Elm Park

Elm Park shops: local crime ‘summit’

A meeting took place on Friday 22 March in the Elm Park shopping area to discuss the spate of prolific shoplifting and the plans on how to tackle the problem.  

The meeting was attended by the Police Superintendent for Havering, Elm Park councillors including Council Cabinet member, Barry Mugglestone, the managers of the shops that have suffered, together with Margaret Mullane and Jon Cruddas MP, who had convened the meeting.

NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMUNITY FUND AWARDS HUGE SUM TO RAINHAM FOODBANK

Over the course of the end of 2022, the National Lottery donated funds to community projects up and down the country, including in Dagenham and Rainham. The National Lottery Community Fund provided almost 2,500 grants last year and one of their biggest funding grants was made available to the Rainham Foodbank.