by The Editor | Feb 16, 2013 | Sutton Conservatives |
Conservative PPC Paul Scully joins Cllr Graham Whitham & Jonathan Pritchard planting trees in Cheam Park
Conservative PPC Paul Scully joined Cllr Graham Whitham , Jonathan Pritchard, and Cheam Ward Action Team member Holly Ramsey, to undertake some tree planting in Cheam Park earlier today. A crisp, but dry and sunny morning favoured the activity
It was pleasing to see yet again a good number of people and families coming out to assist in getting the trees planted. This batch have augmented those planted last year. The trees are funded from Public Realm monies granted by the Conservative-led Local Committee.
A thank you too to the Council’s Tree Specialists who gave up their time to prepare the ground, show us how to dig, remove compost, plant the trees, insert the stakes and refill.
Conservative PPC Paul Scully and Cheam Ward Action team members Holly Ramsey planting trees in Cheam Park
The top end of the Recreation Park will be all the better for these trees and will be a joy for future generations of park and countryside lovers alike.
by The Editor | Feb 11, 2013 | Sutton Conservatives |
PPC Paul Scully visits Cheam Library on National Doodle Day
Friday was National Doodle Day and Cheam Library was doing its bit to support and promote the work of Epilepsy Action, a registered charity that provides resources to support everyone affected by epilepsy.
Cheam Library had set up a large area for doodling and a picture gallery for youngsters to hang their individual doodles.
Conservative Prospective parliamentary candidate Paul Scully and Cllr Jonathan Pritchard visited the library, undertook some doodles and chatted with other library users. More to follow.
by The Editor | Feb 5, 2013 | Sutton Conservatives |
Cllr Tony Shields outside Brighton Road Car Park which is up for sale.
It emerged this afternoon that Sutton Council has plans to sell Brighton Road
car park to developers. For the Sutton Guardian’s coverage of the story click here.
This car park is of vital strategic
importance to the area, feeding into local places of work and enabling visitors to come to Sutton High Street, supporting local trade.
The plans are for Brighton Road car park to be turned into an office block. Whilst we support bringing more employment to Sutton, we still need to ensure we have the transport infrastructure to accommodate commuters by car – it’s all a matter of balance.
This stinks of a classic Liberal Democrat anti-car stitch up, hot on the tail of ensuring residents in Sutton South are still robbed of their free 200 parking hours.
This news has come as a particular shock to me as I have been working with another department in the Council to bring a fenced playground onto the green space outside the car park (see pictured above).
Recently, the committee that I chair (the Sutton South, Cheam and Belmont Local Committee) agreed to look into funding for this.
Rest assured, Jason, Heather and I will be speaking to local residents extensively to find out what people think. At this stage, we are very concerned that this has not been properly thought through and will impact upon residents and commuters who need a strategic parking facility. We’ll keep you informed, as ever.
Cllr Tony Shields
by The Editor | Feb 4, 2013 | Sutton Conservatives |
Conservative PPC Paul Scully speaking to a residents group with AGE UK
I was delighted that my first invitation to speak to a residents’ group in Sutton was from Age UK who are an important lynchpin in our local community. Last week I attended their annual review meeting where they showcased their wide variety of services ranging from offering advice on switching energy suppliers to volunteers acting as Helping Hands, doing chores around the home and offering company. For many people my age, we don’t notice the extraordinary work that is being carried out without fanfare, supporting our ageing population. According to the 2011 census figures Sutton has the 4th highest proportion of retired people in the outer London boroughs and so we need to ensure that we have a support structure in place to address areas where State provision and modern family support often falls short including loneliness. Read More
by The Editor | Jan 30, 2013 | Sutton Conservatives |
Policing and Crime Event
The Mayor’s Police and Crime Plan will be published in April 2013. In it, MOPAC - Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime – will set out how it aims to reduce crime in the capital over the next four years and what the Met Police and other agencies are doing to tackle crime. MOPAC wants your views on how to shape the plan.
To make sure your views are heard, a series of town hall roadshow events in every London borough are being hosted from 9 January to 4 March 2013. This will give all Londoners the chance to tell us their crime priorities in their local area.
The roadshow event for Sutton will take place on Tuesday 12th February at the Secombe Theatre Auditorium 42 Cheam Road Sutton Surrey SM1 2SS, from 18.00 to 19.00.
If you wish to attend, you need to register here.
