More places needed for scheme which provides vulnerable adults in the borough chance to live with a family – can you help?

The Shared Lives scheme funded by Sutton Council and delivered by Encompass, provides vulnerable adults in Sutton the opportunity to live with a family. Nickel Support enables adults with learning disabilities to build on their life and employment skills.  The Sutton Shared Lives Service recruits and supports paid carers to work with adults with learning disabilities, mental […]

Help make a difference to care homes in the borough

Help make a difference to care homes in SuttonWe know that care homes have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. If you have family or friends living in a care home setting in Sutton, we want to hear from you, so we can help make both of your experiences’ better.  Take 10 minutes to […]

Fake passport factory run from attic

An Ecuadorian man has been convicted for running a fake passport factory from his attic in south west London. National Crime Agency officers arrested Rodolfo Napoleon Carpio Gonzalez, 46, outside his home in Battersea, London on 10th April 2019. He had been linked by fingerprints to a false passport carried by a man suspected of illegally […]

Rail travel vouchers extended for passengers

Passengers given additional six months from the original expiry date to redeem Rail Travel Vouchers– expiry date extended as Covid restrictions in England eased in recent days.This ensures thousands of rail passengers are not left out of pocket for following the Government’s recent stay at home advice Rail passengers with unused travel vouchers have been […]