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Firms readied for River Thames Scheme contractor search
The River Thames Scheme is starting the search for the firms which will build the £501m flood alleviation scheme, just weeks after the government gave the scheme the green light. Today the project team started the market engagement for contractors, with a call for interested firms to express their interest. The value of the contracts … Continue reading
Parade celebrating 34 firefighters who joined during the pandemic
On Sunday (25 July) Surrey Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) hosted a pass out parade for the 34 firefighters from five recruitment courses who joined the service during the pandemic. The recruits, who are currently serving across 18 of 25 Surrey fire stations, were not able to celebrate starting their new careers due to COVID-19. … Continue reading
Surrey secures nearly £3million of additional support for the county’s most vulnerable people
Surrey County Council has been awarded nearly £3million to provide additional, tailored support to homeless people and other vulnerable adults, to help them rebuild their lives. The council, working with a range of public service and voluntary sector partners, made a successful bid for funds under the Changing Futures programme, which aims to support those … Continue reading
Surrey County Council launches The Surrey Nature Explorer Passport for children
Surrey County Council has launched The Surrey Nature Explorer Passport for children ahead of the summer holidays. The Surrey Nature Explorer Passport holds captivating adventures that encourages families and children to explore our beautiful countryside and amazing libraries with a chance to win exciting prizes. Designed to offer a fun way for children aged 4 … Continue reading
Summary of Surrey County Council’s Cabinet Meeting (20th July 21)
Surrey County Council’s Cabinet met this week and the important announcements are summarised below: Covid response Cabinet discussed a report outlining how the council and the Local Resilience Forum responded – and are still responding – to the COVID pandemic. The report looked at the key lessons learned, and how the council can continue to … Continue reading
Surrey Education partners launch children’s ‘brighter futures’ speech and language campaign
Surrey County Council and Education partners, including Schools Alliance for Excellence (SAfE) and early year providers, have come together to share five simple and fun ways for parents, carers and grandparents to help develop speech and language with their young children. National research has shown that some young children’s speech and language development has been … Continue reading
Surrey County Council given ‘Gold’ award for services supporting armed forces
Surrey County Council (SCC) has been reaffirmed as a Ministry of Defence Gold Employers Recognition Scheme Award holder for their outstanding commitment and support to the Armed Forces Community. The county council has over 750 members of staff who have previously served in the armed forces, 28 reservists as well as a number of Cadet … Continue reading
Further £80k funding for Surrey families struggling financially
Surrey County Council’s Surrey Crisis Fund have been awarded a further £80k from the Government’s Local Covid Support Grant to provide financial support to those most in need. To date Surrey Crisis Fund has received £360,000 from the grant, in recognition of the devastating financial impact COVID has had on some of Surrey’s residents. The … Continue reading
Green economy is top of the agenda in Surrey
With climate change, decarbonisation and the green economy top of the agenda in Surrey, the county council is looking to work more closely with businesses with environmental priorities in line with its ‘Greener Future’ strategic priority. As part of this, the next ‘Spotlight on Surrey’ event on July 14 will focus on climate change and … Continue reading
Surrey launches new greener transport plan
Today marks the start of a three-month consultation on Surrey’s new Transport Plan which includes plans to reduce the 46% of carbon emissions currently generated by transport. Proposals to 2032 include increasing walking and cycling routes to encourage people out of their cars, providing more charging points and parking for electric vehicles, more bus services, … Continue reading
Council outlines plan to achieve Net-Zero Surrey by 2050
Surrey County Council’s Cabinet has approved the principles of Surrey’s Climate Change Delivery Plan which sets out how we all need to act to contribute to our ambition of Net-Zero carbon emissions for the County Council by 2030, and for the whole county by 2050. Residents will be asked over the coming months to get … Continue reading
Partnership work promotes power of music to bridge gap between generations
Elderly residents from Keswick Care Home and children aged 10 and 11 from Eastwick School in Bookham are bridging the gap between generations, using music making to inspire confidence and tackle loneliness, anxiety and isolation. Sinead Mooney, Surrey County Council’s Cabinet Member for Adults, said: “This is such a heart-warming scheme which has brought so … Continue reading
Boost for Surrey’s bus services
Bus services in Guildford, Tandridge, Reigate & Banstead and Epsom & Ewell will see significant improvements from this month, following over £5m investment to enhance bus travel for residents. In Guildford works now underway to be completed by Spring 2022, include: Redesigning roads at locations where buses currently get held up to reduce bottlenecks and … Continue reading
Summary of Surrey County Council’s Cabinet Meeting (29th June 21)
Surrey County Council’s Cabinet met this week and made a number of important announcements regarding the council’s future plans. These are summarised below: Strategy Cabinet outlined the council’s main strategy as Surrey comes out of the COVID pandemic, and emphasised the four key strategic objectives: Growing a sustainable economy Tackling health inequality Enabling a greener future … Continue reading
Surge testing to be deployed to control spread of Covid-19 variant in two areas within Reigate & Banstead from Friday 18 June
Area one is focused around Banstead, Walton-on-the-Hill and Tattenham corner Area two is Reigate town centre Visit the postcode checker for quick reference to see affected areas Extensive surveillance of COVID-19 has identified that case rates in the borough of Reigate & Banstead have been increasing for the past few weeks. This is especially evident … Continue reading
