THE Community Fund is holding a workshop in Walthamstow to inform local organisations how to apply for lottery grants. The group, which distributes Lotto funding, will hold the workshop at the Delta Club meeting room, Unit 38, Alpha Business Centre
A GANG of five attempted to rob a teenager of his dog at knifepoint. The 15-year-old was walking his Staffordshire bull terrier puppy in Clementina Road, Leyton when he was approached by a gang of teenagers. The gang, three of whom were on bikes,
BUDDING poets in Waltham Forest are being encouraged to take part in this years National Poetry Competition. All those who enter can make some money or win free gifts just by putting pen to paper. The National Poetry Competition is open to people
A CHILDREN'S centre that helps to teach multicultural stories to youngsters in a unique interactive environment is about to celebrate its first birthday. The Discover centre, in Bridge Terrace, Stratford, will host a special evening garden party
A SERIES of careers and learning fairs are being staged in July aimed specifically at the over-50s. A new project called Focus on 50 is aimed at offering the over-50s much-needed careers, learning advice and guidance in order to help them gain employment
RESIDENTS in Stansted Mountfitchet have played a part in raising more than £2,500 for the Stop Stansted Expansion campaign group. Villagers hosted a quiz night at St John's Church hall, Stansted, alongside other events being put on in other villages
SEVEN Epping Forest district-based groups have benefited from Government grants aimed at tackling child poverty and youth disadvantage. About £40,000 has been handed out to local projects by the Essex Community Foundation, a grant-making charitable
A VETERINARY practice in Woodford Green is offering free dental checks for dogs and cats until the end of June. The Oak Hill practice is taking part in Pet Smile Month 2004 and will welcome in everyone's four-legged friends. To claim a free dental
THE NATIONAL Trust Woodford Green Centre has been praised for being one of the most successful fundraising branches in Britain. Members have been congratulated by Sir William Proby, chairman of the organisation, for ranking among the top ten centre
WITH the weather hotting up, Redbridge parents are being advised to protect their children from sunburn by making sure they pack a bottle of sun-cream in their school bag. Local schools are not obliged to provide or apply lotion to pupils, but many
A WORKSHOP to discuss a service set up to help dyslexic students, parents and teachers will take place on Saturday, June 19. Organised by the Waltham Forest Dyslexia Association, the Saturday Club event will take place at Community Place, High Road
MEMBERS of the Chingford and Waltham Forest branch of the Parkinson's Disease Society are celebrating after scooping £1,572 from a Guardian charity fund. The money came from the Gannett Foundation, a fund set up and run by our parent company Gannett
THE Guide Dogs for the Blind Association is appealing for people in Waltham Forest to provide board and lodgings for its trainee dogs. The charity will supply basic equipment and cover all veterinary and feeding expenses, meaning people providing
WALTHAM Forest social services department is receiving £1million to keep elderly people out of hospital when they don't need to be there. And it says that the new system which offers better intermediate care services and speeded-up discharge procedures
GRIEVING relatives who visit a Walthamstow cemetery are "disgusted" at its overgrown state and say it is difficult to find their family plots because of rampant weeds. They are furious with the way Queens Road Cemetery is being managed and are calling
AN ENTHUSIASTIC fundraiser has just £100 to go before she hits her £3,000 target for Cancer Research UK. Maurya Brady, 21, who works at Walthamstow Job Centre, has spent the past few months working hard to raise funds for her ten-day trek through
