Time to ‘lend’ to the library?
If you’re looking for rewarding voluntary work, you now need look no further than your local library. Far from stacking shelves in a dusty back room, the volunteer opportunities within […]
Category Archives: Children
Children’s Services report welcomed
Merton Council has welcomed a report from the Social Services Inspectorate (SSI) after it conducted a follow-up inspection of Children’s Services. The report, published on Wednesday 24 July, details the […]
Stop, look and nominate your Lollipop Person of the Year
Merton Council urge residents to vote for their lollipop person of the year Merton Council is urging residents to nominate Merton’s best lollipop people for The Lollipop Person of the […]
Merton, Sutton and Kingston link up to find more families for looked-after children
Merton Council has linked up with neighbouring boroughs Sutton and Kingston in a new alliance aimed at making more families and permanent homes available to the borough’s looked after children. […]
Residents web-wise up with Merton
Over £300k invested in more than 100 computers for libraries Merton will invest £326,000 over the next year to make sure all residents have access to computers and the Internet. […]
Children in care to have more of a say in their service
Charity will give independent advice and help Merton Council has ensured that children and young people in its care will have a greater voice in key decisions that affect them. […]
Council Registrar to marry at Merton’s Register Office
Merton’s registrar will wed boyfriend at Morden Park House If you asked a room full of brides-to-be to vote on their preferred choice of wedding venue, the “Get married at […]
FREE CYCLING TRAINING FOR MERTON CHILDREN
Merton Council is organising free cyclist-training courses throughout the summer holidays for children aged 10 years old and over at schools across the borough. The RightTrack Cycling Awareness Programme, produced […]
WHAT DO CHILDREN THINK OF LIBRARY SERVICES?
Merton Council’s Library Service has launched a further stage of an initiative to discover what one of its most important groups of ‘customers’ thinks of the service. From 21 May […]