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The holiday activity and food programme (HAF) is funded by Department For Education and Essex County Council, providing physical, enrichment and food activity clubs for eligible school aged children (4-16yrs) to book onto across Essex and Thurrock. Check the flyer for...

Come and join Anglo European School on 26 & 27 March at 7pm for their annual literary and cultural international festival, featuring the very best of their talented singers, musicians, actors and poets. Tickets are £6.50, too book please email...

At our fifth Artisan Ingatestone Market, you can: #SupportLocal with High Street activities and special offers Discover indie businesses and unique artisan products Enjoy entertainment, provided by Hey Joe Music Explore the beautiful village of Ingatestone Saturday...

IFPC is delighted to have been granted a silver award by Essex Playing Fields Association in three categories: - the Gerald Snook Award for Children's Playgrounds (Fairfield Playground) - Playing Fields Serving a Population of 2500 and More (Fairfield Recreation...

National Highways have announced additional road closures in April. If you have any concerns or questions about this work you can call NH 24/7 Customer Contact Centre on 0300 123 5000, or email info@nationalhighways.co.uk. You can also keep up to date on road closures...

National Highways have announced additional closures between Junctions 16 and 13. If you’d like to find out more about this work, please visit the National Highways webpage. Alternatively, you can call the NH Customer Contact Centre on 0300 123 5000, or email...

The Travel Essex unit of Essex County Council are conducting a survey to better understand public opinion of the bus services in Essex, and how bus services can be improved to encourage more people to use buses. Both bus users and non-bus users are invited to...

Join the St Edmund and St Mary Church for All Age worship with Canon Lee this Mothering Sunday at 9:45 am.

Celebrate International Women's Day with joining the Women Like Us challenge! For the next two weeks, teams of ladies across the county will be stepping-to-it and taking part in our very own, #WomenLikeUs step challenge, sponsored by WI Essex! Sign up here

BRENTWOOD COMMUNITY CONNECT TRAILER Ingatestone High Street 20 MARCH, 10.00-13.00 If you want some information about what is going on in your community, or some advice from Brentwood community support teams please pop along to have a chat and meet some of the...

Looking for ideas on how to spend this Mother’s Day weekend? Explore Essex has got you covered with  their Top Five Most Memorable Mother’s Day Walks this spring. From parks with the best accessible surfaced routes to our favourite places for active families, look no...

Applications are OPEN for this year’s Brentwood Art Trail - apply by 15 March to have your artwork displayed in one of many venues across Brentwood, Shenfield and Ingatestone! Whether you're an individual artist, or a creative group, you can get involved by applying...

To celebrate World Book Day, why not visit Essex Library Service to join a library, get a reading suggestion, find a book club... and lots more! Essex County Council have shared the incredible results of the Essex Year of Reading, launched in 2022: Throughout the...

Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex announced: "Nobody should feel unsafe in their own community and by working together and listening to our communities we can change it and make the county even safer. Visit the interactive map and drop a pin on a...

Tickets are now available for the Ingatestone Choral Society's joint concert with Brentwood Choral Society on 16 March! BOOK HERE