- 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: 12/07/2012
Hampton carer to carry Olympic flame
A lifetime of looking after others has led Hampton carer, Angela Wilson, to be selected to carry the Olympic Torch on Tuesday 24 July through Richmond upon Thames.
Nominated by her husband, Mrs Wilson has provided much needed care to her sister, niece and nephew after rescuing them from living in extreme hardship in a council estate in Hayes. Her sister and niece both have special needs and she has worked tirelessly to support them as well as giving up her time to volunteer in a local school, St Mary’s and St Peter’s in Teddington.
Cllr Nicola Urquhart, the Cabinet Member for Adult services, Health and Housing said:
“Angela Wilson is a great example of some of the amazing things that residents of our borough do every day. Her commitment to her family and her passion for caring shows what we can all do when confronted with adversity. It will be an honour to watch her and the other Olympic torchbearers carry the flame through Richmond upon Thames.”
Local torchbearer, Angela Wilson said:
“I will be carrying the torch for the many inspiring and outstanding carers in the UK, all of whom are principally interested in improving the life chances of others. I will carry it for my sister, my niece and nephew; the family which I care for. I will carry it for all of the great people in the borough who help to care for families. I will carry it for all those in education who support children with special needs, and for those children themselves.”
The torch arrives in the borough from Kingston at 9.45am and travels north through Ham and Richmond to arrive in Kew at approximately 11am. For more information about the route please visit our Olympic web pages.
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