Community Activities

Please use the links below to go to the activity you are interested in.

Canalability
Community Builder Project
Dementia Action Alliance
Essex Activate

 

              
H4H Community Awards
Harlow Healing Rooms
Harlow Park Run
Harlow Soup
Harlow Wombles

 
Herts and Essex Community Farm
Parndon Wood Nature Reserve
The Gibbered Gallery
The Gibbered Garden
Volunteer Centre Harlow

    

 

Community Builder

Working with Harlow Seniors to reduce Loneliness and Social Isolation.  Rainbow’s Community Builder programme enables older residents in Harlow to identify issues that are affecting their lives and, with support, bring their ideas to life, get more involved in their community and solve their own problems. In order to tackle the issue of increased loneliness and isolation, we support    older residents to create and maintain weekly social and activity hubs, and we organise special outings and events.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harlow Healing Rooms

Harlow Healing Rooms is a project jointly organised by 3 Harlow Churches –    St Mary’s Churchgate Street, Freshwaters Christian Fellowship, and Gateway. All of the team come from these and other Harlow Churches, they have been trained and are accountable to the leaders of the Team.  Please click the heading for more info.

 

 

 

Harlow Park Run 

 

Harlow parkrun - Weekly Free 5km Timed Run. What is Harlow parkrun? It is a 5km run - it's you against the clock.  Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in Spurriers House Café which is located within the Town Park, opposite the Bandstand - please come and join us!

 

 

 

 

Dementia Action Alliance - Harlow

Virtual coffee mornings for those with Dementia and their carers.  Every Monday there will be a weekly opportunity for those with Dementia and/or their carers, to access a 'Virtual Coffee Morning' via Zoom. There will be singing, quizes, Seated Excercise and plenty of opportunity to make friends and find help.  Click on the image for further details.

To join a coffee morning click here

 

 

 

Harlow Wombles

A group formed to bring together Harlow residents having a mutual desire to support Harlow Council in keeping Harlow tidy and maintaining pride in where we live.  Please click on the image to see their Facebook page.

 

 

 

Heart 4 Harlow Community Awards

Nominations for the Heart 4 Harlow Community Awards Open

today.  You can nominate people or whole organisations  in any one of 5 categories.

Go to https://www.heart4harlow.org.uk/h4h-awards/ for more information.

 

 

Essex Activate

Hello and welcome to the Essex ActivAte Partner Hub!

Here you will find all our important updates surrounding the upcoming Holiday Activity and Food programme, as we progress towards the Half Term and Summer Holidays.

 

 

Herts and Essex Community Farm

 

Herts & Essex Community Farm is a non-for-profit community project, founded in October 2013 as there was a need in the community for more growing spaces. The community farm increases access to fresh, healthy, sustainable food whilst providing a shared space for people to cultivate skills, get exercise and make friends.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harlow Soup

 

 

Do you have an idea to create a better Harlow?

Harlow SOUP is a regular soup dinner and general get together which crowdfunds local community, creative, entrepreneurial projects which benefit Harlow Town.

 

 

 

 

Parndon Wood Nature Reserve   

 

Discover Parndon Wood Nature  Reserve

Beautiful scenery, two nature trails, cafe, wildlife spotting hides, den building,      bug   hunting,  arts & crafts area, bug hotel, picnic benches, binocular hire  available, story telling area.

Birthday parties, venue hire, amphi theatre.

Plus much more 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Volunteer Centre Harlow

Thinking of volunteering!

 

Volunteer Centre Harlow is a local voluntary project existing to promote and support volunteering. The Volunteer Centre actively recruits potential volunteers from all sections of the community and places them with local voluntary organisations who are seeking volunteers to help with their work.

 

 

Canalability

 

Canal Boat Holidays and Day Trips for People with Disabilities

Canalability provide the facilities for people with disabilities and special needs to enjoy boating on the river.  You can hire boats for  a day trip, short break or longer holiday so that you are able to enjoy the relaxing tranquillity of cruising along the river.

 

The Gibbered Gallery

The Gibberd Gallery is a purpose-built contemporary exhibition space in the centre of Harlow on the mezzanine floor of the Civic Centre. It is home to the Sir Frederick Gibberd 20th Century Watercolour Collection, an important collection of British watercolours donated to the town by Sir                                                                                             Frederick Gibberd in 1984. We also run an exciting programme of                                                                                                         special exhibitions featuring  a lively mix of local and national artists                                                                                                     attracting a broad audience.

 

The Gibberd Garden

The Gibberd Garden is an inspirational and fascinating Grade II listed garden. Created between 1957 and 1984 by Sir Frederick Gibberd, Master Planner of Harlow New Town and leading post-war architect, it is acknowledged to be one of the most important 20th century gardens in the country.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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