by The Editor | Nov 28, 2013 | Sutton Conservatives |
Sutton’s Community Awards nominations are now open.
These are a way of recognising and saying thank you to the local heroes, volunteers, carers, charity workers, club and event organisers, good neighbours… who have made a difference in Sutton’s community.
You can nominate anyone who lives, works, studies or volunteers in the borough for an award.
You can make your nomination online, by email communityawards@sutton.gov.uk, or by picking up a freepost nomination form at your local library, Civic Offices, or other council or partner building.
The closing date for nominations is Sunday 5 January 2014.
Once the nominations have been received, a panel of council officers and partners will review them and produce a shortlist. The Leader of Sutton Council and senior officers will then review the shortlisted nominations and select the winners.
All those shortlisted will be invited to a celebration event in February 2014, where the winners will be announced.
The categories for nominations are
- Given outstanding service to the borough by keeping Sutton safe
- Made a difference to people’s lives by going the extra mile
- Brought the community together through community events, clubs or projects
- Increased prosperity, employment or access to the borough through business initiatives
- Brought credit to the borough through outstanding achievement – e.g. academic, sporting, artistic or cultural.
You can read more on the Community Awards scheme here.
by The Editor | Nov 21, 2013 | Sutton Conservatives |
Sutton Conservatives have long argued that the Council should do more to help local businesses with more flexible parking charges.
We are pleased to announce that the Council has seen sense and dropped parking charges in certain Borough-wide shopping areas in Cheam, Sutton, Carshalton and Wallington in the run up to Christmas.
The identified car parks will be FREE in the following shopping districts, on the following dates at the following times.
Cheam:
Cheam Library
Kingsway Road
Saturday 7th December, Saturday 14th December, Saturday 21st December
Sunday 15th December, Sunday 22nd December.
Sutton:
Gibson Road car park
Saturday 14th December, Saturday 21st December
Sunday 15th December, Sunday 22nd December.
Carshalton:
Carshalton High Street
The Square
Saturday 7th December, Saturday 14th December, Saturday 21st December
Sunday 15th December, Sunday 22nd December.
Wallington:
Wallington Library, Shotfield Public Hall (Woodcote Road),
Melbourne Road
Saturday 7th December, Saturday 14th December, Saturday 21st December
Sunday 15th December, Sunday 22nd December.
by The Editor | Nov 20, 2013 | Sutton Conservatives |
Good news this morning from Conservative London Mayor Boris Johnson, who confirmed Sutton will continue to receive money for transport projects. At the Mayor’s regular Question Time this morning, Steve O’Connell, Sutton’s GLA member asked if Mr Johnson if he would continue to provide Sutton with local implementation project (LIP) funding. The Mayor confirmed that he would.
Mr O’Connell said: “You may not have heard of TfL (Transport for London) LIP Funding, but it’s incredibly important in helping pay for much needed transport projects in your local area – such as crossings and bespoke roundabouts.
“Today the Mayor has confirmed that we will have a secure stream of LIP funding for the next three years. This cash will give Sutton the autonomy to build what we need locally by funding projects that residents want, rather than what a distant body like TfL might think we need.”
Commenting on this news, Conservative Group Leader Cllr Graham Whitham said: “ I welcome this news for Sutton, especially following the destructive and negative comments and messages that were being spun by the LibDems. This is a Conservative Mayor delivering on a promise to ensure appropriate funding for projects in our Borough”
by The Editor | Nov 18, 2013 | Sutton Conservatives |
Sutton’s Domestic Violence One Stop Shop has been operating for over two years, during which time 343 individual clients came forward for help There are approximately some 2800 incidents of Domestic Violence reported to Police annually in Sutton.
Only 50% of victims report to police, so the real number of incidents is closer to 5600. This translates to a substantial proportion of Sutton residents who are either victims, perpetrators or children who witness abuse at home..
The Drop-In service, for people experiencing domestic violence in Sutton is at Sutton Baptist Church, 21 Cheam Road, Sutton SM1 1SN and is open on Wednesday 9.30am to 11.30am.
Information can also be obtained from 020 7801 1777.
What Can I Do To Help?
If you witness an incident of domestic violence, encourage the victim to contact the Police. You can also contact police to make a third party report of an incident you’ve witnessed by dialling ’101′, or ’999′ in an emergency.
by The Editor | Nov 18, 2013 | Sutton Conservatives |
Cllr Pam Picknett raised this issue of a potential scam at a recent Council Meeting
Councillor Pam Picknett (Belmont) has raised concerns that elderly and sick people are being targeted by tricksters who try to push the price down on their homes by claiming the area is a hot-spot for naturally occurring radioactive radon gas.
Councillor Pam Picknett said she has heard of at least two cases of people being told their homes were at risk from radon by purported potential buyers who contacted them directly rather than through their estate agent. She raised it at a council meeting last week to make other members aware of the scam.
Sutton Council and Public Health England say people should not be taken in by such claims and can buy a report from it stating the risk of radon contamination in their homes.
Radon is a radioactive gas given off by naturally occurring uranium deposits in the earth. It is more common in Cornwall and Cumbria but there are isolated deposits all over the country. According to Public Health England, no home in Sutton has more than a three per cent risk of radon contamination.
Cllr. Picknett said the scams took place in Wallington and Beddington. She said: “Older people who put their properties on the market have been bullied by buyers who say radon has been detected in their properties. I’ve heard two cases of this and it is bullying.
“If you’re old, to be told something like this can be very frightening but it’s just people trying to force the price down. The reason I raised it was to make sure other councillors are aware of this because they are clearly picking on vulnerable people.”
by The Editor | Nov 4, 2013 | Sutton Conservatives |
Syed Kamall MEP reports back from Europe and welcomes the founding of the Centre for Small Business, and is delighted to support the work it intends to do. In Britain we need people and groups like them to fight for the interests of small businesses against high taxes and regulations.
Small businesses represent nearly two-thirds of all employment in the UK and we should be doing all we can to help them grow, especially in the current global economic climate.
To sign up as a supporter of the Centre for Small Business, click here: www.forsmallbusiness.org.uk
You can read more on Syed Kamall’s website.
