Communities

THURROCK Neighbourhood watches launched the 2022 New Year Desktop Calendar with Essex Liaison Officer Kevin Blake on Tuesday 25th January 2022 at New Estate Aveley.

FOLLOWING on the heels of last year's improvements to Orsett Heath, Cllr Sara Muldowney welcomed the placement of an additional bench at the bottom end of Orsett Heath.

THURROCK'S Cabinet Member for Housing, Cllr Luke Spillman, has confirmed that there is no longer any necessity for any Thurrock resident to rough sleep on the streets of the borough. Help is at hand for every single rough sleeper who wants to get off the street and into accommodation. 

BELHUS CC object to Ockendon REC car parking charges

BARRIERS that were recently installed on footpath 95, Greyhound Lane to protect residents from irresponsible off-road motorbikes and quadbikes riders,  have again been damaged....

ON February 4, schools across the UK will come together for a day filled with fun educational maths activities, as part of the NSPCC’s Number Day.

FOLLOWING a community campaign to repair scores of street lights at Seabrooke Rise in Grays, local councillors and residents have welcomed the improvements so far and called on Thurrock Council to never let it get into that state of disrepair ever again. 

A PROGRAMME of events has been drawn up stretching from Rainham to Tilbury as members of the local communities along the Thames are invited to help clean up their areas.

THE best future for the Thameside Theatre will be in the hands of the community, councillors believe.

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.

GRAYS councillors and residents in the six tower blocks have called for urgent action over the cold they are experiencing and the increasing prevalence of mould due to the removal of cladding. Concerns are also growing over the time it is taking to complete the works to the blocks, and a lack of support from Thurrock Council.

JANUARY is often the time for a new start or direction in your life; with the ongoing effects of the pandemic, many of us are still working from home and re-evaluating what’s important in our lives.

ESSEX Community Foundation (ECF) is one of the network of community foundations distributing the Arts Council England Let’s Create Jubilee Fund, a £5 million programme that will support community and voluntary organisations in England to develop creative and cultural activities as part of Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June 2022.

FOLLOWING a concerted campaign 11 new foster carers are currently being assessed with a view to helping youngsters.

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.