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BBC News
3 days ago
- General
- BBC News
New Mole Valley climate change action plan to be considered
A new climate change action plan from a council in Surrey is set to be Valley District Council (MVDC) says its 2025-26 climate change action plan sets out "strategic direction by translating decarbonisation goals into a set of actionable initiatives".The 10 priority actions from the plan include supporting the decarbonisation of temporary accommodation properties, installing solar carports and delivering energy efficiency improvements across the Malcolmson, the council's cabinet member for climate change, said: "Over the coming year, the climate change agenda will thread through all services at MVDC." In June 2019, MVDC declared a climate emergency and said it aimed to become carbon neutral by 2030. A climate change strategy was approved in October 2021 and set out the initial actions the council would take to build a greener, more sustainable future and reduce its carbon 2025-26 plan will be discussed at scrutiny and cabinet meetings on Tuesday and 17 June.
BBC News
3 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Mole Valley District Council assets strategy to be considered
A group of Surrey councillors will be asked to approve a management strategy for land and buildings assets worth more than £200m in the coming Valley District Council owns or leases more than 250 assets as of 2023/24, generating £7.4m of income each year that it says is vital to service delivery.A report set to be considered at scrutiny and cabinet meetings on Tuesday and on 17 June, recommends councillors approve an asset management strategy for the next five years. Dorking and Leatherhead Leisure centres, Dorking Halls, Pippbrook House, and the Meadowbank Football Ground all feature among the assets. Part of the strategy centres around making informed decisions to maximise future income potential, whether through targeted investment or potential the financial aspect, the council said the assets were central to its aim of providing green and open spaces across the said the local economy was also boosted by crowd-drawing assets such as Dorking Halls and Deepdene Keira Vyvyan-Robinson, cabinet member for commercial assets and property, said the effective management of these assets was vital to supporting the "delivery of services that our residents and businesses reply upon".
BBC News
14-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Surrey Youth Games will not go ahead in 2025, Active Surrey says
An event to encourage young people to play sport in Surrey will not run in 2025 after more than 25 Surrey Youth Games, held previously over one day or over a weekend for thousands of children from across the county, will not take place following a "review of the format of the event", organisers Active Surrey six of Surrey's 11 district and borough councils will provide access to "fun, free and local activities" and a further two are running a bursary scheme which families can apply Active Surrey spokesperson said: "Surrey County Council and its partners remain committed to providing opportunities for young people to engage in sport and physical activity." They said format and participation in 2025 had been determined at a borough and district in Elmbridge, Runnymede, Spelthorne, Guildford, Woking, and Reigate and Banstead will provide activities including cricket, dance, tennis, and Surrey Heath and Mole Valley will provide bursaries for access to sport. 'Helping beginners' A Mole Valley statement previously said: "Sadly, after 25 successful years the Surrey Youth Games, an annual multi-sport youth programme offering free sports training for 7-16 year olds, is not going ahead in 2025. "This presents a need to provide alternative avenues to sport for individuals and families where finance is a barrier to participation."Tandridge District Council, which did not participate in 2024's games, Epsom and Ewell and Waverley councils have been contacted to ask what provision they are planning to encourage young people to take part in 2024's games, Active Surrey chief executive Elizabeth Duggan said the organisation was "delighted" that almost 1,000 children and their families, from 244 schools across Surrey, were given the opportunity to take up a new activity through the Surrey is a not for profit organisation, hosted by Surrey County Council. A report two years ago said the Surrey Youth Games was the largest multi-sport youth programme in the South East and focused on "helping beginners to be active, particularly children living in Surrey's least advantaged communities".
