- Council considers new games area for young people in Ham
- ‘Drop in’ and find out more about your Village Plan
- Online one-stop-shop for Council services launched
- Keep busy this summer
- Take part in your own road race
- Be inspired by the Olympics
- Children’s centres open for summer
- Be a part of Orleans House Gallery’s Big 40
- Richmond Youth Council wants you
- Carers offered a well deserved break
- Mayor gets into the Olympic spirit
- Richmond overwhelmed by 120 Olympics volunteering applications
- Plans approved to consider integrated health and social care services
- Richmond outlines new priorities for community safety
- Council confirms £400,000 extra cash for new Community Road and Pavement Fund
- Stay Safe During The Games
- Residents asked about proposed changes to Council Tax benefit
- Cabinet agrees funding for Sixth Forms
- First Volunteering Richmond Roadshows
- School opens for summer
- Richmond's registration services go online
- Business start-ups offered ‘pop up’ shop in Richmond
- Council service delivery during the Olympics
- Crane Park scoops Green Flag Award
- Playbeach back for the summer
- Richmond in Bloom winners dazzle judges
- Over 500 primary school places approved for the borough
- Heathrow expansion no more viable today than in 2010
- Olympics museum display wins Civic Pride funding
- Youngsters capture spirit of Paralympics in poetry
- Deadline is looming to nominate for dignity in care locally
- Hampton carer to carry Olympic flame
- Last call for Olympic Volunteers
- It’s Showtime
- Summer events announced for new-look Twickenham Riverside
- Scholarship boost for aspiring students
- Community spirit at Heatham House
- Be a good neighbour during the Olympics
- Richmond Children’s Services Director gets new post
- Major plans to revitalise Twickenham take a step closer
- New facilities for children with SEN
- Complaints against parking services at an all time low
- Parking during the Olympic Games
- Hampton North set for regeneration boost
- Community spirit gets funding
- Take part in Summer Reading Challenge
- Team Richmond celebrate Games triumph
- All in One Village Plans to launch this week
Release Date: 10/07/2012
Be a good neighbour during the Olympics
This summer residents in Richmond upon Thames are being encouraged to look out for their neighbours during the Olympic events.
With over 300 road closures and significant parking restrictions there will be a considerable amount of disruption for local residents. The Council has been working hard to identify vulnerable people that may be impacted and ensure that they receive their regular services. During this time residents are encouraged to think of neighbours who might need help and spread the word about the Olympics.
Councillor Pamela Fleming, Richmond Council’s Strategic Cabinet Member for Community, Business and Culture said:
“Whilst the Olympics are a time of celebration, it is also important to think about those who may experience problems because of the events.
“A small gesture will make a big difference to elderly or vulnerable residents: offer up your driveway for parking if your neighbour has to move their car; help elderly or vulnerable people go shopping in the days before the games; or inform neighbours about road closures and parking restrictions if you think they may not have heard. Residents in our borough already show this sort of generosity every day so please consider lending a helping hand to your neighbours over the next few weeks.”
Over the last two months the Council has hosted 18 resident briefings to pass on information about the Olympics to local residents and there will be TfL leaflet drop in the forthcoming week with information about road closures and parking suspensions.
For more information about the Olympics in Richmond upon Thames, visit the Olympics page.
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