PRO-Actions (Essex) Ltd, Business Improvement Specialists, are delivering two free seminars in support of St. Luke’s Hospice. Both are hugely topical and designed to underpin skills needed to succeed in the current business climate.
STAFF AT the Treacle Mine pub are doing their bit for MacMillans. Staff will be at The Treacle Mine soul night selling raffle tickets and auctioning off champagne to raise money for Macmillan.
FROM chamber maids to managers and sous chefs to sommeliers, staff at the Park Inn by Radisson Thurrock will be joining forces with guests in September in a bid to raise thousands of pounds for Variety, the children’s charity and The World Childhood Foundation.
THE STANFORD RUGBY club are hosting a charity summer fun day on Saturday.
The day is on behalf of one of the rugby club's younger players (Luke Dawson) who is currently battling cancer. So the fundraising is specifically directed towards the Paediatric & Adolescent Oncology Research Fund.
MEET at 6pm on Thursday August 22nd at Horndon Rec for the charity dog walk. Plus there is a community fun night. Full contact details on the poster. Please support as Andrea Nunnery and her team do an awful lot of work to fight against the killer disease.
ENDORSING the DVD is Leighbeth Winters, who is featured in it together with her late husband Richard who passed away at St. Luke’s Hospice. As Richard’s wife she was also his main support and carer. Leighbeth said ‘’Both Richard and I wholeheartedly supported St. Luke’s in producing what I think is a very informative and reassuring production. When it was first suggested, by our visiting Macmillan Nurse, that Richard could benefit by being in St. Luke’s care we struggled to accept this offer of support – mainly because we were fearful of the word ’Hospice’ and to be honest we didn’t really understand how St. Luke’s would be able to help us.’’
Cy Honeyman, 38 from Grays, and Jon Garthwaite, 38 from Southampton, are mid-way through their challenge to run ten marathons each in a year to raise £10,000 for Little Havens Hospice. The men took on the challenge in memory of Cy’s daughter, and Jon’s goddaughter, Megan who would have celebrated her 10th birthday this year. Megan had a life-limiting illness known as Global Developmental Delay. She was also diagnosed with Epilepsy and both conditions caused a complex list of symptoms which grew increasingly difficult to manage. When Megan was three, the family turned to Little Havens Hospice for respite care.
IN MARCH, Sainsbury's launched our hunt for our Charity Of The Year 2013/14. They were in-undated with votes from a wide range of charities and community groups across the borough. Their Colleague Council then had the difficult decision of who we would support.
MUM, Sarah Allison, 34, from Grays, has been to the event for the last six years. This year, Sarah spoke to guests on the day about how money raised from the event helps families who turn to Little Havens in the most difficult of circumstances, like her own.
FOR those of you lucky enough to be visited by Dave the Chippy once a week you will have noticed that Owner Vernon Clinch has come out of retirement and is frying again tonight. You may have noticed he's also turned pink. This is because he is attempting to raise money for Pancreatic Cancer. At the end of the month he will shave his head and hopefully raise £1000.
THE months of rehearsals that go into a Gang Show are tiring and more than enough work for most but the Gang at Thurrock Gang Show had more work to do after their successful 2013 show came to an end.They decided to put together an entry for the Bright Sparks Project, a competition by The Scout Association which is looking for the hidden talent within Scouting. The grand prize is the opportunity to work with leading songwriters, artists, producers and more to produce a music album, single and music video which will be released on sale.
THE draw raised £1,700 for the hospice which cares for children from across Essex who have a life-limiting condition and was organised by Project Administrator Sharon Palmer, aged 52, from Jacobs Ltd who said, "The raffle was a great success and I want to say thank you to all our employees for buying a ticket. I realise that we raised a small amount in comparison how much Little Havens needs to keep running but if everybody locally did there bit then the hospice could do even more to support local families. In today’s busy and hectic lifestyle it's easy to forget how important it is to look after others and however much or little we give, we can all help."
AN exciting new book which celebrates Thurrock Food will go on sale at a public launch at the Thameside Theatre, Orsett Rd, Grays on Saturday 15th June, 2-4 pm. Thurrock Food Now And Then combines local food history with local mouth-watering recipes. The book, written by Ann Hart Billingham and Jonathan Catton has been produced in support of Thurrock foodbank and all proceeds from book sales will go towards supporting this invaluable local charity.
STAFF at Boots Lakeside raised close to £2000 following a sponsored cycle from theirs store in Lakeside to Southend.
They stopped at several Boots stores on the way including: Grays, Corringham, Pitsea, Hadleigh, Leigh, Westcliff, Southend Victoria and Southend Royals
