Update on our Funding requests We have received £5,600.00 from two funders who come under the Essex Community Foundation (namely Firebird Fund and Diana Tinson Fund). We have also received £1,100 from FSJ funding. This gives us £6,700 of the £8,800 we were asking for. UPDATE : We have now received the remaining monies needed …
Read More Newsletter – Issue 3 – July 2025Charity Number : 1210601 St Augustine’s Church Hall – Thorpe Bay meets: – 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month from 2:00pm to 4:00pm Please Note – from April 2025 we will no longer be using The Avenue Baptist Church we will instead be meeting at The Balmoral Community Centre, Salisbury Avenue, Westcliff SS0 7AU …
Read More Safe Harbour Bereavement GroupOn the 13th November the lovely Andy Bunker from Alton Garden Centre is joining us at St Augustine’s with information about our gardens over winter and will be bringing some plants for sale. Andy is always a pleasure to listen to and this will be his third visit to us. Meanwhile at The Balmoral Community …
Read More Coming November and December 2025 ……….Please note we are changing our Westcliff Venue to The Balmoral Community Centre and the new date will be 3rd Thursday of the month from 2pm to 4pm Dates for both St Augustine’s and Balmoral below Speakers at St Augustine’s for 2025 : Jean from Chit Chat Group – 13th March Energy Awareness Talk – …
Read More Dates and Speakers for 2025Hi all, We have been asked to support this research by sharing a poster and a link to a survey which is being studied by Clinical Psychologists at the Royal Holloway, University of London. Here is a link to their website : www.tinyurl.com/grief2024?source=charity
Read More Grief ResearchIt is with great sadness that I post here that this year we have lost 3 gentlemen who were with us at the very start of Safe Harbour. Their personalities will be missed by us all 8th February – Auction 22nd February – Karen tells us about Simply Sing 14th March – Counsellor Sally talks …
Read More What’s Happening in 2024St Augustine’s: 2:00 – 4:00 11th & 25th Jan, 8th & 22nd Feb, 14th & 28th March, 11th & 25th Apr, 9th & 23rd May, 13th & 27th June, 11th & 25th July, 8th & 22nd Aug, 12th & 26th Sept, 10th & 24th Oct, 14th & 28th Nov, 12th Dec (No meeting on Dec …
Read More Welcome to 2024 Meeting Dates at Safe HarbourFund Raising for a Defibrillator for the outside of the church hall
Read More 27th July 2023 at St Augustine’s Church HallWhat is coming in 2023 at St Augustine’s Hall Please keep chatting during the speaker’s talk to a minimum and if you can’t hear please let the speaker know so they can speak up or get closer – thanks. 6th September – Trip to Porters Afternoon Tea at Porters – Wednesday 6th Sept 2pm …
Read More Speakers and Events for 2023Update – the afternoon was a great success with 15 members helping out and about 60 people attending as we raised £440 for our group’s funds. here are just a few photos which do not do the afternoon justice, please blame me the photographer – I am no David Bailey that’s for sure!! on Thursday …
Read More Strawberry Tea