Our Wellbeing Team is involved with initiatives such as Surrey Youth Games and supporting the Mole Valley Arts Alive Festival which takes place every October.
Grant funding will continue to be used this year to support a free and inclusive out of school activities programme for children and young people as well as free wellbeing walks.
We continue expanding services to support our senior residents.
In addition to traditional installers who fit lifeline alarms and guide you through the equipment, Mole Valley Life now provides self-install alarms for those who want to maintain independence, peace of mind, and have access to emergency assistance if required.
These alarms can be set up effortlessly without the need for professional help and come equipped with fall detection and two-way communication to allow connection with an operator at the touch of a button.
At a time when community, voluntary and not-for-profit organisations need financial help the most, we’re glad to continue funding opportunities in 2024/25.
Eligible groups in Mole Valley have the option of applying for a range of grants which help them to carry out valuable work in local communities. More information can be found here.
We’re investing over £3m to repair and improve Dorking Halls over the next two years.
this planned refurbishment will further protect the heritage of the venue and help evolve it for a greener future. A new, long-term ceiling will be fitted in the Grand Hall and a heating and cooling plant will be replaced.
This will not only reduce costs but also the Hall’s carbon footprint. Details of improvements works for 2025 will be confirmed later this year.
We will continue to promote new affordable housing within the district through our negotiations with developers on new housing developments and promoting opportunities for our partner housing associations.
In 2024/25 in addition to the purchase of additional emergency housing units through the Local Authority Housing Fund.
We are also financially supporting the new Kingston House Gardens Development in Leatherhead which will result in an additional 36 affordable housing units.
Due to Surrey Police withdrawing their support from long-established CCTV monitoring partnerships with Surrey councils, we have had to review the existing provision of public space CCTV cameras in the district from 2024 onwards.
Having run a six-week consultation in the autumn last year, a decision is due to be made on the type and number of cameras by Cabinet Committee this summer.
