THE YOUNG Offenders Service are offering to clean your street for free. Over the last few years, the community payback team have successfully cleaned up a number of streets and buildings throughout the borough.
The cabinet agenda for the meeting on 11th August contains the full list of the alternatives agreed at the last full council but no reference is made to that alternative funding. A number of the savings also appear to be contradicted, slashing the possible savings by over £50,000.
Mayor of Thurrock, Cllr Anne Cheale — a Chest trustee — was on hand to oversee the handover and she said: “The Community Chest does an amazing amount of good work for the huge number of small voluntary organisations in Thurrock. In the last ten years it’s raised more than £300,000.”
Organisers ensured that a wide variety of games were introduced such as Attack Attack and Capture the Flag — both “mini battles” — and the team winning the most battles won the war!
The local charity is warning that it’s vitally important that everyone who's had payments above £10 a week over the last financial year fill out these forms - even if they have since stopped or expect them to stop soon. If they don't complete the forms, any money received from 6 April 2010 will need to be repaid.
Life In A Day is a historic global experiment to create the world's largest user-generated feature film: a documentary, shot in a single day, by you. On July 24, you have 24 hours to capture a glimpse of your life on camera.
As we journey from fete to fete and festival to festival, each one has unique feel. Treetops has a real family feel, a close bond between all concerned. The glue that ties it all together is Headteacher Paul Smith, described by the Friends of Treetops as a "True ambassador for the school"
The speaker was Trudy Westmore-Cox. M.B.E. founder of St. Luke's Hospice. She told us of her origins in Germany, daughter of a Methodist minister. She came to England as a trainee nurse at the age of 18. Serving at a number of London hospitals, including the renowned Royal Marsden Cancer Hospital, she was especially concerned with the suffering caused by that disease.
The staff and directors of ngage Thurrock Ltd would like to invite you to attend its Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 27th July 2010 from 6:30 for a 7pm start at The Beehive, West Street, Grays.
The event was officially opened by Neil Speight from the Thurrock Thames Gateway Corporation, Councillors Yash Gupta and Diana Hale from the Davy Down Trust.
THE VOLUNTEERS are going to be key cogs in the caring industry over the next few years. It is important to recognise the work that they do. A group of young people were recently rewarded with certificates by the V-Volunteering organisation at a special ceremony at The Beehive in Argent Street recently.
To engage with residents normally at work, the Community Safety Partnership met with commuters at Grays Station in the morning and evening rush hour to gain an insight into their thoughts and concerns relating to the area.
