Did you notice half a dozen folk wandering along the Grays riverfront, on Sunday morning, apparently collecting litter? Well, these are the Grays Beachcombers and their primary purpose is to collect waste plastic that would otherwise be washed back into […]
On Thursday 31 March, 5.30-7pm, Kinetika invite you to join them on Zoom to discuss the future of the Grays Riverside area. Please do share this invite with your groups, friends and family who may have an interest in this […]
The Mayor, Neil, Ren (current board members) and Monty ( past board member) in deep conversation Some of the prizes on display awaiting distribution Lots of interesting conversations at the Riverside Community Big Local celebration event members of the public […]
On Saturday afternoon the 26th of Match we held the Riverside Community Big Local annual celebration event. The mayor of Thurrock, @SueShinnick, presented awards to a number of the volunteers, She also presented an award to Tarnya Bennett – the […]
Volunteers from Friends of Grays Town Park and the Orchards Forum spent a fruitful Sunday morning removing a huge amount of dumped rubbish from the back of Grays Town Park. Chair of the Riverside Community Big Local, Andy Blakey, said; […]
You are all invited to join our Riverside Community Celebration on Saturday 26th March starting at 1pm.Please join us at Unit 26 (formerly Pep & Co) Grays Shopping Centre.We are holding a Treasure Hunt-see map and clues attached around some […]
On the 26th of February, the Orchards Forum and the Riverside Community Big Local took part in clearing the alleyway behind Orsett Road, in Grays. They managed to help clear around two tonnes of rubbish that had been there for […]
On Saturday 12th of March, volunteers from the Orchards Community Forum tackled the alleyway running behind Maple Road in Grays. Seven volunteers cleared a huge amount of dumping from the alley as well as some more from around the Elm […]
The riverfront at Grays is much cleaner than it was – that means we are collecting fewer plastic drink bottles and can concentrate on smaller micro plastics. It’s more intensive and takes longer as Steve Catchpole explains.
The leaflet below shows some of the projects we have been involved in
