Carshalton garden opened as part of charity event
Tom Brake MP recently met with local resident Clare Brain who kindly opened her lovely back garden to the public for the National Garden Scheme. Clare is a member of the Carshalton Inner Wheel and offered her back garden for visitors to savour as well as tea, cakes, and refreshments — all of which […]
Two charities benefit from Sutton mayor’s appeal
Two charities are celebrating after each being awarded more than £21,000 thanks to the Mayor of Sutton’s annual charity appeal. Last year’s mayor, Cllr Jean Crossby, chose Sutton Carers Centre and Sutton Women’s Centre as her charities of the year. During the year a host of fundraising events were organised raising a total of £42,709.78 […]
Sutton mum has first novel published
A Sutton mum, writer and adoptive parent and has written a book about the hospital almoners (early social workers) of the 1920s. It’s a narrative non-fiction that reads like a crime novel. Petrina Banfield is an ex-Surrey Police employee, a foster carer and writer. Letters from Aliceis her first book. Petrina Banfield says: ‘I could […]
Comprehensive overview of borough’s mental health services
Healthwatch Sutton has produced a comprehensive overview of mental health services available to residents in the borough. Adult services Statutory services Primary Care Sutton Uplift http://www.suttonuplift.co.uk/index.php Sutton Uplift is an integrated Primary Care Mental Health service accessible to anyone living in the borough of Sutton or registered with a Sutton GP who are 18 years […]
Join groups at a Dementia Pop-up hub
Healthwatch Sutton, Age UK Sutton, Citizens Advice Sutton, Sutton Carers Centre, Alzheimers Society, Riverside Community Association Ltd and Admiral Nurses (Specialist Dementia Nurse’s) have launched dementia pop up hubs which will seek to help local residents who are living with dementia or would like to find out more about the condition. The hubs will provide […]
Wallington library re-opens
Wallington Library reopened on Tuesday 7 August Wallington Library has now reopened following a partial refurbishment that included redecorating the Children’s Library, a new area for teenagers, as well as ‘behind the scenes’ improvements including a new fire detection system. To officially celebrate the reopening, local artist, Irene Caboni will be hosting an ‘Art Party’ […]
Do you know someone who deserves a community hero award?
BBC Sussex & BBC Surrey Community Heroes Awards are looking for nominations. Is there anyone you would like to nominate? It could be people who work for you, people you’ve seen volunteering with you or others, as well as individuals not employed by you. We want to reward the local people in Sussex and Surrey […]
Sutton Women’s Centre needs your support to help bag some cash
Sutton Women’s Centre is bidding to bag a massive cash boost from the Tesco Bags of Help initiative. Tesco teamed up with Groundwork to launch its community funding scheme, which sees grants of £4,000, £2,000 and £1,000 raised from carrier bag sales in Tesco stores awarded to local community projects. Three groups in every Tesco […]
Look out for blue gazebos during Wandle fortnight
As part of the Wandle fortnight celebration and to support the work on its HLF project, Wandle Valley Regional Park Trust we will be running a series of engagement exercises in four Wandle Valley parks over two weekends. Come and find the big blue gazebos. “Please come and join us at any of the events […]
Sutton Heritage nominated for prestigious award
We’re a finalist! Sutton Heritage has announced that Whitehall has been shortlisted for the 2018 AJ Retrofit Award in the Cultural Buildings – Museums and Galleries category! “The awards ‘recognise and celebrate design, engineering and construction excellence that prolongs and improves the life of the built environment’ which is exactly what we hoped to achieve […]