A new year’s wedding without the financial blues
Newly engaged couples shouldn’t have to dig too deep into their pockets for their special day after making the most of a series of do-it-yourself wedding workshops in Merton this […]
Monthly Archives: December 2008
Merton to provide new improved waste collection service
Merton Council agreed last week (15 December) to implement changes to its waste collection services that will deliver improved quality customer service as well as increased financial efficiency. From the […]
Don’t have a rubbish Christmas
As the festive season approaches, so do the changes to the Christmas and New Year’s refuse and recycling collection dates. Your usual collection day Your revised collection day Monday 22 […]
Merton schools reach across oceans in 2008
Merton schools brought the wider world into the classroom this year with teachers finding out how staff in Canada, Japan and Venezuela do their jobs. As part of a British […]
MAE offers credit crunch support in spring
Merton residents are being encouraged to check out Merton Adult Education’s spring prospectus for a whole host of ideas to develop a new skill, beat the credit crunch and more. […]
Top TV drama The Bill says: “Ravensbury Park needs you”
Top TV drama The Bill is getting behind Merton Council’s Ravensbury Park campaign to get as many people as possible voting for the park to win a £400,000 makeover. Ravensbury […]
Wimbledon schools open doors to more children
Merton councillors have agreed to take forward proposals to make more places available for local children at two of Wimbledon’s top performing schools. Applications to the Schools Adjudicator will now […]
Merton cabinet agree budget proposals
Merton Council’s cabinet this week agreed the draft budget for 2009-2010 despite facing increasingly tough financial challenges. The Council has pursued a further efficiency drive and proposes making a number […]
Merton Council gives recycling a boost
Merton residents living in flats above shops, or in homes with no outside space, which are notoriously difficult for waste collectors to get to, will be able to recycle without […]
Merton awarded £2.5million for ‘child’s play’
Children in Merton will have access to better equipped play spaces within the next two and a half years following a successful bid by Merton Council to secure £2.5million from […]