Latest updates from the Heart of Pitsea

Music Matters Quiz, Friday 12 July, 6.45pm, The Basildon Upper Academy, Wickford Avenue SS13 3HL Enjoy a chart-topping quiz packed full of fascinating music trivia questions. Cash prizes to be won!  Teams...

We are incredibly proud and pleased to have been chosen as one of the Basildon Borough Council ‘Basildon@70 Heroes’, with a poster in the Eastgate Shopping Centre and a mention in...

Thank you to everyone who came along to our 2018/2019 Celebration and AGM on Saturday 15 June at The Chalvedon Community Centre. It was great to see our friends from...

To celebrate the launch of the new Heart of Pitsea Legacy Park, we hosted a programme of fun activities throughout the Easter Holidays. All held close to the new Children’s...

The Basildon Academies Youth Enterprise Challenge, Friday 29 March    Just like an exciting episode of ‘The Apprentice’, Heart of Pitsea tasked 8 teams of Basildon Academy students with setting up...

Heart of Pitsea in the news! A number of Heart of Pitsea resident members and their children, along with family members from our Wednesday Youth Club, went along for a...

Sing your heart out once a month at our FREE Karaoke evening. No talent required – just come and have some fun!   This event is part of our FREE...

  Heart of Pitsea ‘Life Stories’ Project Over the years, we have had the privilege to meet many Pitsea residents with incredible life stories to tell. And that made us...

Incredible Edible, our gardening project, is looking for volunteers to join us to work on our four plots growing organic fruit and vegetables which is available free to local residents...

FREE Community Connect, Pitsea Leisure Centre Every Wednesday, from 6.30pm-8.30pm at The Place, Pitsea Leisure Centre, we offer a whole range of FREE activities, aimed at connecting with adults in...

  10am-12noon on Tuesdays 12 February; 26 February; 12 March; 26 March; 9 April; 23 April; 14 May FREE, fortnightly, Tuesday morning social get together for Pitsea residents at The...

10am to 12 noon, Pitsea Library, Northlands Pavement, Pitsea SS13 3DU Children of all ages love creating with blocks. As well as being fun, it has a real educational quality,...

  We are pleased to present our updated Big Local plan for the Heart of Pitsea area. This document sets out what we plan to do over the next three...

We are currently surveying Pitsea Residents to find out what improvements they would like to see in the area. The answers we receive will help shape our aims and objectives...

Big Local is an exciting opportunity for residents in 150 areas around England to make a massive and lasting positive difference to their communities. Big Local brings together all the...

It’s been an eventful year and the Heart of Pitsea are proud to have developed and supported a wide range of projects and activities. These have included a Summer Fun...

Are you a local business owner? The Heart of Pitsea is launching a business advisory programme at The Place, Northlands Pavement, Pitsea with Your Business Inspiration to support existing businesses and...

A project called ‘Incredible Edible’ is staking a claim across the country and is providing communities with free food. Yes, you read that right… free food!!      So, how does it...

This year the Heart of Pitsea team encouraged the local council to invest in developing the Elm Green play area. This was encouraged initially by some local community members and...

A group of volunteers got together to improve the local environment and set out in Pitsea to complete a Spring Clean. We would like to thank everybody who got involved...

Congratulations to our summer newsletter prize draw winner Mrs Havies who has won £50. The draw was held at ‘The Place’ and the manager Carmel Hanley kindly selected the winner....

Together we can make a difference We want to encourage pride in the community and create a buzz of activities suited to all of our community members. We are planning...

A recent consultation asking Pitsea residents what they think should be the priorities for the area has had a “fantastic response”. Supported by Basildon Council and Basildon, Billericay and Wickford...

The Heart of Pitsea hosted a Tea Party in March 2014 to get views of local residents on how we can make a difference. Here’s a few pictures taken on...