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Thurrock charities urged to apply for funding

THE Essex & Suffolk Water Community Fund, which awards grants of up to £5,000 to charitable projects that are related to either the environment, wellbeing or community support, is inviting applications for funding.

Purfleet remembrance services

Purfleet remembrance services. Full details on poster.

Thurrock CVS win award for Active in the Workplace award

THURROCK CVS (Community Voluntary Services) were over the moon to win the Active in the Workplace award at the Thurrock Sports and Activity Awards 2019 with Impulse Leisure last week.

Wildlife study finds habitat created by Port of Tilbury is now site of national importance

A WILDLIFE area created six years ago to offset losses of habitat from the development of the London Distribution Park (LDP) at Tilbury, has proved so successful it has been ranked by one of Britain’s foremost entomological consultants as of national importance for insects and other invertebrates.

Nominations open for Thurrock Council Civic Awards

NOMINATIONS for the Civic Awards 2020 are now open giving local people the opportunity to celebrate the borough’s heroes who go above and beyond to help the community and make Thurrock a better place to live, work, play and stay.

Thurrock photographers invited to enter wildlife competition

ESSEX is a varied county rich with inspiration for taking the perfect wildlife photograph; whether it be birds performing dizzying mumurations, reptiles lazily basking in the sun, tidal landscapes evolving before your eyes or the wonderful world of colours

Grays Beachcombers not put off by storm

FOLLOWING the storm last week, on Sunday 33 pickers collected over 1,031 plastic bottles in 58 sacks. Thanks to all who turned up on what threatened to be a very wet morning.

Thurrock Golden Voices Commissioned by BBC One Show

OVER 50s choir, Thurrock Golden Voices, were approached by the BBC One Show this week to be filmed at Lakeside singing Christmas songs and Carols.

Thurrock Labour respond to weekend of violence in South Ockendon

THIS weekend South Ockendon was hit by a wave of armed robberies which had residents questioning the safety of their streets. Thurrock Labour leader Jane Pothecary summed up the concerns of local people.

Bata Heritage Centre: Open Day

HELLO to all our friends and supporters. It seems ages ago that I last wrote but it was in March. I spoke the about enjoying the longer evenings and now we are faced with the shorter ones and dusk being upon us before we know it.

Aveley and Community Forum: Thurrock stadium

CONSULTANTS for the Thurrock Football Stadium pending planning application met with Residents at the forum’s public meeting on 17th September 2019.

Chance to teach your children about relationships in Islam

DO you worry about the current state of society, with all the new challenges that continue to come up around relationships? Do you worry about how this will impact your children’s Islamic upbringing?

Funding for Tilbury residents to get back into work

TILBURY Community-led Local Development (CLLD) has opened its second round of applications offering funding to organisations that support residents into work.

Thurrock Mind go wandering at Coalhouse Fort

Thurrock Mind go wandering at Coalhouse Fort. Full details on poster.

Lansdowne Primary Academy receive free robotics workshop at Amazon Tilbury

PUPILS from Lansdowne Primary Academy were among the first in the UK to receive a free robotics workshop at Amazon's fulfilment centre in Tilbury, seeing how computer science works in the real world.

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