It’s VIRTUALly Thurrock SOUP!
Due to current restrictions, we have decided to hold a Zoom SOUP. Everyone is invited to take part and help to vote for the next great idea! If you have a great idea, but done know where to go next-the […]
Cooking with Grays
Whilst delivering food to many of the refuges and hostels across Grays, it has been mentioned to me a number of times that they don’t want or need food that needs to be cooked as ‘they don’t like to cook’! […]
Litter Pick at Falcon Wood
A small team of Riverside Community Big Local volunteers spent Sunday morning picking litter from the piece of land along Bridge Road known as Falconwood. Working with local residents and organisations the Big Local plans to create a Pocket Park […]
Orchard Forum cleaning alleys
Volunteers from the Orchards Community Forum were out again on Saturday morning tidying up alleyways around the Grove Road area, in Grays. Chair of the Orchards Forum, Tina Holland, said; “18 months ago it would have taken many people half […]
BeacherCombers cleaning up Grays Beach
On Sunday morning, around 20, Grays Beachcomber volunteers spent a couple of hours in the sun collecting waste plastic and other rubbish from along the river front in Grays. They collected 26 sacks of rubbish which included over 220 single […]
Trees for the Community
Many plants were donated to the Neil Ruch memorial space at Hogg Lane Ambulance Station and some people had kindly donated trees which would unfortunately grow too large for the available space. When we were planting up the new garden […]
Ambulance Station Memorial Garden
When local paramedic Neil Ruch sadly died from Covid 19 in May, his colleagues wanted to create a memorial garden for him. Riverside Community heard about this and offered to help. Local construction companies came forward to help […]
Next clean up at Grays Beach Sunday 8th November 10:30
Dolly is bagging another bottle. Even Storm Francis couldn’t dampen her enthusiasm last Tuesday. Dolly is 6 years old and is very keen to clear up the rubbish around the Thames as she has learnt about it at school. She loved […]