Fundraiser for Year 6 Leavers & Other News

We’ll start with the fundraiser but other stories include:

Nayland Road Closure from 28th June,
Crisis Café,
Solar Panel Scams,
Mercury Theatre update, and
Kids Active Recovery Hub.

Year 6 Leavers Fundraiser

Help raise money to give Heathlands’ Year 6 leavers a good send-off this year. Kelly, who runs regular High-Intensity Interval Training classes in the village, is running a special Zoom fundraising session on Monday 7th June at 7:30 pm. Kelly describes her HIIT sessions as:

March 17, 2021March 22, 2021

Holiday Fraud & Other News

Starting with Holiday Fraud, this news roundup also addresses:

Climate Emergency Survey,
Parenting with Teens – a course supported by ECC,
A couple of articles that might have particular resonance after the past 12 months:
- Domestic Abuse – Lockdown Update.
- Mental Health in Lockdown.
Protect Your Dog & Garden Furniture from Theft.
Census first-timer – not sure what to do? There’s help.
National Day of Reflection – 23rd March.
CBC Covid-19 Update.

Holiday Fraud Warning

September 2, 2020September 2, 2020

Bag2School, Honours for Heroes & Mental Health

Three quick updates on the above subjects, first of all links to the Awards & Mental Health items if you want to skip bag2school:

Bag2School Collection

Heathlands is participating in the Bag2School scheme as part of their fundraising campaign. Bag2School is Continue reading “Bag2School, Honours for Heroes & Mental Health”

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020

Day 58 of (is it?) Lockdown – the Life in Lockdown edition

Day 58 of (is it?) Lockdown

On day 58 we get the chance to finish what we started on day 57; the Essex Life in Lockdown article inviting you to share your lockdown story. After that:

Consultation on Police Priorities,
Mental health awareness week,
- Mental health & wellbeing courses,
- Children’s Mental Health,
Garden Waste Collections,
Environment & Highways Meeting,
ECC COVID-19 Financial Impact,
As usual, some light relief.

The People of Essex – share your stories

The Research and Citizen Insight team at Essex County Council are reaching out to residents of Essex to hear their experiences and share stories of what it has been like for you during this extremely challenging time. How has COVID-19 and the lockdown has impacted your life, how you’ve been getting on, how you have managed to stay connected with friends, family and your community and how you’ve been feeling throughout the lockdown period? Continue reading “Day 58 of (is it?) Lockdown – the Life in Lockdown edition”

May 18, 2020November 21, 2020

Day 56 of (is it?) Lockdown – the Mental Health edition

Day 56 of (is it?) Lockdown

If you’re feeling mentally frayed these days, day 56 sees the start of Mental Health Awareness Week. We start with that and then address:

Daily Poetry,
Essex Country Parks will soon be reopening,
A new ‘socially distanced’ Archaeological dig for a Roman Road,
Essex Schools update on reopening, and finally
A rewriting of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

Mental Health Awareness Week

The theme this year is all about “Kindness Matters”, something we are already seeing a lot of during the COVID-19 crisis. Continue reading “Day 56 of (is it?) Lockdown – the Mental Health edition”

April 8, 2020June 8, 2020

Day 16 of Lockdown – “There’s a Lot Going On” Edition

Day 16 of Lockdown

Day 16 of Lockdown and there’s definitely a lot going on. We have updates from the ECC, CBC, Essex Police and more. Let’s get started:

CBC has issued an announcement making it clear that this weekend is critical to “flatten the curve”, as the picture (right) says!
CBC are to restart recycling collections but on a new rota. Garden waste & textile collections remain suspended.
ECC issue advice on helping you to support your child’s mental wellbeing.
Essex Libraries see a large uptick in eBook and eAudio use – you can join online.
Meanwhile, Essex Police have also been busy.

Residents urged to heed advice and stay at home as weather is set to improve

With the weather expected to turn increasingly Spring-like over the weekend, residents are being reminded to follow advice to stay at home, protect lives and help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Continue reading “Day 16 of Lockdown – “There’s a Lot Going On” Edition”

March 30, 2020

Day 7 of Lockdown – The ‘Look After Yourself’ Edition

Day 7 of Lockdown

So, it’s day 7, coming to the end of the first week and we’re looking at the possibility of there being many more weeks. Nerves are already fraying at webmaster’s house. With that in mind, looking after yourself is a key imperative, that’s why we’ll inject humour from time to time, but our first item is from Public Health England (PHE). Others are:

Scam alert,
CBC’s Community Response Document – 28 pages of information. We’ve also added some other ideas of things to do or where to find ideas.

Guidance on Mental Health & Wellbeing

Over the weekend PHE published a document basically concerned with helping us preserve our sanity in these troubling times. It addresses a wide range of things you can do to help with your mental health & wellbeing, many with links to external resources such as helplines and the NHS Fitness Studio: Continue reading “Day 7 of Lockdown – The ‘Look After Yourself’ Edition”