Open Door, the community centre in Berkhamsted, and Berko Food for Friends have teamed once again up to provide a free meal service for the most vulnerable in our community. Every Tuesday and Thursday during lockdown, volunteers are delivering freshly cooked main courses and desserts to older people, and those who are self isolating or […]
Tring Radio and Living Magazines team up to help keep the community connected Tring Radio is entering into a new partnership with Tring and Berkhamsted Living Magazines. Both the station and the magazines hold the same values when it comes to keeping the community connected, promoting local businesses and organisations and providing entertainment. Living Magazines […]
Urgent & important news from Chiltern Countryside Group In haste, but importantly, we have just heard there is a key full Council Meeting of Dacorum Borough Council on Wednesday 18 November, with an agenda item to ratify the new Local Plan for public consultation starting in December. The Berkhamsted Residents Action Group (BRAG) have set […]
A Hertfordshire homelessness charity has scooped a major national award for the work it does selling items through its online shop. Emmaus Hertfordshire has been presented the UK Community Hero Award by eBay, one of ten awards presented to businesses and organisations across the UK to recognise exceptional or innovative use of the online selling […]
Nearly 400 individuals, businesses and groups including Guides, Brownies and Scouts around Hertfordshire were determined that current restrictions would not deter the DENS Sleepout from going ahead last Friday. Instead of the usual mass get-together in school grounds, everyone was happy to swap their cosy beds for their gardens, garages, floors, and even cupboards, to […]
Fellow Residents, Who would have thought back in January that we would be facing the menace of Covid-19 for much of the year, even going into 2021? We have been fortunate in this part of the county that there have been very few deaths caused by the virus and, apart from the minor outbreak among […]
Dear Residents, One positive from the past six months is that we have become more computer literate (even if we sometimes have to ask our children how to do things!). It does mean that I can keep in contact online when normally I would be out and about at clubs and societies meeting everyone face […]
There is a vacancy on Tring Town Council following the sad death of Councillor John Bowden. The Town Council wishes to fill the vacancy by co-option for the period until the next election in May 2023. Being a Councillor is an opportunity to contribute to your community and help make Tring a better place to […]
Local not-for-profit organisation The Hospice Lottery Partnership has launched its annual Winter Superdraw to raise much needed funds for our local hospices who have all experienced an unexpected loss of income this year due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The hospices that will receive funds raised from the Winter Superdraw include: Florence Nightingale […]
Thank you to Lucie Fountain at Elementary Skin & Body in Tring for writing this article for us We hope you are keeping well in this second lockdown and that you have been able to stay home and keep safe. We are all keeping well and taking the time to refresh ourselves after a very […]
Like many, Gaddesden Place Riding for the Disabled (RDA) has had to adapt to a new way of working through the first and second lockdown and during the summer months with the social distancing rules. In October, they took delivery of their new mechanical horse. Gaddesden Place RDA ran a competition to find a name […]
Hertfordshire Tourism & Hospitality Businesses Secure Investment from Covid-19 Emergency Fund A further four Hertfordshire businesses have secured funding from Crowdfund Hertfordshire: Small Business Innovation Fund, which supports businesses in the retail, tourism, hospitality, and other related sectors most impacted by COVID-19. Bakerbee Bakery, DJ’s Soft Play, Eat Lunch and The Horn are the latest […]