NOTICEBOARD

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Hitchin care home teams up with local girls' school to mark Good Care Month with pen pal project

'Following a year of social distancing and isolating, it was touching to reconnect with the children, and we look forward to the next letter exchange.'

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Families on brink of famine in South Sudan receive emergency support funded by Hertfordshire Freemasons

'I’m very pleased we’ve been able to help Plan International, who are distributing food to the most vulnerable families and children in South Sudan.'

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Baldock care home's pocket garden competition gives prizes for green fingers

'Events like these help to connect our residents to the wider community, as well as refresh their passion for hobbies they enjoy.'

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Princess Anne visits Stevenage hospital to present volunteers with prestigious accolade

'This award is richly deserved, and I wish to thank Her Royal Highness and the Lord Lieutenant for making this a day none of us will ever forget.'

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Black Futures host panel discussion in St Albans to commemorate Windrush Day

'I hope that this is the first of many events in St.Albans that celebrates the contributions of the Windrush Generation to our country.'

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Whitwell Steam and Country Fair rasies vital funds for Sue Ryder centre near Hitchin

'We are enormously grateful for the support from the Whitwell Steam and Country Fair committee.'

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Royston rabbit rescue urges people to adopt during rabbit welfare crisis

'It’s exhausting to open emails or answer the phone every day for yet another rabbit, or even whole litters of babies, needing rescue space.'

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Build a bee hotel at Rothamsted this summer

'Making a bee hotel is such fun, and really rewarding when you get your first visitor.'

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Croxley Green school celebrate record number of senior school scholarships despite lockdown challenges

'For this cohort to have secured such incredible success during what has been a difficult period of lockdowns and disruption for many, says much for their resilience, talent and determination to be their exceptional selves.'

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Stevenage hospital charity launch fundraising appeal to transform outside terrace for visitors and patients

'During the peak of the pandemic, we saw how patients in intensive care responded well to feeling fresh air on their face and seeing the moving sky, instead of ceiling panels.'

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Hitchin duo set to dance their way into the Guinness World Records whilst raising vital funds for charity

'We are grateful to be able to raise money for Cancer Research UK whilst trying to achieve something historic.'

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Coventry City Council planning applications for the week ending Sunday, July 25

Various planning applications have been submitted to Coventry City Council, with some decisions also made this week.