Children’s trauma-recovery chief awarded OBE
Sue Bell, Founder, chief executive and clinical director of Kids Inspire, is among those named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours
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Pensioner completes pier walking fundraiser for hospitals
A Thorpe Bay pensioner has completed a charity challenge by walking over 53 miles up and down Southend Pier. May
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Celebrate your tea-riffic local hospital
The local community is being urged to join the nation’s biggest tea party on the 73rd anniversary of the NHS,
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Rainham youngsters help raise funds to make dreams come true
The Dream Factory grants dreams to children and young adults between the age of 3 to 25 years, who suffer
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Rochford father and son in bid to walk 1,000 miles for Mid and South Essex Hospitals Charity
A father and son from Rochford are pacing their local roads, back garden and living room in superhero costumes, as
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Hornchurch man completes virtual Land’s End to John O Groats walking challenge to raise cash for charity
Martyn Mead from Hornchurch has just completed a mammoth virtual walking challenge from Lands’ End to John O Groats and
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Mental Elf team clock up the miles
The Ladies from the FitBugs Mental Elf Team were out in Southend on Sunday, running six miles from the Cliffs
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Charity’s success with youngsters at risk
An Ilford teenager has gone from trouble with the law to Olympic dreams thanks to BoxUp Crime. The charity provides
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Westcliff PE teacher runs virtual marathon along Southend seafront to raise funds for National Brain Appeal
With the London Marathon postponed to October 2021, 30 year old PE teacher Eamonn Kearney ran a ‘virtual marathon’ in
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Castle Point PCSO runs virtual charity marathon around Southend
Wind and rain did not deter PCSO Ian Pealling from running in the virtual 2020 Virgin Money London Marathon and
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