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Surrey County Council has approved Ashford Town (Middlesex) Football Club’s application towards a new 3G Community Football Pitch, with the club set to receive a grant of £99,999 from the Your Fund Surrey Large Community Projects fund. This substantial investment will support the development of a new 3G community football pitch, marking a significant step … Continue reading
Surrey County Council has established a critical new task force to reduce the impact of utility roadworks and drive better coordination and communication of works across Surrey’s road network. Utility companies’ demands in Surrey are amongst the top five highest in the UK with 88 works starting every day in the last twelve months. In … Continue reading
Surrey County Council has secured funding to support children who are on Free School Meals (FSM) to receive free cycling and walking training. Feet First is a walking training programme for school children in Year 3 (aged 7 to 8 years old). Delivered by Surrey County Council’s walking instructors, children learn road safety skills to … Continue reading
The Surrey Youth Arts and Culture Festival returns for 2024, taking place in Camberley on 1 and 2 November. Once again, Surrey based cultural organisations, creative industries and education providers will come together to deliver the festival. The festival has been developed by Surrey County Council, in partnership with Surrey Heath Borough Council, and a … Continue reading
Epsom Library is being transformed as part of Surrey Libraries modernisation programme and residents are invited to drop in to give their views at the library on Tuesday 9th July from 10am to 4pm. This is an opportunity to meet library staff, hear more about the improvements and give feedback on the designs for the … Continue reading
An exciting competition kicked off across Surrey on the 1st June to encourage young people to celebrate ancient trees and have their artwork featured in a new children’s book, ‘The Thousand Year Tree’. Children aged between 4 and 11 years are encouraged to head to their local Surrey library to pick up a template and … Continue reading
Over 100 roads across Surrey will be improved as part of a £8.5m highways maintenance programme this Summer, to help prevent potholes. 85 miles of the county’s busiest roads will be made more resilient using surface dressing. Surface dressing is a cost effective, more environmentally friendly treatment which makes roads safer and prolongs their life … Continue reading
Woking Library is changing for the better. It’s modernising and in July this year works will begin to greatly improve the space for all. Residents are invited to drop into Woking Library on Monday 17 June from 10am to 4pm to meet library staff, hear more about the improvements and give feedback on the designs for … Continue reading
Residents are invited to an event in May to have their say in the planned redevelopment of Surrey Fire and Rescue Service’s (SFRS) training facilities at Wray Park, Reigate. Our proposals include redevelopment of the firehouse tower (which is currently used for live fire and ladder training) and other training facilities for working at height, use … Continue reading
This Mental Health Awareness Week, a new social media video campaign shines a light on staff at Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and the support they offer people struggling with a mental health crisis. The videos are part of the Faces of Support campaign run in partnership with Surrey County Council. The campaign … Continue reading
The fifth round of the Household Support Fund (HSF) funded by UK Government was announced recently, as the council looks to continue the work that saw 86,000 households provided with much needed financial support last year. The fund started in 2021 to help with the rising costs of living, and provides emergency support to those … Continue reading
Surrey County Council’s Land and Property service is currently in the design phase for the Bookham Youth Centre, with input from key stakeholders. It is anticipated that the revised planning application will be submitted in autumn 2024. Surrey County Council (SCC) and Mole Valley District Council (MVDC) have agreed terms on the lease for the … Continue reading
Guildford and Waverley are launching a drive to become autism-friendly communities with a free event at G Live on Monday 13 May. Autism-friendly communities aim to give autistic people a voice and make it easier for them to access shops and services by improving understanding of autism. Five such groups are being established across Surrey … Continue reading
Surrey County Council has worked with residents and community groups to plant over 36,000 new trees across the county. The council remains on track to plant 1.2 million trees by 2030, marking one for every resident. Since the launch of the initiative in 2019, over 510,744 trees have now been planted across the county. This year, … Continue reading
Work on a new Community Hub in Weybridge is set to start at the end of the month, the first in a series of new Community Hubs that will see shared spaces at the heart of communities. The Weybridge Hub will include a modern library, a space for targeted youth support, accessible community spaces for … Continue reading
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