September 2009 Archives

A community table top sale is being organised for Sunday November 29 at Cobham Village Hall, in Lushington Drive, Cobham, to raise money for St John Ambulance and the 1st Cobham Scouts.

Elmbridge council is holding a consultation for parents in the borough to find out families views on holiday activities for children.

The consultations will be available to collect from libraries, the Xcel leisure complex, in Waterside Drive, Walton, children's centres, schools and the council's website, at www.elmbridge.gov.uk

The council want to know if families are happy with holiday activities, if there is one holiday scheme provider that children love most and what families do with their free time during the holidays.

Musicians got together for their first rehearsal on Tuesday (September 22) for the launch of the Elmbridge Community Big Band.

Two Walton estate agents who will be running the first Virgin London Marathon in April 2010 have all ready surpassed the minimum amount of money they wanted to raise for a children's charity.

Elmbridge borough has reached its 500th Neighbourhood Watch, with residents in Burwood Road, Hersham becoming the latest to introduce the scheme.

The news of the latest borough Neighbourhood Watch, comes at a time when the Association of Chief Police Officers reports that areas with a watch scheme suffer from 79% less incidents of crime than the rest of the UK.

The objectives of a Neighbourhood Watch are to prevent anti-social behaviour and crime, reduce the fear of crime and to improve the quality of life for tenants and residents.

The choirs from Notre Dame Senior School in Cobham will be performing at Westminster Cathedral in London on Saturday September 26.

A youth action group has been set up in Cobham to enable youngsters to enjoy weekly activities and have their say.

Painshill Park in Cobham was awash with pink on Saturday September 19 as over 100 walkers stepped up to beat breast cancer at the annual Autumn Friendship Walk for Breast Cancer Campaign.

Newsreader Nicholas Owen is helping Elmbridge council launch its Distraction Burglary Week, which starts on Monday, September 28 at the Weybridge Centre, at 10.30am.

The renowned journalist will be launching the week, which is aimed to help raise awareness of distraction burglary and cold calling, at the centre in Churchfield Road, which will be followed by the trickster play showing how people trick their way into homes.

Throughout the week, displays and information cards will be put up and useful telephone numbers will be handed out at the retired people's centres throughout the borough.

OVER 1000 residents have signed a petition against a proposed 14ft phone mast in Esher, which after an appeal, has now been given the green light to be built.

Residents from Lower Green Road have been campaigning against the proposal which was first submitted to Elmbridge council by Vodafone in August 2008.

The proposal will see a 14 ft antenna and two 6ft high equipment boxes erected in an alley way that links the road to Esher train station.

The plans were originally thrown out by the council in Spetember 2008, on the grounds that the erection of the mast would fail to maintain a safe and secure route through the alleyway, but was upheld on appeal on Monday, August, 17.