Little Havens needs a Little Lottery Luck
Little Havens Children’s Hospice has made it to the finals of the National Lottery Awards 2010!
The National Lottery Awards is an annual search to find the UK’s favourite Lottery-funded projects and after a three week frenzy of voting, Little Havens Children’s Hospice is now one of the final [...]
What a tragedy - the last tree on Victoria Circus Roundabout, a ‘London Plane’ has now been removed.
In a statement today Councillor Nigel Holdcroft, Leader of Southend-on-Sea Borough Council, spoke of his “great regret” that the Council had been forced to remove a London Plane tree from Victoria Circus.
Cllr Holdcroft said: “In March 2009, prior [...]
I have just watched this live video of Jamie Oliver in America and it was incredible. Jamie’s message was so powerful. There is so much disease caused by obesity and “death by food” is one of the major causes of early death in the US, and we are catching up rapidly in the UK. In [...]
The first ever Co-operatives Fortnight culminating in International Co-operatives Day took place on Saturday 3rd July 2010. A national campaign to raise awareness of co-operation: calling for people to work together as individuals, colleagues, communities and businesses.
You may not know of any co-operatives in Essex other than the Co-op retail stores, but Gemma Sayers East [...]
A highly original Playful Garden is Southend’s innovative entry to this year’s prestigious RHS Hampton Court Flower Show.
The garden, appealing to children and adults, features an upside-down garden, an underground garden where children can crawl through a Perspex tunnel for a worms-eye view of the colourful roots of carrots and beetroots growing, and bamboozling bamboo [...]
Essex Wildlife Trust needs volunteers to help protect Avocet Eggs
Following the fantastic success in previous years, when Avocet chicks have successfully hatched on Two Tree Island, Essex Wildlife Trust is once again looking for volunteers to assist them.
In 2004 and 2005 eggs were stolen just two days prior to hatching. Since 2006 Essex Wildlife Trust [...]
Work has commenced on the eastern section of the Prittle Brook Greenway scheme between Victoria Avenue and Prittlewell Chase.
The existing footpath next to the brook is being converted into a shared use pathway for cyclists and pedestrians. The scheme will see the existing path improved with landscaping and tree planting to make it an enjoyable [...]
Calling all senior citizens – your community needs you!
Southend-on-Sea Older People’s Assembly is electing new trustees at its Annual General Meeting on March 3 and wants more of the borough’s residents to get involved in its work. There are 11 million pensioners in Britain but new recruits are needed at local level to help change [...]
Southend Together Partnership is teaming up with Britain’s biggest supermarket chains to support ‘The Big Swap’ as part of Fairtrade Fortnight.
Fairtrade is about establishing better prices, decent working conditions, local sustainability and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world. Offering a fair price for goods enables them to improve their [...]
As many viewers are aware, the Caribbean nation of Haiti was struck on the 12th January with a colossal earthquake that measured a disastrous 7.0 magnitude. The extent of the devastation is becoming clearer day by day, but statistics are still very inaccurate but the Red Cross has estimated that around three million people have [...]