- Council provides funds to help small businesses
- Financial help for keeping warm this winter
- Improve your health at York House
- Heathrow's airtrack train plan criticised
- Have your own say on Academies
- Mayor's Christmas invite
- Net closing on Council Tax cheats
- Step pedal jump your way to rugby!
- Borough has the lowest level of alcohol fueled crimes in London
- Play safe at Halloween warning
- Enjoy a week of entertainment at Heathfield centre
- Spreading the safety message
- New funding agreed to combat the recession
- Support your local lollipop person
- Disappointment as Boris' public transport costs rise
- Ham and Petersham win £100,000 for low carbon zone
- Borough children's favourite nursery rhyme revealed on Bookstart Day
- Eastender at East Sheen Library
- Destination Richmond
- Green fingers win prizes for winning allotments
- Free flood warnings for residents at risk in Richmond
- Huge turnout for older people's event
- RISE event success
- Best Cemetery Award for Richmond and East Sheen
- Take part in Black History Month celebrations
- World Sight Day celebrated
- Question time comes to Richmond
- 2M fears local people may loose out to Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC)
- 1,000 people control their social care budgets
- £2.85 million for new homes
- Richmond Council confirms sponsor for Shene Academy
- Richmond Council extends CO2 parking
Release Date: 19/10/2009
Support your local lollipop person
Parents and school children are being urged to ‘support your lollipop person’, as the borough makes a bid to have one of its lollipop men or women recognised as the nation’s best.
Nominations for the nationwide competition run until the 30 October, with prizes being awarded to the winner and their school.
Cllr Malcolm Eady, Cabinet Member for Children’s Se
rvices and Education on Richmond Council, said:
“There is only a short time left until the competition ends, so I’m calling on you to get voting and support your lollipop person.
“We have eight staff in the borough and they all do a fantastic job, not only helping children cross the road safely but encouraging drivers to slow down on roads around schools. I encourage you to lend them your support, it could bring prizes for schools too.”
The Lollipop Person of the Year is a national campaign run by Kwik Fit Insurance. The winner will receive a free holiday; their schools will receive a range of prizes including £3,000 to spend on school equipment. There will also be 12 regional winners from across the UK who will also get £500 worth of holiday vouchers and each of the 12 schools will be awarded with £100 worth of book tokens.
Nominations will be taken until Friday 30 October 2009. More information and entry details can be found at www.bestlollipop.co.uk
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