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Category Archives: Children

Merton to pilot better mental health assessments for children entering care

6 February 2019by Merton Web Team

Merton Council has been chosen to pilot a new approach to give children coming into the care system better mental health assessments. Merton is one of nine local authorities selected […]

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Children, My Merton magazine, Young people

Council installs bollards outside homes to stop illegal crossover parking

21 January 2019by Merton Web Team

Merton Council is taking enforcement action against residents who illegally park their vehicles on their properties without a dropped kerb. So far, the council’s enforcement officers have put up bollards […]

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Children, Disabled people, Environment, Parking, Planning, Safer Merton, Traffic and Highways

Merton backs local voluntary groups with funding of £9.9 million

18 December 2018by

Merton Council is supporting the borough’s voluntary sector with £9.9 million of funding to more than 150 local organisations, community groups, charities and projects in 2018/19. Funding is highlighted in […]

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Children, Volunteers

Foster Care Fortnight

23 May 2018by

Merton Council are marking this year’s national campaign, Foster Care Fortnight by renewing their appeal for new foster carers to come forward and help transform the lives of hundreds of […]

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Children

Merton offers every child a primary school place

17 April 2018by

A primary school place has been offered to every parent in Merton with a child starting school in September. This year, over 2500 children from Merton applied for a primary […]

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Children, Education and schools

Merton’s call for foster carers with “life experience” to care for school aged sibling groups in the borough

28 March 2018by

Merton Council is calling on those whose grown up children have left home to consider becoming foster carers for the Council. Although the Council is keen to recruit people from […]

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Adoption and fostering, Children, Young people

Raynes Park High School becomes first state school accredited by the Tim Henman Foundation and BECSLink community in the UK

21 March 2018by

 Raynes Park High School (RPHS) has become the first state school in the country to be an accredited by the Tim Henman Foundation and BECSLink community. To celebrate the accreditation, […]

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Children, Sport and leisure, Wimbledon tennis championships, Young people

Merton support ‘Together, We Can Tackle Child Abuse’ Campaign

12 March 2018by

Merton Council is proud to be supporting the Together, we can tackle child abuse campaign again this year. The campaign, which affirms that all children have a right to be […]

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Children, Young people

Merton holds CSE Awareness Conference

9 March 2018by

Merton Council is marking this year’s National Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) Awareness Day with a two day conference on Thursday 15 and Friday 16 March at Merton Civic Centre. The […]

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Children

Problem-solving Family Drug and Alcohol Courts for Merton

1 March 2018by

Merton are one of nine London boroughs that can now access Family Drug and Alcohol Courts (FDAC), improving the lives of London children who face removal from their families because […]

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Children, Young people
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