to help a pair of one-year-old twins and their family after they were diagnosed with a life-changing illness that will require treatment for many years reports Thurrock Nub News. Raffy and Siddy, are identical twin boys who currently live in Benfleet, but who are […]
PATRONS of Essex-based Charity, The Dream Factory, Anne Wafula-Strike MBE, British Wheelchair Paralympian, former British Super Middleweight boxer Michael Watson MBE, former British Featherweight and Commonwealth Boxer Colin McMillan BEM,
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FOLLOWING two-year hiatus due to the COVID 19 pandemic, the event is back for the weekend of June 25-26 and the voluntary organisers hope the streets of the village will be crammed with craft and charity stalls.
ST. Luke’s Hospice is appealing for donations as nurses are celebrated this International Nurses Day (Thursday 12th May).
ST. Luke’s Hospice is excited to announce its very first Big Bucket Week fundraiser, which is being held in the lead up to International Nurses Day.
MORE than £857,000 of National Lottery funding went to projects in Thurrock in 2020/21, according to new figures released today to mark the launch of this year’s National Lottery Awards.
AN Essex women and children’s charity has received a £1,000 donation from the team at Amazon in Tilbury.
IT can be extremely lonely for a child to grow up in a household where a parent or carer is addicted to alcohol. We know the pandemic will have exacerbated the feeling of loneliness and isolation for some, as they spent more time at home, and others will have experienced it for the first time […]
THE government has joined with disability charity Scope to develop a new Disabled Persons Passenger Charter for bus, coach, taxi, private hire vehicle and rail.
ALDI has supported local charities, community groups and food banks in Essex by donating 9,520 meals to people in need this Christmas.
AN INSPIRATIONAL schoolboy from Grays has been honoured as part of a special awards show celebrating the courage of children diagnosed with cancer.
A SEVEN-year-old is raising money for the RSPCA and helping wildlife by taking on a litter pick challenge whilst wearing a Santa hat.
TYLER and Anabella Semple from Grays are receiving gifts this year from the Bluewater Giving Tree, thanks to a partnership with Kent charity Tree of Hope.
ASDA is delighted to announce that, in recognition of the amazing work that they do each day to keep everyone safe, they are now offering emergency workers with a Blue Light Card 10% off their shopping in stores throughout the Christmas period. The discount is available in all Asda’s 633 stores across the UK until […]
HOLLYWOOD Bowl Lakeside has joined forces with children’s charity Barnardo’s to kickstart a festive fundraising venture in support of an amazing ‘Claus’ this Christmas.
THE Dream Factory have launched their Mega Christmas Dream Draw, giving people a chance to win some fabulous prizes and raise much needed funds to grant more dreams and make everlasting memories for dream recipients. Among the fabulous prizes are a 1st Prize of £1,000 in cash, kindly donated by Potters Resort, 2nd Prize of a £750 […]
A CHARITY that provides emergency food for people crisis has received a £1,500 donation from the Amazon fulfilment centre in Tilbury.
ST. LUKE’S Hospice invites our community to Light up a Life at remembrance services and special radio dedication show.