Vandals broke into children’s charity, Kids Inspire over the May bank holiday weekend.

Basildon Market was a hub for community outreach on Saturday as children’s charity, Kids Inspire, spoke to local families and gave away goodies to passers by.

Kids Inspire’s Lunch Club programme delivered 160 lunches to 22 low-income families or to families whose children may be experiencing emotional and behavioural difficulties during Easter.

Writing songs, making music and building confidence is the focus of Kids Inspire’s new Sing My Own Song project.

Mental health and trauma recovery support are core services offered by Kids Inspire, who in response to ‘pandemic need’ transformed to ensure service users received therapeutic input from session 1.

Martyn Mead from Hornchurch in Essex has just completed a mammoth virtual walking challenge from Lands’ End to John O Groats and he did it in just 42 days, finishing 10th place out of 11,500 participants.