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Hertsmere’s Holocaust Memorial parade and ceremony
| Join us for Hertsmere’s Holocaust Memorial parade and ceremony |
 The Mayor of Hertsmere will be leading a candlelit parade and ceremony to mark Holocaust Memorial Day later this month and everyone is welcome to attend. The event will provide an opportunity to pause to remember the millions of people who have been murdered or whose lives have been changed beyond recognition during the Holocaust, Nazi Persecution and in subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. The candlelit parade will be led by Mayor of Hertsmere, Councillor John Graham, and will take place on Thursday 26 January. The parade will travel from the Radlett Train Station car park at 6pm, along Watling Street to The Radlett Centre, where a ceremony will take place to include videos, speakers and musical performances. The event is open for all to attend. If you would like to take part in the parade and/or the ceremony, please email mayors.secretary@hertsmere.gov.uk stating: Full name Address Telephone number E-mail address Allocation will be made on a first come, first served basis. |
Drop off your winter clothes
| Drop off your winter clothes Can you help keep our community warm this winter by donating your unwanted winter clothes? Perhaps you got a nice new coat for Christmas and no longer need the old one that’s still perfectly wearable. Maybe you’ve got an extra hat that never gets worn! We’re asking for donations of good quality winter/warm clothing only: jackets, coats, jumpers, hats, scarves, gloves. Nothing with rips or stains and no summer wear or shoes. Men, women and children’s clothing is welcome. Simply drop off your items at 96 Shenley Road between Monday 16 and Friday 20 January. We will sort it and run an event to make it available to those using Hertsmere’s Warm Spaces and other local organisations that are most in need. For any questions please email street.scene@hertsmere.gov.uk |
Recycle your cycle
| Recycle your Cycle Friday 20th January 2023 12pm to 2pm Bushey Country Club, High Street, Bushey, WD23 1TT Did you get a new bike for Christmas? Maybe you’re having a clear out and have one lying unused in the garage or shed? What better way to start the new year than by donating something you no longer use knowing that it could end up as a useful gift for someone else! Recycle your Cycle is a charity that collect unwanted bikes, take them to HM prisons across the country where they are repaired by inmates. As part of this rehabilitation programme, jobs are created alongside training for future employment upon release. The refurbished bikes are then given to charities who sell them on to raise vital funding. So, bring along your bikes on Friday 20 January to the car park at Bushey Country Club (we’ll be down the end near the car wash) between 12pm and 2pm. Any bike will do, children’s or adults. And it doesn’t matter if it’s not in full working order, looks a little worse for wear or has parts missing. For any enquiries, please email street.scene@hertsmere.gov.uk or call Customer Services on 020 8207 7480 Find out more about Recycle your Cycle  |
Want to be a volunteer?
| Handyperson for Communities1st. Communities 1st deliver a Handy Person Service designed to help those 60+ or on benefits, living in Hertsmere and St Albans & District to help with tasks they are unable to carry out themselves. We are looking for Handy Person Volunteers to help us help our community. We ask volunteers to undertake various light practical duties that may include changing lightbulbs, moving furniture and shopping for materials etc. We are a busy service and are looking for some friendly and caring volunteers to help fulfil demand. We can offer flexible hours, which suit both you and our clients’ needs. If you have a few hours to spare and would enjoy doing a bit of DIY whilst helping people who would really struggle to manage it themselves, please give us a call to discuss this opportunity further. Apply here. Warm Spaces Volunteer Churches Together are looking for volunteers who can help with Warm Spaces in 6 venues across the Borough of Broxbourne. Warm Spaces are venues that people can come to which are free, warm, welcoming and safe. Hot drinks will be served, and for those venues which are open over lunchtime, soup and sandwiches will be offered. The role of the volunteers is to help to make the guests feel welcome and comfortable, and to help serving the drinks and refreshments. Apply here. Health Walk Leaders for Herts health walks Would you like to walk within a friendly group, make friends and enjoy the health benefits walking has to offer whilst helping others to enjoy walking too? Volunteering is flexible and there is no expectation of time commitment. Apply here. Volunteer Shopper with St Albans Good Neighbour Scheme St Albans Good Neighbour Scheme provide a shopping service for their clients with that have no one to shop for them are no longer able to shop by themselves. What the role requires: The shop is done once a fortnight, at a mutually convenient time, by the allocated volunteer. To only one supermarket. For general food items only. A clear and precise shopping list (size, brand etc) to be ready, with enough cash to pay for the requested items. The receipt and change will be left with the shopping It may be possible to provide a temporary shopper, when the regular shopper is on holiday. Apply here. |
Recycle your Cycle
| Friday 16th December 11am to 2pm Salisbury Close car park, Potters Bar, EN6 5AX. Are you getting a new bike for Christmas? Maybe you’re having a clear out and have one lying unused in the garage or shed? Christmas is a time for giving and what better way to donate (for free!) than by getting rid of something you no longer use knowing that it could end up as a gift for someone else! Recycle your Cycle is a charity that collect unwanted bikes, take them to HM prisons across the country where they are repaired by inmates. As part of this rehabilitation programme, jobs are created alongside training for future employment upon release. The refurbished bikes are then given to charities who sell them on to raise vital funding. So, bring along your bikes on Friday 16 December to Salisbury Close car park in Potters Bar between 11am and 2pm. Any bike will do, children’s or adults. And it doesn’t matter if it’s not in full working order, looks a little worse for wear or has parts missing. For any enquiries, please email street.scene@hertsmere.gov.uk or call Customer Services on 020 8207 7480 Find out more about Recycle your Cycle |
