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Community Connect Scheme - Apply Now!

Elmbridge Borough Councillors each have a small allocation to assist projects in the Elmbridge area run by communities (£500 per Member).

The Councillor’s Community Connect: Basic Rules·

• Grants of up to £500 are available.
• Grants are not offered retrospectively i.e. you must not begin the project before a decision has been made on your application.
• The grants are one-off: there should be no expectation of future funding.
• A minimum of five ward residents must be supportive of the proposed project.
• The grants are intended to support project costs only and are not to be used for an organisation’s running costs.
• Non political.

What’s eligible?

Applications for projects that relate to one or more of the following sustainable Community Strategy Priorities:

• Promoting and Enhancing the Natural Environment.
• Promoting Health and Well-being.
• Enhancing the Local Economy.
• Building Safer Communities.
• Fostering Inclusion.
• Partnership Development.

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Please find below a link to the first online edition of Policing Surrey, the annual publication produced by the Surrey Police Authority and Surrey Police. The magazine aims to keep people informed about the Force’s performance during the past financial year and outlines plans for the current one.

To read the edition for your borough, click here

Conservative Controlled Elmbridge voted best place to live in Britain Third year running

Elmbridge in Surrey topped the table for offering the best quality of life for the third year running, based on a range of factors including health and life expectancy, employment, school results, crime, house sizes and the weather.

The group found that 95% of people in Elmbridge were in good health, while they had a higher than average life expectancy of 81.4 years, 75% of people were employed, earning higher than average weekly incomes of £1,018. Schools in the area produced above average results, while the area enjoys more sunshine and less rain than the rest of the UK.

Nitesh Patel, housing economist at Halifax, commented: "The old adage of ‘Health, Wealth and Happiness', is the traditional measure of a good quality of life.

“For the third year running Elmbridge has delivered against a range of indicators to demonstrate that its residents have the best quality of life in Britain. The Surrey district scores highly on several measures, including health, life expectancy, employment, average earnings and school results.

Why Elmbridge is a great place to live:

• Residents tend to be fit and well - 95% reporting good health
• There is a higher than average life expectancy (81.4 years).
• The employment rate is high at 75%, with many residents enjoying high incomes with weekly average earnings of £1,018.
• The level of school qualifications is above the national average - 77% achieve five or more GCSE results grades A-C compared with the national average of 74%.
• Residents also enjoy a relatively good climate - less rainfall per year than the national average (676 mm against 871 mm) and more weekly sunshine hours (32.7 hours against the national average of 30.0 hours).

Cllr John O'Reilly, Leader of Elmbridge Borough Council, said: "I'm absolutely delighted Elmbridge has topped this poll again, all The Council’s hard work in enhancing the Borough in collaboration with our residents and businesses will have no doubt contributed to this fine result".

Robert Moran, Chief Executive for Elmbridge Borough Council said: "We are very pleased that Elmbridge has once again received the recognition it deserves. It's a place people want to move to and, once here, they want to stay. Elmbridge residents have high expectations and as a local authority we try to meet these in all that we do. Elmbridge offers a unique mix of towns and villages, a wealth of common land and open spaces, good motorways and easy airport access, all within a 30 minute commute of London".

It is an interesting fact that since the Conservative Administration in Elmbridge have taken control from the Residents we have been at the top.