Fun Things to Do While In Lockdown

It’s been a strange and unsettling year for all of us, but for school-age children the coronavirus pandemic has caused them to miss months of school and be separated from their friends and teachers for lengthy periods.

Alex Burghart is inviting everyone in Brentwood and Ongar to get involved in UK Parliament Week and join a UK-wide conversation about our democracy, people power and making change happen.

I am a great fan of a nicely turned out allotment, and we are fortunate in Brentwood and Ongar to have some fine sites on which many people grow vegetables, fruit and flowers each year.

News Release from Essex County Council - Final re-opening plans for Essex Libraries published

Some of the facilities most missed during the current lockdown limitations have been the wide open Spaces of Essex County Council's country parks especially, for us here in the Brentwood and Ongar constituency, Thorndon North, Thorndon South and South Weald. 

The beginning of this summer term comes in radiant sunshine and yet under a grim cloud. Pupils remain home for the foreseeable future. Schools, however, remain open.