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Category Archives: Children

New SEND provision for Merton will add school with 120 places

23 August 2023by MertonSJ

Merton is to benefit from a new special free school as part of an initiative announced by the Department for Education today.

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Children, Education and schools

Ready, Set, Read: Summer Reading Challenge kicks off for 2023

17 July 2023by MertonJP

Merton libraries kicked off this year’s Summer Reading Challenge with a spectacular mass outdoor high-intensity interval training (HIIT) session, with over 400 KS2 school children at Canons House and Grounds. […]

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Children, Education and schools, Events, Libraries, Young people

Final push for Beat the Street Merton

19 April 2023by MertonRS

The final push for points has started as Beat the Street Merton draws to a close. For the final ‘Go Celebrate’ week, every Beat Box will be giving out double […]

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Children, Education and schools, Health and social care, Leisure and sport, Parks and green spaces, Public health, Young people

Go Wild in Merton this week with Beat the Street

5 April 2023by MertonRS

Participants in Beat the Street Merton are invited to Go Wild this week. The themed week starts today with the aim of encouraging residents to explore their local waterways and […]

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Children, Disabled people, Education and schools, Leisure and sport, Parks and green spaces, Public health, Young people

Beat the Street game players have travelled over 140,000 miles already – Go Explore this week!

30 March 2023by MertonRS

The Beat the Street Merton game enters its Go Explore this week to encourage participants to find the borough’s best heritage and cultural gems. So far, more than 20,300 participants have […]

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Children, Civic Pride, Education and schools, Health and social care, Leisure and sport, Older people, Parks and green spaces, Public health, Young people

Don’t miss your chance to play the most exciting game in Merton    

22 March 2023by MertonRS

The Beat the Street Merton game launched on 15 March with more than 14,670 participants signing up in its first week.  Together these participants have walked, cycled, and rolled their way […]

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Children, Competitions, Environment, Health and social care, Leisure and sport, Older people, Parks and green spaces, Public health, Transport

Merton welcomes funding boost for Family Hubs

25 January 2023by MertonSJ

Merton Council is happy to announce that we have received funding from the Department for Education’s Family Hub Transformation Programme (TF1). This money will support local services to work together […]

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Children

HAF you signed up yet for our Christmas holiday clubs?

7 December 2022by MertonSJ

Programme will run during winter holidays, providing free holiday clubs for children from five to 15 years old

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Children, Cost of living, Education and schools, Young people

Council working with London Sport to create ambitious sporting strategy for Merton

5 December 2022by MertonRS

Merton Council is working with London Sport to further develop its ambitious plans to put Merton on the map as a Borough of Sport. Cabinet members were updated on progress […]

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Children, Leisure and sport, Public health, Volunteers, Young people

Youngsters help Merton mark hate crime awareness anniversary

2 December 2022by MertonSJ

Safer Merton ran a poster competition asking young people to design a poster to promote the Stop Hate helpline

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Children, Crime, Safer Merton, Young people
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