Charity

Around 300 people celebrated the lives of friends and loved ones at a Christmas carol and remembrance service held at St Clare Hospice on Saturday (December 16).

The owner of a fitness studio in Bishop's Stortford is again striving to bring some Christmas joy to people affected by homelessness.

A squad of Santas and a herd of reindeer descended on Grange Paddocks in Bishop's Stortford on Saturday to take part in a fun run for Grove Cottage.

A concert to raise funds for the Night Shelter, put on by three members of the Bishop's Stortford Musical Theatre Company, raised more than £600.

Bring some festive joy to poorly children in hospital this Christmas by dropping off gifts for them in the Independent's office at 12 North Street, Bishop's Stortford.

The Bishop's Stortford and Stansted Round Table will be bringing Christmas joy to the area this December, with the return of Santa's Sleigh.

The Bishop's Stortford family working to help others across Hertfordshire and Essex have changed the name of their new charity.

UK Power Networks has agreed to provide an emergency generator for sick animals at a Bishop's Stortford charity after the mayor and the Independent contacted the utility company.

Wear your jolliest Christmas jumper to work or school on Wednesday, December 13 to raise funds for St Clare Hospice.

St Elizabeth's has given its shop in Florence Walk in Bishop's Stortford town centre a makeover, as Madeleine Sanders discovered...

A teenager who has been going to Grove Cottage for 16 years will be taking part in the Santa Dash and Reindeer Run with his mum early next month.

Three members of Bishop's Stortford Musical Theatre Company will provide an afternoon of entertainment on Sunday (Nov 26) to raise money for the town's winter night shelter.

Bishop's Stortford shoppers can snap up a bargain at the St Clare Hospice music and bookshop in Devoils Lane.

A Bishop's Stortford family's struggle to provide life-changing medical care for their little boy has prompted the foundation of a new charity to help others in the same desperate need.

Hertfordshire Trefoil Guilds celebrated the organisation's 40th year in Bishop's Stortford with a fellowship service at the St Barnabas Centre in Thorley, attended by around 100 members.

A Bishop's Stortford student says the suicide of a friend stopped a downward spiral where she also attempted to take her own life.

Thorley Cricket Club is trying to get funding for a major renovation project to give its clubhouse a much-needed facelift.

Tiny ballerinas raised £880 for Children in Need - by dancing in their pyjamas.

A team of seven from Bishop's Stortford's Koru gym raised more than £1,600 for St Clare Hospice taking part in the Brighton and Hove Triathlon.

The YMCA in Bishop's Stortford received a boost from the town mayor as he presented the charity with a cheque for £860.