The Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) is inviting wildlife enthusiasts, gardeners and community groups to join a series of online events – for top advice from the experts on how to help wildlife on your patch. The Trust is running the Zoom sessions from next month, with subjects including Wilding Yourself and Your […]
’We can help you talk about cancer’ is the message from the local NHS as the global World Cancer Day approaches. The annual awareness day, on Friday 4 February, focuses on cancer prevention, detection, and treatment. The theme this year is to ‘close the gap’ so that awareness and understanding of cancer is equitable for […]
Horatio’s Garden Stoke Mandeville opened in 2018 at the National Spinal Injuries Centre in Stoke Mandeville Hospital. The spinal centre is one of the largest and oldest in the UK, with an inpatient capacity for 106 adult patients and 9 additional adolescent and paediatric beds. Consequently, it serves people from across the British Isles and […]
Dacorum Borough Council will be celebrating the diamond anniversary of Hemel Hempstead being declared a New Town on Friday. On 4 February in 1947 Hemel Hempstead was chosen for expansion, coming to the rescue of Londoners who were living in slum housing or whose homes had been bombed during World War II. An ambitious building […]
Dacorum Borough Council hosts its first Reusable Nappy Natter and nappy swap at The Forum, Hemel Hempstead on Monday 21 February, 10am-12pm. The UK throws away around 3 billion disposable nappies every year – that’s roughly 8 million per day. These plastic-filled nappies can take up to 500 years to breakdown in landfill. In Hertfordshire, […]
#TeamHerts Volunteering are excited to announce the launch of a brand-new website, GoVolHerts, for all your volunteering needs. Whether you are a Hertfordshire resident looking for your perfect volunteering role or are an organisation hoping to recruit volunteers, your journey starts here! GoVolHerts is a straightforward platform which supports the whole of the Voluntary, Community, […]
Local charity Hector’s House is asking for your help to win them a share of £10,000 in just two minutes. Here’s their message: Hello lovely ones, we would love to ask you for a quick favour. The wonderful folks at Ashtons are giving away a share of £10,000 and we’d be delighted if you could spend […]
Residents who regularly create more garden waste than they can fit in their green-lidded bin, can sign up for the Additional Garden Waste Subscription Service. The service gives residents the opportunity to buy additional 240-litre green-lidded bins for £25 each and have them collected on their normal garden waste collection day for a seasonal subscription fee […]
A multi-million pound contract to care for victims of crime has been agreed by the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire. The £2.8m four-year contract, to begin this April, ensures those who live in the county will continue to benefit from one of the UK’s most comprehensive schemes run through the Hertfordshire Beacon Victim Care […]
These beautiful cats are currently with Cats Protection Hemel Hempstead & Berkhamsted Branch – can you offer one of them a forever home? Harry This is Harry, he is 11 years old but very young at heart; you wouldn’t know his age to look at him! He loves to be with people and cuddle up. […]
On Sunday 9 January, Dacorum residents recycled over 6000 Christmas trees for free at Dacorum Borough Council’s chipping points throughout the borough. The annual recycling day has been running in Dacorum for 26 years, and it soared back to pre-COVID levels with local Scouts groups and the Hospice of St Francis able to offer tree […]
A local nature reserve which recently had a starring role in the BBC’s Countryfile is holding its first open day for people to find out more about volunteering opportunities. Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) is inviting people to join the open day at its College Lake nature reserve near Aylesbury on Tuesday 8 […]