Charities and community groups invited to apply for £1,000 community donation

CHARITIES and community groups in Sutton are being invited to apply for a £1,000 donation from the UK’s largest housebuilder. The Barratt London Community Fund, part of the new nationwide Barratt Homes and David Wilson Community Fund, has been set up to offer donations to both registered charities and community groups that are trying to […]

Sutton library helps to celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight

Sutton is Fairtrade borough – and is celebrating Fairtrade Fortnight from 25 February by promoting goods in its libraries. The Sutton Fairtrade Community Group will host a stall at Sutton Central Library on Saturday 9 March from 9am-5pm. Members will be talking about the benefits of products. They will hand out leaflets – and there will […]

Borough’s libraries installing new system in March

Sutton Council is part of, and leads the London Library Consortium, which consists of 15 library authorities in London and Luton authority.  It is the country’s largest public library consortium, serving over 140 library branches and provides library customers with access to over 6 million items of stock across the consortium and all through one […]

Beaufort Academy proposes to join Greenshaw Learning Trust

The Trustees of OUR Cooperative Academy Trust are proposing that Beaufort Academy should join the Greenshaw Learning Trust. The Trustees, with the local governing body and the school’s leadership, have been carefully considering the school’s future and evaluating its options and have concluded that the best way forward for Beaufort is for the school to […]

Sutton Symphony Orchestra’s spring concert promises a Russian and Armenian extravaganza.

Sutton Symphony Orchestra is back at St Andrew’s URC, Northey Avenue Cheam on 30th March for its spring concert featuring a Russian favourite and some Armenian classics. First up is Spartacus Suite No. 2 by Khachaturian. Taken from the longer ballet composed in 1954 the suite is based somewhat loosely on the well-known tale of Spartacus, underdog leader […]

RITA SIMONS AND JOE MCFADDEN STAR IN PETER JAMES’ THE HOUSE ON COLD HILL

Following the success of Not Dead Enough (2017), Dead Simple (2015) and The Perfect Murder (2014), multi-million selling author Peter James returns to Richmond Theatre with THE HOUSE ON COLD HILL from Mon 8 – Sat 13 Apr. This new adaptation stars Rita Simons and Joe McFadden in a nail-biting story based on the author’s own real-life experience in a haunted house. Local press are invited to review on Monday 8th March […]

Still time to try and access mental health Trust’s strategic partner fund

South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust is launching a strategic partner fund where it will commission one community/voluntary organisation in each borough to run mental health promotional events throughout 2019-2020. The grant available is up to £2,000. Please consider applying and please feel free to share with other colleagues. The deadline […]

Hundreds of vacancies at St Helier and Epsom hospitals – says chief executive

There are now 300 nursing vacancies in Epsom and St Helier hospitals.The Chief Executive of the hospitals, Daniel Elkeles, told Sutton Council’s Scrutiny Committee at the beginning of February that the shortage is partly due to Brexit. Carshalton and Wallington MP Tom Brake said:“The toll that Brexit is taking on hospital staffing is unacceptable. St […]