Merton to spend almost £1.3million on community projects
24 community projects bid for monies from the Neighbourhood Fund at a cabinet meeting on 8 November
Category Archives: Children
Merton’s One Stop Shop for domestic abuse advice returns
Relaunched service will be open every Monday from 22 November at Morden Baptist Church
Merton to continue funding free school meals at half term
The council will spend £400,000 on the service during this week’s holiday, the winter holidays and March 2022’s half term
Young people: enter our anti-litter competition to win fireworks tickets
To support our Keep It Clean Love Merton campaign, the Council is launching a competition for five to 11-year-olds to design a poster for Merton. And if you win, not […]
Local ways to help Afghan refugees
In response to the Afghanistan crisis, Merton Giving is signposting residents, who would like to offer their support, to make donations via one of three routes: by directly supporting charities […]
Youth Justice Service receives resounding endorsement
Merton’s Youth Justice Service (YJS) and Youth Crime Prevention Executive Board received a well-deserved vote of confidence today when they were rated ‘Good’ overall with many ‘Outstanding’ areas in a […]
Merton Council’s response to the Afghan refugee crisis
Leader of Merton Council, Cllr Mark Allison, said: “The situation unfolding in Afghanistan is shocking and distressing, and Merton residents will have watched in horror at the scenes on television […]
Donate your old gardening tools and help Merton’s green-fingered children
Veolia is asking local residents to put their gardening tools to good use by donating them to Hillcross Primary School’s gardening club. Simply drop them off at the dedicated donation […]
Merton children are ready for summer of fun and food
Merton Council will be delivering a free fun-filled summer holiday programme for children, as part of a national Government programme to help children from low income families. The scheme is […]
Council website update
On Friday evening (2 July), one of the council’s partner’s suppliers was subject to a cyber-security attack on one of the systems that supports the council’s website and some online […]