August 2024

Wandsworth celebrates Paralympics with special day of festivities

• Tooting Bec Athletics Track hosted the borough’s first ever Paralympic Festival this week (Wednesday 28 August)
• Wandsworth’s success at the ParaGames earlier this summer was celebrated at special festival award ceremony
• The festival coincided with the Paralympic Games opening ceremony in Paris.

Published: 30 Aug 24

Changing lives with targeted rough sleeping service

Wandsworth Council has made great progress making tangible change to the lives of some of its most vulnerable residents thanks to a new service targeted specifically at rough sleepers.

Published: 30 Aug 24

Share your views on Clapham Junction to help shape its future

• Clapham Junction residents and businesses invited to have their say on the area. 
• We are drafting a masterplan to explain how the area may be developed in future. 
• Road and town centres improvements are part of a decade of renewal. 

Published: 30 Aug 24

Wandsworth Council launches Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy

• Wandsworth Council has committed to do more to tackle Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG).
• New VAWG strategy launched for 2024-2027.
• Strategy builds on existing partnerships and services to better support victims and their families.

Published: 29 Aug 24

Mega Skip Day this Saturday

The next Mega Skip Days will be on August 31 and September 14. Across both days there will be skips at 14 different locations across the borough.

Published: 29 Aug 24

Plans to restore heritage cascades in Grade II* listed Battersea Park gain support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund

Wandsworth Council is pleased to be investing in repowering Victorian waterfalls with clean energy at Battersea Park. This is thanks to support received support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Published: 29 Aug 24

Alton Big Day Out kicks off Roehampton Community Weeks

• The ‘Big Day Out’ fete on the Alton Estate was a roaring success with over 100 local residents. 
• The fete celebrated the 1-year anniversary of Chantelle’s Community Kitchen. 
• It launched the Youth Advisory Panel that aims to ensure young peoples voices are heard in the Alton Renewal Plan. 

Published: 23 Aug 24

An exciting day for those students picking up their GCSE results.

Wandsworth Council would like to extend its heartfelt congratulations to all students across the borough who received their GCSE results yesterday.

Published: 23 Aug 24

Thanks to you we have recycled more than 500 tonnes of food waste

• Thanks to you more than 500 tonnes have been recycled, all part of our Cleaner Borough Plan. 
• Recycle all of your food waste on your usual collection day.
• Read our top tips for putting your rubbish and recycling out correctly.

Published: 23 Aug 24

Mayor of London weighs in on decision to move children’s cancer care from Wandsworth to central London

• Mayor of London writes to NHS bosses and highlights insufficient dialogue with families of children receiving specialist cancer care.
• Concerns also expressed over value for money, with proposed move away from St George’s Hospital in Tooting costing £13million.
• St George’s is much-loved by patients and families across London, having provided 25 years of care.

Published: 23 Aug 24

Council services over the bank holiday

Find out about opening hours and service changes over the bank holiday weekend, including parking, waste and recycling, libraries and leisure centres, at wandsworth.gov.uk/summer-bank-holiday

Published: 21 Aug 24

Wandsworth celebrates music with a summer of school outreach and community engagement

Wandsworth Council have distributed free tickets to local people on low incomes for the Battersea Park in Concert series this weekend as part of our Access for All scheme.

Published: 21 Aug 24

Mega Skip Day this Saturday

The next Mega Skip Days will be this Saturday (August 17) and August 31. Across both days there will be skips at 14 different locations across the borough.

Published: 15 Aug 24

Wandsworth Paralympian aiming for fourth consecutive medal at Paris 2024

Three-time Paralympian and triple bronze medallist from Wandsworth, Aaron McKibbin, is going for glory again in Paris later this month.

Published: 15 Aug 24

Revitalised play area for Southfields

The Coronation Gardens play area in Southfields is open and ready to enjoy this summer, following a major refurbishment by Wandsworth Council, in partnership with the Wimbledon Foundation. 

Published: 15 Aug 24

Congratulations to Wandsworth students receiving their A-level, T-level, BTEC and other Level 3 results today

Hundreds of students across the borough have received their A-level, T-level, BTEC and other Level 3 results.

Published: 15 Aug 24

Going against national trends by reducing our use of Temporary Accommodation

Wandsworth Council has seen the use of temporary accommodation slow significantly in the last year, at a time when the number of homeless families in temporary accommodation across England are at an all-time high.

Published: 13 Aug 24

Wandsworth Council shortlisted for Public Sector Organisation of the Year at UK Social Mobility Awards

Wandsworth Council is proud to announce it has been shortlisted as a finalist for the Public Sector Organisation of the Year, along with the London Borough of Richmond, at the UK Social Mobility Awards.

Published: 12 Aug 24

Moving the Mountain: Wandsworth explores how to meet childhood vaccination challenge

• Launch of the 2024 Annual Director of Public Health Report, "Moving the Mountain."
• Emphasis on the importance of improving MMR and HPV vaccination rates.
• Involvement of local residents, GPs, and vaccine partners to enhance childhood vaccination coverage.

Published: 12 Aug 24

Disused estate garages to be replaced by social housing using ‘Passivhaus’ standards

A brand new project to build much-needed social housing in Roehampton has just received the green light. This is part of Wandsworth Council’s efforts to create resident-focused communities.

Published: 09 Aug 24

Attendance Allowance offers increased monthly payments to eligible State Pension Aged residents  

Wandsworth Council has written to 1022 households who could be benefit from increased monthly payments of up to £5,644 a year through the Government’s Attendance Allowance scheme.

Published: 09 Aug 24

Wandsworth residents urged to recycle small electricals

• Recycle your small electricals through kerbside collection. 
• Community recycling banks for small electricals installed across the borough.
• This is part of the council's Cleaner Borough Plan to improve rubbish and recycling services. 

Published: 09 Aug 24

Tell us about your community heroes

Here’s a reminder that now is your chance to honour the unsung heroes in your life by nominating them for a Wandsworth Civic Awards. 

Published: 08 Aug 24

13 ‘quiet’ cycle routes proposed across Wandsworth borough – have your say now

Wandsworth Council is exploring the design of a new network of ‘quiet’ cycle routes across the borough.

Published: 06 Aug 24

Is the next Olympian in Wandsworth? Where to find sport and leisure facilities across the borough

• As the nation is inspired by the Olympic Games in Paris, Wandsworth Council reminds residents of the range of sports facilities across the borough.
• Tooting Bec athletics track is home to the iconic Herne Hill Harriers.
• London’s biggest and best outdoor pool Tooting Bec Lido reopened earlier this summer.
• Millennium Arena in Battersea offers indoor and outdoor gym facilities for athletics training.
• Wandsworth offers ‘Access for All’ scheme runs across a number of sports centres and facilities in the borough.

Published: 06 Aug 24

Wandsworth Council powers ahead on path to carbon neutrality

• Wandsworth has ambition to become carbon neutral council by the end of this decade.
• Work to ‘decarbonise’ council buildings already having a positive impact.
• Schools, sports facilities and family centres across the borough all benefiting from carbon-reduction measures.

Published: 05 Aug 24

Next Mega Skip Days coming soon

The next Mega Skip Days will be on August 17 and August 31. Across both days there will be skips at 14 different locations across the borough.

Published: 02 Aug 24

Clapham Junction bridge renewal project launched

Wandsworth Council has launched a design competition to transform Falcon Road rail bridge, in partnership with the London Festival of Architecture.

Published: 02 Aug 24

Celebrating South Asian Heritage Month

As South Asian Heritage Month continues, the Mayor, Councillor Sana Jafri talks about why Wandsworth Council proudly celebrates the South Asian community and its special significance for her.

Published: 02 Aug 24

Breastfeeding support for all in Wandsworth

• World Breastfeeding Week which runs from 1 to 7 August.
• It aims to create and promote environments that help parents breastfeed for longer. 
• We are excited to announce the launch of a new scheme in Wandsworth, delivered by The Breastfeeding Network (BfN) to support parents to breastfeed as long as they would like.

Published: 02 Aug 24

Comment now on proposed new pocket park

Residents that wish to comment on plans for a new pocket park on Swaffield Road, Wandsworth must do so by 19 August.

Published: 01 Aug 24