The Provincial Grand Lodge of Hertfordshire is delighted to have donated £3,750 to Lifelites, a charity providing technology to British children suffering from life-limiting illnesses and disabling conditions. The donation will fund the purchase of an Eyegaze – a technology that enables children who cannot speak, to communicate, to play with their brothers and sisters, […]
Parks and green spaces across the country are raising their Green Flag Award with pride in a year when millions of people have seen the value of having great quality green spaces on their doorstep. Among them will be five Dacorum parks and green spaces: Bunkers Park, Hemel Hempstead Canal Fields, Berkhamsted Chipperfield Common Tring […]
Gillian, 80, and John Mole, 82, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on 22 October with a garden visit at Bupa’s Kilfillan House care home in Berkhamsted, where Gillian is a resident. The team at the care home set up an area in the gardens for the happy couple to be able to celebrate their special anniversary […]
Hertfordshire Constabulary has supported a national week of action to help reduce metal theft. The operation, coordinated by British Transport Police, ran from Monday 12 October and focused on prevention, education and enforcement. Throughout the week, officers from safer neighbourhood teams across the county, with support from the Rural Operational Support Team (ROST), carried out […]
The staff and volunteers at Dacorum Mencap have received a £1,000 donation from the Amazon fulfilment centre in Hemel Hempstead. Dacorum Mencap supports people with learning disabilities, along with their families and carers, in the Borough of Dacorum in Hertfordshire. The donation will help sustain the support services and activities which Dacorum Mencap provides to ensure […]
There has been a lot to think about this year but has your motor insurance been one of them? That’s the question being asked by Hertfordshire Constabulary during a national no insurance campaign which runs between 26 October and 1 November. Motor insurance may seem trivial but having inadequate or no cover can prove costly. […]
A Hertfordshire based firm has received a business boost from Retail Entrepreneur Theo Paphitis. Last week, Jules Rennison, founder of BB Group Business Consultancy, tweeted Theo about her business during ‘Small Business Sunday’ (#SBS) and was one of six weekly winners to gain a retweet by Theo to his 500,000 Twitter followers. The weekly initiative, […]
Rennie Grove Hospice Care will be holding a virtual Light up a Life service this December to give local people the opportunity to remember loved ones as Christmas approaches. The introduction of the virtual service has come about because its usual annual Light up a Life services held in local communities in Herts and Bucks […]
Residents supported Dacorum Borough Council’s second Your Town event raising more than £600 for charity. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, it could not be held as a community event with participants running together, but residents still came out in force to run or walk 5k or 10k in their own town or village over the weekend […]
Council leaders across Hertfordshire are encouraging people to celebrate Halloween safely, helping to save lives by preventing the spread of the coronavirus. This year, many Halloween traditions such as trick or treating carry a risk and the county’s message is clear: this Halloween, stick to a safer way of having fun. Hertfordshire Constabulary is also […]
The first residents have moved into Dacorum Borough Council’s new properties at Magenta Court, as the council prepares to reach its ambition to provide 300 new homes by the end of 2020. The canal side project in Hemel Hempstead comprises of 29 one- and two-bedroom flats, all for social rent. Sited next to the historic […]
Mum’s the word this week as a local mum from Hitchin has launched an essential online guide to help families. Little Ankle Biters Hertfordshire is a free website for every member of the family providing trusted reviews of the best activity clubs, days out, classes and child friendly pubs & restaurants, all supported by great […]