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Category Archives: Young people

Ready, Set, Read: Summer Reading Challenge kicks off for 2023

17 July 2023by MertonJP

Merton libraries kicked off this year’s Summer Reading Challenge with a spectacular mass outdoor high-intensity interval training (HIIT) session, with over 400 KS2 school children at Canons House and Grounds. […]

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Children, Education and schools, Events, Libraries, Young people

Final push for Beat the Street Merton

19 April 2023by MertonRS

The final push for points has started as Beat the Street Merton draws to a close. For the final ‘Go Celebrate’ week, every Beat Box will be giving out double […]

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Children, Education and schools, Health and social care, Leisure and sport, Parks and green spaces, Public health, Young people

Go Wild in Merton this week with Beat the Street

5 April 2023by MertonRS

Participants in Beat the Street Merton are invited to Go Wild this week. The themed week starts today with the aim of encouraging residents to explore their local waterways and […]

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Children, Disabled people, Education and schools, Leisure and sport, Parks and green spaces, Public health, Young people

Beat the Street game players have travelled over 140,000 miles already – Go Explore this week!

30 March 2023by MertonRS

The Beat the Street Merton game enters its Go Explore this week to encourage participants to find the borough’s best heritage and cultural gems. So far, more than 20,300 participants have […]

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Children, Civic Pride, Education and schools, Health and social care, Leisure and sport, Older people, Parks and green spaces, Public health, Young people

Merton Council approves Climate Delivery Plan for Year 3  

21 February 2023by MertonRS

Merton’s Council’s Cabinet last night approved the Climate Delivery Plan for Year 3 as well as the allocation of funds for ongoing climate projects, part of the council’s strategy to […]

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Business, Campaigns, Cost of living, Environment, Future Merton, Volunteers, Young people

HAF you signed up yet for our Christmas holiday clubs?

7 December 2022by MertonSJ

Programme will run during winter holidays, providing free holiday clubs for children from five to 15 years old

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Children, Cost of living, Education and schools, Young people

Council working with London Sport to create ambitious sporting strategy for Merton

5 December 2022by MertonRS

Merton Council is working with London Sport to further develop its ambitious plans to put Merton on the map as a Borough of Sport. Cabinet members were updated on progress […]

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Children, Leisure and sport, Public health, Volunteers, Young people

Youngsters help Merton mark hate crime awareness anniversary

2 December 2022by MertonSJ

Safer Merton ran a poster competition asking young people to design a poster to promote the Stop Hate helpline

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Children, Crime, Safer Merton, Young people

Ofsted recognises progress of Merton’s SEND provision

25 November 2022by MertonSJ

Merton’s SEND partnership has hit targets for improvement set out by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CCQ), which recognises the council and local NHS have “made sufficient progress in […]

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Education and schools, Young people

Plan for your (and the planet’s) future with Green Careers Week 

7 November 2022by MertonJP

This week is Green Careers Week, a chance to raise awareness about the amazing opportunities for Merton’s residents to get into green jobs and careers!  We talk a lot about […]

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Careers and training, Environment, Young people
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