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Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Surrey council to make £18k eco upgrades to offices
A Surrey council is washing its hands of paper towels in favour of electric hand driers for staff. Runnymede Borough Council will replace 22 hand towel dispensers at its Addlestone Civic Hall site on Station Road, Addlestone, with 18 standard driers to reduce "carbon and costs". Last year the authority spent £12,000 on paper towels but said the £18,000 spend on new driers would save money in the long run. The idea was initially raised in July 2024. Speaking to the Local Democracy Reporting Service , Councillor Isabel Mullins described the move as a "welcome idea from staff" and added that cost savings were "very much there". The existing system was described as producing "large amounts of unrecyclable waste". However, questions have been raised over why the authority was making the changes ahead of its potential dissolution. Devolution plans, which would merge some boroughs and districts within the county to create new unitary authorities, are due to take place in 2027. Follow BBC Surrey on Facebook, on X, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@ or WhatsApp us on 08081 002250. Surrey Youth Games will not go ahead in 2025 Surrey council reorganisation plans approved Local Democracy Reporting Service
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".
