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Update on our Funding requests We have received £5,600.00 from two funders who come under the Essex Community Foundation (namely Firebird Fund and Diana Tinson Fund).    We have also received £1,100 from FSJ funding.  This gives us £6,700 of the £8,800 we were asking for.  We are very grateful to these funders for their generosity …

Please note we are changing our Westcliff Venue to The Balmoral Community Centre and the new date will be 3rd Thursday of the month from 2pm to 4pm Dates for both St Augustine’s and Balmoral below Speakers at St Augustine’s for 2025 : Jean from Chit Chat Group – 13th March Energy Awareness Talk – …

Hi all, We have been asked to support this research by sharing a poster and a link to a survey which is being studied by Clinical Psychologists at the Royal Holloway, University of London. Here is a link to their website : www.tinyurl.com/grief2024?source=charity

It is with great sadness that I post here that this year we have lost 3 gentlemen who were with us at the very start of Safe Harbour. Their personalities will be missed by us all 8th February – Auction 22nd February – Karen tells us about Simply Sing 14th March – Counsellor Sally talks …

St Augustine’s: 2:00 – 4:00 11th & 25th Jan, 8th & 22nd Feb, 14th & 28th March,   11th & 25th Apr, 9th & 23rd May, 13th & 27th June, 11th & 25th July, 8th & 22nd Aug, 12th & 26th Sept, 10th & 24th Oct, 14th & 28th Nov, 12th Dec (No meeting on Dec …

Fund Raising for a Defibrillator for the outside of the church hall

Charity Number : 1210601 St Augustine’s Church Hall – Thorpe Bay meets: – 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month from 2:00pm to 4:00pm Please Note – from April 2025 we will no longer be using The Avenue Baptist Church we will instead be meeting at The Balmoral Community Centre, Salisbury Avenue, Westcliff SS0 7AU …

What is coming in 2023 at St Augustine’s Hall Please keep chatting during the speaker’s talk to a minimum and if you can’t hear please let the speaker know so they can speak up or get closer – thanks. 6th September – Trip to Porters   Afternoon Tea at Porters  – Wednesday 6th Sept 2pm …

Update – the afternoon was a great success with 15 members helping out and about 60 people attending as we raised £440 for our group’s funds. here are just a few photos which do not do the afternoon justice, please blame me the photographer – I am no David Bailey that’s for sure!! on Thursday …

I would just like to tell you all about the Avenue Bereavement Support group which is run by Joy sole for those parents who have lost a child of any age. Safe Harbour have recommended several people to this wonderful group and I can fully recommend it as a safe and supportive group The meetings …