While the London Marathon was capturing the hype at the weekend, everyday heroes in Southend were walking the Prittle Brook Greenway to help raise vital funds for HARP the year ahead. Over 100 kind-hearted people took part in our Spring Walk, which started at Priory Park in Southend, and ended in Belfairs Woodland Centre in Leigh-on-Sea, and all to support us to end rough sleeping in Southend. At HARP we work with people that are either homeless, or at risk of homelessness, s

HARP are the leading Homeless Charity in South-East Essex and support over 1,000 people facing homelessness each year. On Wednesday they were joined by media personality, businesswoman, and activist, Heather Mills, for the opening of their new women’s hostel, White Heather House. White Heather House, which has been operating for around a year, has 20 en-suite rooms for single homeless women. Around 25% of the people that HARP support are women and they can often have a very d

Greggs have been donating unsold food to Southend’s Homeless Charity HARP for many years. This support is invaluable as we provide over 60,000 meals a year to people taking steps to overcome homelessness and their food donations really help us meet this need. Greggs also held a national ‘Homelessness Awareness Week’ in February, and we were grateful to be chosen as the local beneficiary charity, with stores raising over £2,000 to support local homeless people. With many of th

Thorpe Bay Lawn Tennis Club in Southend-on-Sea have named HARP as their ‘Charity of the Year’, and they recently kicked off their fundraising with a quiz night held at their clubhouse on Thorpe Bay Gardens. The 800 member-strong club invited Lisa Walton and Lisa Swallow from HARP to host a special ‘HARP question round’ at their quiz night. Lisa Walton, Community Fundraiser said “we are so pleased to be the club’s ‘Charity of the Year’ and look forward to hearing all about the