Merton Council’s fostering service is holding an information morning at Wimbledon Library on Saturday 13 March, between 10am and 1pm, where social workers will be on hand to answer any […]

The Merton Children with Disabilities Team are holding an open day on Thursday 19th February, from 10am to 2pm, at the Chaucer Centre on Canterbury Road in Morden, aimed at […]

Merton Council’s Social Services department are running a number of free courses during February and March, designed for those working in the mental health field, or for those caring for […]

Cannabis will be reclassified from a Class B to a Class C drug from January 29th 2004. Whilst some may mistakenly believe that this means that cannabis will now be […]

Nearly 1.5 million people across England depend on social care services. However, until 2003 there had been no register of England’s 1.2m strong social care workforce. Merton is delighted to […]

Merton Drug and Alcohol Action Team have this week launched a campaign to publicise the facts about substance misuse amongst young people in Merton. Posters have been put on bus […]

On Thursday 27 November, Rea Mattocks, Director of Housing and Social Services at Merton, will unveil a plaque, renaming the day centre on the High Path estate, which from Thursday […]

Last week saw the launch of the new Carelines video – ‘Feel safe in your own home.’ The video, in three parts highlights the benefits of Carelines , how they […]

In conjunction with National Adoption Week, which runs from the 3rd to 9th November, the British Association for Adoption & Fostering (BAAF), who co-ordinate the awareness week, have launched a […]

Latest figures from the British crime survey show that cocaine use has jumped by 30% in the past year, and in doing so, deaths from cocaine use have also increased […]