Happy New Year! The Grays Beachcombers monthly litter pick will take place on Sunday 8th January 2023 from 10:30am until 12:00 meeting outside Thurrock Yacht Club RM17 6JF. If you are able to join us, please ensure you wear cold […]
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; […]
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 […]
After opening over 130 years ago, and becoming neglected during recent times, Grays Town Park has been given a new lease of life through the hard work of a local group and the award of several grants. The Park is […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
