Chigwell Row Community

 We have during the year received confirmations that repairs would be made along Pudding Lane. On 3rd November 2022 this email was received from Essex Council: Reference Number: 2682118 Issue: verge defects (this relates to ditches in side verges causing vehicles to topple) Location: PUDDING LANE Current status: works completed Good news - we have now completed works at this site. Thanks for helping us to keep Essex roads in the best condition we can. Regards, Essex Highways Image of verges causing safety hazards to vehicles Read more (here) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Other dangerous verges were also reported and this email was also received on 3rd November 2022: Reference Number: 2682117 Issue: verge defects Location: PUDDING LANE Current status: this issue has been made safe We have investigated, risk assessed and recorded the issue, and initial works to make it safe have been co

 We have received the following message from Epping Forest District Council and share it with you: Staff shortages due to coronavirus at our waste contractor Biffa may mean disruption to some residents normal recycling and rubbish collections. We are working extremely hard to ensure that the service continues as close to normal as possible. Prioritising recycling and black bin collection We are prioritising recycling and black refuse bin collections over green-lidded food and garden bin collections. If your food and garden bin is not collected please take it in until your next scheduled collection day. In Epping and North Weald on Wednesday we were unable to collect all the recycling. If your collection was missed please leave your recycling sacks on the boundary as normal and we will collec

We earlier posted an alert about a woman of 76 years who had been missing for up to 12 hours.  We can now confirm that Gillian Ide has been located and is safely back with her family.  Read more (here )

Missing:  Gillian Ide [posted at 10.30pm] Relatives and friends of an elderly woman of 76 years are calling for help in locating her.  Gillian Ide was last seen at 10:30am on 13th September, after leaving a Yoga Class at Fullwell Cross Leisure Centre, on Barkingside High Street.   Police and local hospitals have been informed but so far Gillian who suffers from Dementia has not been traced. Gillian was seen by a RING camera on Redbridge Lane East at around 12pm. UPDATE: 11.30pm If anyone has seen her please notify local police or get in touch with Chigwell Row Residents Association, who can get in contact with those close to the woman.  You can contact CRRA by emailing wilson@eastIlfordbettermentpartnership.org or call us on 020 8514 0861

Most of you already know that Chigwell Row Residents Association has been working in partnership with Epping Forest Community Transport.   Charity No: 1148539 Registered Company Limited by Guarantee No: 7983448 Email:  efct@efcommunitytransport.org.uk  Web:  www.efcommunitytransport.org.uk , i n supporting local residents get their children to school safely and reducing traffic within the Chigwell community. At present Epping Forest Community Transport are offering one minibus to Chigwell (High Road), Davenant Foundation, Debden Park High and West Hatch High schools.  A second minibus could be available if we can increase the interest therefore reducing the time required for student travel and increasing pick up locations.   The same minibus serves our ageing community to access Epping High Street,  Epping Retail Park or Debden High street. The service is a Demand Response Service, DaRT8 for more information please contact Epping Forest Community Transport 01992 579556, email  efct@efc

Working with Chigwell Row Residents Association, Epping Forest Community Transport (EFCT) have now organised a Yellow Bus Service that will transport Children from Chigwell Row and Chigwell Village to Davenant High School, Debden Park High School, Chigwell School and West Hatch High School.  The service is a new one and will now utilise the second yellow bus. The bus still has school places on offer and will not charge for holidays and periods of interruption i.e. COVID-19 outbreak making this an inexpensive option.   Furthermore the service has now been accepted onto the Essex Supported Travel programme for students living three miles away from catchment schools they attend. CRRA was very involved in the process of making this happen. Readers may want to email EFCT as there are more available spaces especially as the long term plan is to operate a two bus system, which will result in shorter journey times for all travellers using shorter more direct routes.   EFCT's contact detail