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SENDMatters in Bromley

Published on Monday, 23 September 2019

Latest news and updates about Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in Bromley

• Bromley launches new SEND Network Champions Initiative

  Published on Monday, 16 September 2019

  An exciting new SEND Network Champions initiative has been jointly launched by Bromley Council and Bromley Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).

• Childcare providers - SEND - latest news and events

  Published on Monday, 16 September 2019

  Keep up to date with news and events for childcare providers about special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)

• Working together to help prevent suicide

  Published on Tuesday, 10 September 2019

  A plan setting out local strategies to help reduce the average of 20 people or so each year across the borough taking their own lives is being actioned.

• Consultation about Housing Strategy for next decade underway

  Published on Thursday, 5 September 2019

  Ambitious plans to develop 1000 new homes on council-owned land or acquired sites by 2022 have been confirmed as part of the draft Housing Strategy being proposed.

• Residents and traders reminded to use registered waste carriers

  Published on Thursday, 5 September 2019

  Residents and traders are being reminded to only employ registered waster carriers to remove their rubbish or unwanted goods.

• Check who is listed on your Household Enquiry Form

  Published on Monday, 19 August 2019

  Registering to vote is an individual responsibility, but we must still conduct an annual canvass of who is eligible to vote, so every property in the borough will have received a yellow Household Enquiry Form.

• Jobs Fair connects young people with employers

  Published on Monday, 19 August 2019

  Bromley’s Youth Employment Scheme (YES) held a Jobs Fair at Bromley Central Library during the summer, which was open to young people between the ages of 16 and 24 who were looking for work.

• Beware of tree services scams

  Published on Monday, 19 August 2019

  Residents are being advised not to respond to various flyers and leaflets offering tree services, to avoid potential scams.

• Bromley Education Business Partnership hosts employability day at Darrick Wood Secondary School

  Published on Friday, 16 August 2019

  Representatives from local businesses visited Darrick Wood Secondary School this summer to encourage year 10 students to think about how to prepare for their futures after leaving school.

• Bowie Bandstand in Beckenham Listed on Festival’s 50th anniversary

  Published on Friday, 16 August 2019

  The historic bandstand in south London where David Bowie performed at the Growth Summer Festival 50 years ago today (16 August) has been listed at Grade II.

• New college facility at Biggin Hill approved

  Published on Thursday, 25 July 2019

  A planning application to develop a London Aerospace and Technology College (LATC) at Biggin Hill was approved with conditions by Bromley Council's Development Control Committee on Tuesday 23 July.

• A new public health service

  Published on Tuesday, 23 July 2019

  We are developing a new public health service for children and young people aged 0-19 years

• Bromley Council appoints a new Chief Executive

  

  Published on Wednesday, 17 July 2019

  Ade Adetosoye OBE was confirmed to the post of Chief Executive of Bromley Council at its Full Council meeting on Monday evening, 15 July 2019.

• Net Zero Carbon Emissions by 2029

  Published on Tuesday, 16 July 2019

  The ambition to have a ten year plan to ensure that the council will have net zero emissions by 2029 was unanimously approved following a Council Motion.

• Blue Badge misuse leads to prosecutions of more family members

  Published on Tuesday, 2 July 2019

  Five more drivers have been caught and prosecuted for misusing a Blue Badge, and ordered to pay fines totalling £2,523.

• Junior Travel Ambassador winners

  Published on Thursday, 27 June 2019

  From a field of more than 50 participating Bromley primary schools, Wickham Common primary school have been crowned Junior Travel Ambassador (JTA )Top Team..

• News from The Local Government Boundary Commission

  Published on Tuesday, 25 June 2019

  Political map of Bromley set to change

• Large style containers improve efficiency and help congestion

  Published on Friday, 21 June 2019

  To help ease queuing times and the associated congestion, larger waste containers have been installed at Waldo Road reuse and recycling centre.

• Waste collection day changes will help improve the service

  Published on Wednesday, 19 June 2019

  Changes to waste collection days to deliver greater efficiency and reliability of the service alongside an improved recycling service will go ahead this autumn.

• Crystal Palace Park Café open – official!

  Published on Friday, 14 June 2019

  On 17 June the new community-focused café, in the vibrant Crystal Palace Park, is being formally opened by Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and Skills Jules Pipe CBE.

• Visionary Kings Meadow play improvement plan moves step nearer

  Published on Tuesday, 4 June 2019

  The plan to improve play equipment in Kings Meadow in Burnt Ash Lane has moved a step nearer following the outcome of a tendering process.

• Prickend Pond grant success thanks to Chislehurst Commons partnership working

  Published on Friday, 31 May 2019

  Chislehurst Commons is delighted to be the recipient of a charitable grant of £25,000 from the HB Allen Charitable Trust.

• European Parliamentary Elections 2019

  Published on Friday, 24 May 2019

  European Parliamentary Elections 2019 results

• Bromley Council wins public finance award

  Published on Thursday, 23 May 2019

  Bromley Council has scooped the top accolade in the Pensions, Treasury and Asset Management award category of the Public Finance Awards from an impressive shortlist of other councils from across the country.

• Application by the council to extend an interim injunction preventing the occupation of the council’s open spaces

  Published on Friday, 17 May 2019

  The High Court today heard an application by the council to extend an interim injunction order preventing the occupation of the council’s open spaces.

• Takeaway prosecuted - failing to comply with the Breach of Condition Notice

  Published on Wednesday, 15 May 2019

  A company has been prosecuted for failing to comply with the Breach of Condition Notice following ongoing complaints about noise and smells from the existing ventilation system at the premises.

• New Mayor appointed

  Published on Tuesday, 14 May 2019

  Councillor Nicholas Bennett JP of West Wickham Ward was elected Mayor of Bromley for 2019-20 at the annual meeting of the Council on Wednesday 8 May.

• Lime given approval to launch dockless e-bike trial in Bromley

  Published on Wednesday, 8 May 2019

  Dockless electric-assisted bikes will soon be available to hire in the borough following an agreement between the council and Lime for a 12 month trial.

• Blue Badge misuse: a further warning to relatives

  Published on Thursday, 2 May 2019

  A further warning goes out to relatives of Blue Badge holders as ten more drivers who were caught misusing a Blue Badge have been prosecuted and handed fines totalling £5,558.