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WELCOME

14 years ago this month, the first Oracle landed on your door mat. The magazine now commands a loyal and strong readership and continues to attract clients who are looking for local effective print advertising.

However, in business one can’t be complacent and the new online directory launching at the end of this month has been a huge but necessary investment. Online for many businesses is the way forward and is very much part of their company’s media strategy.

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Clients and readers alike have been asking when Oracle would go online. I felt that now was the right time to launch the new Southend Oracle Directory. This new site will not be replacing the magazines as they still very much have a role to play but the new directory will enable business to have an online presence without spending a fortune. For more information on this new service please turn to page 7 or give me a call.

This month’s competition, Holiday Inn Southend are offering an afternoon tea for two including a glass of Prosecco worth £50. Enjoy your tea for two at the 1935 Rooftop Restaurant and Bar, awarded AA Rosette and offering the best views over the airport.

To enter Oracle/Holiday Inn Southend competition, please visit Oracle’s competition page on the website or send your entry by post to Oracle’s offices, please see address below. Just send in your full name and contact details, the closing date is 30 September 2019.

Good luck!

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Emma Wynne-Morgan Publisher

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Photo competition entry by David & Janine Rawlins

Addressing homelessness in Southend 9/10 Local Issues by HARP Southend

World Zombie Day-on-Sea

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Editorial by Stephen Daultrey

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Editorial by Keith Hoskins

LEAD WORK

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The thick of it

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Hair & Beauty by Craig Smith

The Old Leigh Regatta

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Don't despair!

If you have a business, then more than likely you’ll have a website. Building a new website is just the beginning and once built it then needs to be found by potential customers.

Getting your site found online and in front of a potential customer is always a challenge unless, of course, your business has unlimited amount of funds to spend on SEO and/or a Google AdWords campaign.

Not every business has the luxury of having unlimited financial resources to constantly try and improve the performance of their website.

Having launched Oracle Publications 14 years ago this month, Oracle’s website has grown in strength and has a strong presence online.

As a result, I felt there was an opportunity to support local business websites that don’t have such a strong ranking. Having listened to my client’s issues with other online directories, I decided to invest and develop Oracle’s own online service directory called ‘Southend Oracle’. Our sister company, Oracle Creative Media has spent many months building this complex site which will ‘piggyback’ Oracle’s main site.

Members have complete control Southend Oracle Directory will allow all members to have their own unique login which gives them complete control of their online web-vert, display their services, promote offers, manage reviews, be listed under 3 different categories and much more.

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Huge marketing support!

I realise that no new business venture is successful without marketing. Therefore, I have planned a huge advertising campaign to support Southend Oracle and as part of the media mix there will be a 116,000 door drop that will be a mixture of Oracle advertising plus a 60,000 door-drop, planned for October and November, to be distributed outside of Oracle’s catchment area. Southend Oracle’s aim is to give residents in Southend and further afield an opportunity to tap into Oracle’s ever-expanding client base of reputable businesses and at the same time make online affordable to all businesses with a trusted local company.

From 1st October, residents will be able to view the businesses (members) who have joined the site and who have wisely taken advantage of the great introductory offers available at the moment, so please ask!

For more information on how you can become a member of Southend Oracle and boost your visibility online, enjoy favourable rates, have the ability to amend your online web-vert as your business dictates, promote offers and much more.

If you would like a no obligation, informal chat for further information then please call.

Emma Wynne-Morgan 01702 393838 info@oraclepublications.co.uk

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LOCAL ISSUES

Addressing homelessness in Southend Homelessness is a widely talked-about and controversial topic in Southend, particularly rough sleeping, which is the most visible end of the homeless spectrum. However, it is not just about people sleeping on the streets. It all begins with addressing the causes of homelessness in the first place.

homelessness are as unique as the individuals

This is why HARP supports people who are at

who would help out in times of need, but not

risk of homelessness, as well as those who are

everyone has this kind of support available to

already rough sleeping and want to get off the

them.

streets.

Complex needs

who come to us for help.

They can include relationship breakdowns, health problems leading to being unable to work and pay the rent or mortgage, or another reason for loss of work or income. The thing many homeless people have in common is the lack of a support network. Many of us have family or friends

So how does HARP help?

Although not every homeless person has an

HARP has been working with homeless people

addiction or mental health issue, these can go

in Southend for over 15 years, growing from a

hand-in-hand, creating a complex and vicious

day centre and night shelter, to a full service

cycle.

operating over 200 beds each night, an active

As Lindsey*, a former HARP service-user who

day centre offering hot breakfasts and support

became homeless after a violent attack left her

and advice, and outreach workers who go out

with post-traumatic symptoms, said: “Living

onto the streets to speak to homeless people.

on the street was making the symptoms of my

HARP’s accommodation caters for people at

psychosis worse because it was triggered by the

different stages of their homelessness journey.

trauma of my attack, which took place at night.

Our goal is to help people move through the

Sleeping outside at night brought it all back.

different types of housing and levels of support

"Eventually the council became aware of my

until they are ready to live independently.

situation and referred me to HARP, where I got

What causes homelessness?

accommodation. The mental health team would

People often ask what causes homelessness, and it’s easy to make assumptions that there are drugs or alcohol involved, but the reasons for September 2019

come and see me there, as well as the clinical nurse. I started having counselling again, and my key worker was helping me and signposting me

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to different resources.”

of homelessness or worried about their housing

At HARP we treat everyone as an individual and

situation are welcome between 1pm and 4pm.

help them to access the support they need to get

And if you’re concerned about someone who

– and stay - off the streets or to avoid becoming homeless in the first place.

Working with other organisations HARP’s team are also able to regularly sit at the table with Southend-on-Sea Borough Council and other agencies to make sure that all parties

you think is sleeping rough, you can use the StreetLink app or website to report the location where you’ve seen them. StreetLink then send the details to organisations like HARP so that our outreach workers can find them and offer support.

are aware of the services available. That makes

For more ways in which you can support

it easy for them to refer homeless people to the

homeless people in Southend, visit

help and support they really need.

www.harpsouthend.org.uk

HARP also regularly refers to organisations

*Name changed for privacy reasons

like STARS (Southend Treatment And Recovery Service), mental health organisations, and to other shelters or housing organisations if we don’t have space or if they are better suited to people’s needs.

So what can I do to help?

Most people want to know if they should give money to a homeless person. That’s completely your choice, but in HARP’s experience what people need is real change, not loose change.

Showing care and compassion to those in crisis is a wonderful thing to do; but please be careful and remember that not everyone that asks for money is homeless, and not everyone that is homeless is out on the streets asking for money.

If you do want to give money to support homeless people, it’s easy to make a donation to HARP through our website, either as a one-off or on a regular basis. You can be sure that your money will be going towards supporting vital, life-saving services in Southend.

If you speak to someone who is sleeping rough, you can always ask if they’ve been to HARP’s Bradbury Day Centre on York Road, which is open Monday to Friday. Rough sleepers can come along from 9am - 1pm, and those at risk 10

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Damon Langlois, Managing Director, said “Not all our customers want, or need, the consultative or procurement service that Green Light offers for purchasing certain print products and this store gives them the opportunity to control what they order, how quickly it’s delivered and the price they pay. I’m delighted to be able to offer this new service to our customers.”

Not just an online store Many customers have already benefited from using this system for the more transactional based products, but what the store offers doesn’t end there. With the option of the online design tool, and the choice from 80,000 templates, customers can create their own artwork.

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such as business cards, letterheads, leaflets, brochures etc, all while maintaining their brand and controlling cost.

Damon Langlois continued,“This element of the new service is very exciting for me. It is a great solution for organisations that are multi-site, do a lot of events or have a lot of services they market. We would welcome the opportunity to have a no-obligation discussion with any organisation on how they could benefit from this .”

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Hair salon offers vegan and eco-friendly hair products 25Hair, based in Rochford, Essex, invest in their environmental responsibility by offering vegan and eco-friendly products, as well as paying to recycle their waste.

7th September 2019: (Essex) 25Hair, the new name for Ellis’ Hair Salon in Rochford, Essex, has launched with a new name and a new purpose.

25Hair offer all their customers sustainable and environmentally friendly vegan products that leave your hair looking beautiful, with powerful colour and full coverage.

Minimising environmental impact 25Hair are constantly looking at changes they can make to minimise their environmental impact. They understand that their industry is a luxury and want to make their service environmentally and ethically fair. As part of their commitment to this cause, they not only stock vegan and eco-friendly hair colour products, but they also recycle general salon waste, including tinting foils, tint tubes, boxes, plastic bottles, and cans. They’ve even had solar panels installed on the roof of their salon to heat the water they use on a regular basis.

25Hair only work with product companies whose ethical and environmental values align with theirs. This includes Sens.us and Eufora, who they use for colour, styling and hair care products.

These companies invest in ecologically correct harvesting, socially fair practices and economical fair trade, making them the perfect fit for the salon.

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Educating our customers During each service, the 25Hair team are also educating their customers on hair care maintenance, scalp health and minimising product wastage, so that their customers can also change their behaviour and invest in products that will reduce their environmental impact.

Nicole Chilmaid, Salon Owner at 25Hair stated “We are passionate about the impact we have and the changes we can make to do our bit for the environment, which is why we’re delighted to work with companies such as Sens.us and Eufora who offer vegan and eco-friendly products. Our new name comes with a new commitment.”

Offer for September £10 voucher for a cut and finish or colour and cut and finish to be used by 30.09.19, Selected stylist only (seniors) and Monday to Friday and not inconjuction with any other offer.

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Hello Gorgeous! Is in its 16th year of trading on The Broadway and continues to offer clients a wide variety of beauty therapies including sumptuous YonKa facials, relaxing and deep tissue massage, Jessica manicures, pedicures, Geleration gel polish, spray tanning and waxing, to name but a few.

Treatments take place in one of three spacious and luxurious rooms, where the emphasis is definitely on relaxation of the mind and body and customer care is undoubtedly the priority. In fact, as a direct result of receiving an overwhelming number of 5 star reviews, ‘Salon Spy’ recently acknowledged Hello Gorgeous! outstanding customer service by presenting them with a 'Certificate of Excellence' award!

Our Dermapaning treatment One of the fastest growing treatments on offer at Hello Gorgeous! is Dermaplaning, a favourite in the entertainment industry. Why? It removes the top layer of dulling dead skin cells and eliminates that annoying peachy fuzz that cakes up in make-up, revealing a smoother, brighter, softer complexion; it can also help with the appearance of fine lines.

The ‘celebrity treatment’ CACI is another of the ‘must haves’ offered by Hello Gorgeous! Also known as the ’non-surgical’ face lift it does what it says on the tin! This facial lifts, tightens, 20

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Treatments for men Gentlemen clients are certainly not overlooked at Hello Gorgeous! and a whole section of the treatment menu is dedicated to treatments designed especially for them – deep tissue sports massage and pedicures being definite winners!

Another favourite on the Menu is Permanent Make-up, carried out by celebrity permanent make-up artist, Heidi Worman. Heidi is an extremely experienced practitioner, not only in the art of permanent make-up but she has also studied paramedical make-up, learning to reconstruct nipples and breast areola, correcting skin pigmentation disorders, scar relaxing and camouflage techniques, for which she is registered with BUPA. The newest recruit at Hello Gorgeous! Is beauty therapist Molly, who is offering her clients 20% off all treatments taken during September.

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One of Southend's oldest established jewellers With more than 60 years in the business, AV & BV Andrews has built up an enviable reputation for not only quality jewellery but outstanding service.

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World Zombie Day-on-Sea “Bite back” against homelessness with apocalyptic fundraiser, shuffling into Southend on 5 October 2019…

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The thick of it As a hairdresser I never really switch off.

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The Old Leigh Regatta The origins of The Old Leigh Regatta are lost in the mists of time but there are faded photographs dotted about the public houses in the old Town which depict sailing races which too place as part of its festivities almost a century ago.

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