by The Editor | Jan 7, 2014 | Sutton Conservatives |
Sutton Council has at last managed to get all its weather and related information into one area on the website. Called the Winter Information Centre, there are some useful links to provide residents and businesses across the Borough with support through any disruption caused by snow, rain, flooding, wind, ice and fog.
Clicking here on this link or the image to the left will place you on the site and give you access to links that will provide the latest on any schools closures, gritting, health advice, travel and weather reports and changes to services over the Christmas and New Year period.
If you find this site useful or would like it to have further detail, please email us at info@scwpca.org.uk and we will pass any appropriate comments on to your respective Ward Councillors.
by The Editor | Jan 7, 2014 | Sutton Conservatives |
Dumped Christmas trees in Sutton South
As predicted, more Christmas Trees are turning up dumped on Sutton South’s roads and streets.
The latest incident are these two dumped in Upland Road within the past 24 hours. I have reported them to Councillor Tony Shields for removal.
We take a zero-tolerance policy towards fly-tipping of any kind and real fir trees for Christmas are no exception. Tony, Heather and me have a two year history of campaigning against fly-tipping in all its forms and urge residents to report incidents wherever they see them.
Remember: you have the opportunity to have your trees recycled for the remainder of the month, just place them out with your rubbish on collection days
by The Editor | Jan 6, 2014 | Sutton Conservatives |
Dumped Christmas trees
We are already getting reports of fly-tipped Christmas Trees now that the festive season is over and decorations are coming down.
Ugly scenes like the dumped tree pictured clutter our streets and bring down our area. Sutton Council is collecting trees with green recycling bins from today onwards through to Saturday 1st February.
If you see any trees dumped in Sutton South or in any other areas get in touch with us and we will get it sorted. Also, if you see anyone dumping a tree, let us or the local Police Safer Neighbourhood Team know. The contact details are here.
by The Editor | Jan 1, 2014 | Sutton Conservatives |
Wishing all our readers, supporters and members a Happy New Year in 2014.
by The Editor | Dec 13, 2013 | Sutton Conservatives |
Cllr Pam Picknett outside Sutton Police Station
A Sutton councillor showed ‘great community spirit’ by looking after a missing dementia sufferer and helping her to get home.
Belmont Conservative ward councillor Pam Picknett was sitting next to a 90-year-old woman on the 407 bus when she was on her way to a Council Scrutiny meeting on Wednesday evening.
Cllr Picknett, whose mother suffered from dementia, became concerned when the woman kept asking her if she was going in the right direction. Taking the lady to Sutton police station, she was shocked to discover she had been reported as missing just half an hour before.
She has been praised by the police for picking up on the woman’s vulnerability.
Cllr Picknett said it was important for people to look out for the signs of dementia and charities such as Age UK were running campaigns raising awareness of the illness.
A Sutton police spokesman said: “Police would like to thank Cllr Picknett for the way she picked up on this woman’s vulnerability and then proceeded to take responsibility for helping to keep this woman safe.
“The councillor’s actions illustrate the great community spirit that exists, but doesn’t often make the headlines, in Sutton borough.”
Read more on this story here.
Conservatives in Belmont here.
by The Editor | Nov 28, 2013 | Sutton Conservatives |
War Memorials are an important feature in our society. They are a visual reminder to generations of the ultimate sacrifice that some have made in the defence of their country, other nations and freedom in general. It is important that such memorials are respected, maintained and cared for.
There have been several occasions over recent years when Conservative councillors have requested that work be undertaken on war memorials.
In September/October comment cards left at various local committees were collected up. These comment cards included requests for a general clean up of the memorials and suggestions for planting shrubs and poppy seeds at the various sites in question.
Conservatives councillors welcome the Council’s long overdue acknowledgement of this and the scheduled plans to repair and tidy up various war memorials across the borough including Cheam, Carshalton, Wallington, Sutton, Worcester Park and Belmont.
The works will be carried out by a professional contractor. Sutton’s Parks team will be planting shrubs and flowers in existing beds and the contractor will be contracted to do all the professional repairs required for each site in time for next years Remembrance Day.
