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Thursday 11th Apr 13
This April Fool in British Easter politics marks significant changes in welfare and public service funding, seeing the death of compassionate entitlement and a resurrection of old Victorian... more
Tuesday 09th Apr 13
Are you aged between 5 and 18 and caring for a relative or do you know a young carer?
Premier Children’s Services, based in Hadleigh in South East Essex, provide support and care services to children... more
Monday 08th Apr 13
Essex County Council is pleased to announce that the Alzheimer’s Society have now been contracted to deliver an important, new and comprehensive service initiative called the Community Dementia... more
Tuesday 02nd Apr 13
Essex County Council is offering people the opportunity to get on their bikes, thanks to its all ability cycling days, being held around the county.
These sessions are in partnership with TrailNet... more
Tuesday 02nd Apr 13
Leading disability charity Papworth Trust is offering free respite holidays to disabled people and their families at Kerry Farm in Wales, thanks to a £2 million grant from the Big Lottery Fund.... more
Friday 22nd Mar 13
Guillain-Barré is nasty. It can reduce your legs to rubber, your hands to paws, and if that isn't bad enough, it can take your dignity and close down your airways to the point of death. A few don't... more
Wednesday 20th Mar 13
A highly popular, international event that many sports fans are eagerly anticipating, after the triumphs of last year’s Paralympic and Olympic Games, is the London Marathon of this year.
Dancing... more
Tuesday 19th Mar 13
St Christopher School, in Leigh-on-Sea, is offering a six week course in behaviour management for parents or carers of children who have been diagnosed with ADHD and Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD... more
Monday 18th Mar 13
MP Michael Meacher is busy working on a series of initiatives to support the actions he has already undertaken and continues to pursue in championing the growing public campaign to enforce the... more
Monday 18th Mar 13
Essex County Council is making a timely response to the growing concerns raised by expert predictions which reveal that the over 65 population in Essex is expected to increase by 45% by 2021.
In... more
Wednesday 13th Mar 13
Would you know what to do if your child was choking or how to spot the signs of meningitis? Did you know that every year over one million children under the age of 15 are taken to A&E after... more
Wednesday 13th Mar 13
Southend hospital children’s holiday club ‘High Flyers’ are excited to offer, in partnership with Fun Size Golf (the mobile golf academy in Essex), the Funsize Golf Lesson.
The session will be held... more
Monday 11th Mar 13
Do you enjoy making music? Would you like to get involved in musical performances?
David Stanley, Southend Mencap's Music School founder and full-time musical director, provides daily music... more
Monday 11th Mar 13
Unexpected events of miraculous, instantaneous recovery and inexplicable cures are occurring throughout Britain in unprecedented numbers.
Is it a second coming? A mysterious process, not yet... more
Wednesday 06th Mar 13
Emerge Arts are running a range of inclusive workshops for children during this Easter Holiday.
These pre-booked multisensory workshops are open for children of all abilities and will be held on... more
