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Category Archives: Children

Mitcham festival for the family

14 March 2016by

Merton Council is putting on a free, fun-filled, family festival at Mitcham Fair Green on Saturday 19 March, 11am to 5pm.

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Arts and culture, Children, Events

Phipps Bridge Youth Centre needs your votes for garden makeover

1 March 2016by

Merton Council is calling on residents to vote for Phipps Bridge Youth Centre Garden in a bid to win thousands of pounds in cash for a garden makeover. Voting is […]

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Children, Young people

Merton Council honours the unsung heroes in foster families

6 November 2015by

Merton’s fostering team presented the birth children of foster carers thank you cards and gift vouchers to recognise the important role they play in families across the borough.

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Adoption and fostering, Children
Abbotsbury School Council with all the donations they have collected. (L-r) Yvette Stanley (Director of Children, Schools and Families at Merton Council), Jackie Schneider (teacher at Abbotsbury) and Cllr Maxi Martin went along to see the work the children had done in gathering donations

Abbotsbury pupils donate gifts to refugees this Harvest time

22 October 2015by

As part of its Harvest Festival this year, pupils from Abbotsbury Primary School are donating gifts to refugees who currently live in Merton.

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Children

School children get a taste of local democracy

19 October 2015by

Merton Council organised a range of activities to mark Local Democracy Week 2015.

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Children, Education and schools, Events

Get your questions answered this National Adoption Week

12 October 2015by

Merton Council is holding a series of information events to mark this year’s National Adoption Week which is from the 19-25 October.

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Adoption and fostering, Children, Young people

Merton school children get an out of this world experience

12 October 2015by

Children from Abbotsbury Primary School in Morden spoke to staff from NASA by video conference in a special space study lesson last week (7 October).

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Children, Education and schools, Young people

Summer Reading Challenge Awards

7 October 2015by

A record number of children from Merton were praised for the successful completion of this year’s Summer Reading Challenge at a ceremony in Mitcham Library on Thursday 1 October 2015.

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Awards, Campaigns, Children, Education and schools, Events, Libraries, Mayor of Merton, Young people
Cabinet member for education Cllr Martin Whelton with pupils at Gorringe Park Primary School

Gorringe pupils call “lights, camera, action”

11 September 2015by

Gorringe Park Primary School in Mitcham is all set to open its brand new TV studio and IT suite.

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Children, Education and schools, Young people

Cross party statement on the refugee crisis from the Leader of the Council at the London Borough of Merton to the council meeting on Wednesday 09 September 2015 in the council chamber

9 September 2015by

Mr Mayor I would like to make a cross party statement as Leader of the Council on behalf of all the party leaders and all councillors. I know that I […]

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Children, Statements
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