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This has honestly broken my heart. The best thing about supporting Southend is the friends we make along the way. Pete was one of the best I ever made, bonding over our love for sad and bizarre statistics. I will miss him dearly and send all my love to his family and many friends

🟢⚪️ 24 hours to go ⚪️🟢

Next Tuesday (18th Ap) we have a real treat courtesy of the brilliant Si Barron - so highly respected for his voice and his guitar playing (+ other instruments). Si has built up a great reputation - so come along and find out why. If you already know, then you will be there!

Tonight’s the night to catch up with Si Barron at The Hoy. You can’t have anything better to do!

Love football and up for the new @TheVanaramaNL season? Come to @SUFCRootsHall Meet the Blues day at the Boots and Laces training ground this Sunday. We’ll be there talking about foodbanks & football and answering any of your foodbank questions! #HungerDoesntWearClubColours

This week commencing 2nd August the top 5 items we need donations of please are: Instant Noodles Rice Pudding Instant Mash Tinned Fruit Macaroni Cheese Deliveries can be dropped at our Warehouse on Southchurch Road on Mon, Tues & Thurs from 10am-2pm. #southend #foodbank

17th april 2-4pm One Love Pop-up Charity shop @MeccaBingo #greyhoundestate #southend #fundraising #grababargain #helphomeless

Over 200 Easter Eggs and free meals given to children at Friars Baptist Church yesterday 🐣 £1 meals for adults every Tuesday 2-4pm Free support, advice & internet with @SECHCharity 🧑🏼‍💻 #onelove #halfterm #hunger #foodpoverty #marcusrashford

Southend Borough Council are excited to announce a new volunteer opportunity! We are looking for Volunteer Night Welfare Officers who will work alongside partnership agencies to ensure that customers of Southend’s Night-Time Economy are well looked after. (1 of 2)

A few photos from our set up of a One Love Winter Wonderland today 💚 Massive well done to our amazing volunteers for making the lead up to Christmas special this year for our guests , as well as all of the generous donations we get that make this all possible💚

As a business ourselves we understand the difficulties we are all facing at the moment. We are here to offer cleaning support for your business so that you can stay open whilst offering a safe and clean environment for employees and customers. @VisitSouthend

Regular cleaning has never been so important #COVID19 #StaySafe @VisitSouthend @PRSolicitors

A support helpline has been set up for parents who have concerns about sending their children to school due to COVID-19. The helpline launches on today and operates Monday to Friday, 9am until 5pm. Find out more: orlo.uk/05AbF

342 people visited the Storehouse this week, with 18 declaring themselves to be homeless despite the best efforts of @SouthendBC to place them in B&B's during the pandemic. We now have a homeless pack covering the week (collected on Monday) & the weekend (collected on Friday).

Please retweet this across the Southend area so we can help as many families as possible worrying about food at this very difficult time @YourSouthend @YourSouthchurch @everythingleigh @BBCEssex Thank you, Simon Warehouse Coordinator @SouthendFoodBan

Is there any better sight than a theme park at night? 😍📸🤩 Show us some of your best snaps!

Your recycling and waste will be collected as normal this week, as there are no changes following today's Bank Holiday.

Better Health is opportunity for us all to reset and introduce healthy changes. For many, the past few months have been a wake-up call, realising how precious our health is and recognising it's time to get back on track. For help and support visit orlo.uk/08TKo

Save the date... Careers in Childcare week with @ABSSouthend and SACC runs from Monday 7th - Friday 11th September. Parents will have the opportunity to find out how to get into childminding and nursery careers, what qualifications they might need and where to begin. #careers

Sunset in Westcliff! Photo by Maggie Saricicek.