A big thank you to everyone who voted for us during the last few months. As a result of the support that we received across the Borough we were awarded the top prize of £4,000 to use on our local projects.

With this we will be able provide further support for Southend YMCA’s building project in Hamlet Court Road, and Southend Churches Winter Shelter programme. We will also be able to fund the next three months of fresh meat, milk and cheese, that we supply weekly to HARP for the Day and Night Shelters.

We are holding a ‘Songs and Poems for Christmas’ night on 19th December, 7.15pm at St Barnabas Church. Hadleigh. Please join us for Christmas music and mince pies and mulled wine. Any donations on the night will go towards our local projects. Jo Ronan