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Surrey Heritage showcases Chertsey’s history Well over 250 people filled Chertsey Hall on Saturday, 25 October when Surrey County Council’s Heritage team and 15 partner organisations came together to showcase the fascinating history and heritage of the Chertsey area. The event included popular talks including Henry VI and Richard III’s association with Chertsey Abbey. Radio … Continue reading
Surrey Highways team wins industry’s premier award for partnership work Surrey County Council’s Operation Horizon project has been praised at the Highways Magazine Excellence Awards. In the annual celebration of highways excellence, the county council, Aggregate Industries UK Ltd and Kier jointly received the Highway Partnership Award for its ongoing multi-million pound effort to improve … Continue reading
Charity thanks council for long-term support A charity that works to inspire children into hi-tech jobs has thanked Surrey County Council for 30 years of support. Since it was set up in 1984, Satro has organised interactive academic challenges for over 450,000 schoolchildren to encourage them to follow careers in engineering, technology, science and maths. … Continue reading
Schools sign up students as Surrey library members Surrey County Council has launched a project to encourage schools to sign up their students as library members so they can access the wealth of online resources, including ebooks, and borrow library books too. St Andrew’s School pupil Lottie Buchanan won a competition to design the library … Continue reading
Mitch Winehouse will deliver the key note speech at Surrey Music Hub’s second annual music education conference at Guildford’s GLive on Monday 14 July from 10am to 4.30pm. Well-known as Amy’s father, he is also the founder of the Winehouse Foundation, established to support music and mental health projects in Surrey. The conference, organised by … Continue reading
Community support for Surrey carers As part of National Carers’ Week, there will be a carer information day at Elmbridge Civic Centre in Esher on Monday, 9 June from 11am to 3pm. Held in conjunction with Carer Support Elmbridge in the centre’s reception area, the event will showcase the wide range of local community organisations available … Continue reading
Surrey Fire and Rescue Service appeal for scrap cars Firefighters are appealing for old cars to help them practice rescuing people from crashes. Surrey Fire and Rescue Service needs scrap vehicles to use in training for dealing with collisions on the road. The service needs around 30 cars and is willing to arrange free collection … Continue reading
Life of great English composer revealed in Surrey Dame Ethel Smyth, one of the foremost English composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, will be the subject of a talk by Lewis Orchard at Surrey Performing Arts Library in Dorking on Wednesday, February 5 at 9.30pm, tickets £5. Dame Ethel, a resident of … Continue reading
Deadline approaches for primary school applications Time is running out for parents to apply for infant, junior or primary school places for children who are due to start school or transfer to year 3 in September 2014. Applications need to be made by Wednesday 15 January. Parents who miss this deadline reduce their chances of … Continue reading
Car share scheme up and running A new car share scheme is up and running in Guildford thanks to a Surrey County Council-backed travel project. University of Surrey students, Royal Surrey County Hospital staff and Surrey Research Park workers can cut their carbon footprint through hiring the Ford Fiesta from the hospital’s car park. The … Continue reading
Final update, 5.30pm: The fire at a petrol station in London Road, Dorking, has now been put out. Fire crews were called to the scene just after 2.30pm and extinguished the blaze just after 5pm. It is too early to speculate on the cause of the fire. 3.45pm: Fire crews are tackling a blaze in … Continue reading
Ahead of the latest national fire strike here are some key facts: When is the fire strike? From 10am to 2pm on Wednesday 13 November 2013. Why are the strikes happening? The strikes are taking place because of a dispute between central Government and the Fire Brigades’ Union (FBU) over proposed changes to firefighters’ pensions. … Continue reading
Cabinet Member for Community Services Helyn Clack spoke to BBC Surrey presenter James Cannon today about Surrey County Council’s cycling strategy. The interview came the day before a debate on the future of cycling in the county at the University of Surrey in Guildford. Audio courtesy of BBC Surrey
Assistant Director for Young People Garath Symonds explained the Surrey County Council schemes aimed at helping young people classed as NEET – not in education, training or employment – into work to BBC Surrey’s James Cannon. He emphasised a chain of skills centres opened by the council to equip young people with the basic skills … Continue reading
Surrey County has scooped a national award for its work in helping disabled people into jobs. The Employability team that is responsible for helping people with disabilities find and retain work won the team of the year award from trade association BASE. It landed the award for demonstrating an innovative approach, collaborating with others and … Continue reading
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