However, Cllr Kent said he hoped Cllr Amanda Arnold would do more than when she had last represented the Council on the governors, when she failed to attend any meetings
Max travelled to the Freeman hospital in Newcastle where he spent three months waiting for the operation. Whilst there, he composed a journal. After the operation, he published the letters into a book called: "A Change of Heart".
Hosted by Thurrock Disability Network and staffed by pupils from Beacon Hill School, the exhibition was an opportunity for disabled people to talk face to face both to council officers and local taxi and bus providers about their concerns. Trans-Vol, Thurrock’s community transport project, was well represented and Dave Meheghan, the manager, proudly displayed the latest addition to their fleet of vehicles. Wheelchair users also tried out a rear loading private hire car which took them for a spin.
Among those enjoying Saturday’s feel good factor was Cllr Lynn Worrall, Thurrock Council's cabinet member for Community, Culture and Leisure. She tried out the Smoothie Bike, had a go with the Wii Fit club and said afterwards: “Saturday proved a great success with hundreds of people coming into the Thameside and either trying out the bike or the Wii Fit — which was a real laugh!
"Essentially we are trying to build the case for dance being an important contributor to the Government's bid to halt the rise of childhood obesity by 2020. Quarry Hill School is part of a wider project in three other areas of the Eastern region - we are hoping to really get a sense of what is happening in this area of the UK."
Oliver Holmes is seven years old and has cerebral palsy. He is a bright, determined little boy but he physically struggles to keep up with his peers because of the stiffness in his right side caused by the illness. Oliver has been accepted to have a life changing operation called "Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy" which would remove the stiffness and allow him to participate fully in activities.
Firefighters were called to house on fire in Brennan Drive, Tilbury. When fire crews arrived at 4pm on Sunday afternoon they found the ground floor fifty percent alight.
Music teacher, World Transplant Games medallist, charity fundraiser, Grays resident Liz puts it all down to the moment, over twenty years ago, when her mother donated a kidney to her and saved her life.
NHS South West Essex has already held three meetings in February and now it has added an evening event, on Tuesday 1 March 2011, to its schedule of public meetings to discuss what has happened to date and to ask your views about some of the ideas they are considering for the future.
Even after the laps of the centre (which were surprisingly speedy in their heels!) participants could relax with pizza from Pizza Express and more live music from Michael Buble Tribute Act – Kriz K, and foot massages courtesy of The Holistic Treatment & The Little Retreat, with the ladies finally comfortable that they had raised lots of money to support all the hard work undertaken by the hospice.
Its official! East Tilbury Library is now a site of international importance.
A group of students from Bauhaus Kolleg XII in Dessau, Germany — in England on a ten-day visit as part of their studies in Urban Planning — arrived at East Tilbury Library and the Bata Reminiscence and Resource Centre.
BELMONT Allotments indeed all the allotments in the borough are like hidden treasures in the borough. Many of them depend on community champions like Brian Taylor MBE to nurture and sustain them.
Two projects in the south west Esesx area will receive funding: Thurrock Lifestyle Solutions CIC and St Luke's Hospice, Basildon. A spokesperson for Thurrock Lifestyles said: "We are delighted to have been given this opportunity to support local carers of disabled children in planning the tricky future path between leaving special school and entering the adult world”
If you want an opinion on the PCT, go to Dr Shehadeh. If you want a second opinion, go to him as well. He is all for "practice-based" commissioning. He believes the PCT is being obstructive. Why? "Because the logical conclusion is that you don't need a PCT."
“Parents of children with autism have asked for a safe haven where their children, as adults, will have a permanent home, a transition between home and moving towards independent living and also lead a fulfilling and enriched life learning additional skills, rather than be placed in an institutional environment outside of the borough.”
