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Our next OPEN MEETING is on Tuesday 30th Apr 2024 - 8pm (Vera Fletcher Hall, Thames Ditton, KT7 0LQ). All who live or work in Thames Ditton and Weston Green are welcome. Click here for our Open meeting dates

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Elections 2nd May - RA Candidates

Elections, Thursday 2nd May, for: Elmbridge Borough Council  andSurrey Police & Crime Commissioner   Elmbridge Borough Council ElectionsSince the 1930s Thames Ditton & Weston Green Residents' Association has put forward candidates for local Council.  Currently the Association has four Borough Councillors in two of Elmbridge's wards - Thames Ditton ward and Hinchley Wood & Weston Green ward.  A third of all Councillors in Elmbridge are...

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TD Community Centre - leased to Vital Village Community Interest...

 Cabinet for Elmbridge Borough Council (EBC) has approved the granting of a five- year lease to a Community Interest Company (CIC), Vital Village, to develop a community-hub focusing on sustainability, health and well-being and community gatherings.  A CIC is a special form of social enterprise which must have community benefit as its focus and any profits must be reinvested. EBC has said that it believes this will give local residents a much more exciting and thriving village hub &nbs...

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Affected by Boots closure? Please complete this survey

We urge all local residents who have been affected by the loss of Boots Chemists in the high street to complete this Surrey HealthWatch survey.  Please don’t be put off by the first question (which asks, in the present tense, which local chemist you usually use).  Even if you now use another pharmacy and don’t feel comfortable referring to Boots in Thames Ditton, there is the opportunity later on in the survey to refer to Thames Ditton with questions such as:  Hav...

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The Guy Salmon site

The former Guy Salmon site has been let to a company selling cars and providing a car wash to the public. Whilst  Auto Sales is an established use, the car wash is not, in which case the company either needs to cease the car wash or apply for change of use. Immediate neighbours will be notified when / if a planning application is received for that . We will keep you updated.  

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Thames Ditton Community Centre - Latest

Thames Ditton Community Centre - Council to consider Vital Village proposal Elmbridge Borough Council (EBC) have posted the latest developments regarding their search for a new operating model for the Thames Ditton Community Centre, and the proposal by Vital Village Community Interest Company. To view the article, go to: https://www.elmbridge.gov.uk/news/2024/update-thames-ditton-centre-community Following Vital Village's discussions with EBC, and its recent Open Day, their...

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Emberbrook Health Centre - Update 2

Emberbrook Health Centre Current Situation  Following questions raised about the accuracy of the Residents’ Association update on this website about the future of the cardiology services at Emberbrook, we are now happy to be able to give you a statement reflecting the current situation. This has been checked with Glenlyn Medical Centre’s Managing Director, Joe Todd: The full cardiology service (as it is operating now - i.e. diagnostic services - ECG and Echo plus visiting cardiolog...

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Boots to close Thames Ditton branch

Boots' Thames Ditton branch is scheduled to close on 10 February 2024 You may have heard that sadly Thames Ditton is set lose its much-used Boots Pharmacy.  The Residents' Association has written to the company (see below) expressing our concerns, and asking for a discussion with the company to see if we can find a way to retain this valuable village asset. If you also want our local Boots to continue, please also email Boots.  A considerable volume of local support for the st...

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Vital Village's Open Day - 20 January

VitalVillage, the Community Interest Company applying to run activities in the Thames Ditton Community Centre, will be holding an Open Day at the centre on Saturday 20 January, from 9am.  It will be open to all who are interested in what they have to offer, so it would be a good opportunity to find out more about what VitalVillage would involve and how it would run. See below for further details. VitalVillage's Open Day   Register 🌟 Discover VitalVillage: Your proposed C...

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Emberbrook Health Centre to close - Update

Emberbrook Community Health Centre Planned Closure of Services  CORRECTION   January, 2024  We have learned that the closure of services at Emberbrook are not as extensive as described in the article below. It is in fact only appointments with the visiting cardiologist that are being cancelled and will be offered instead at Kingston Hospital. Diagnostic services, such as Echocardiograph and ECGs will continue to be provided at Emberbrook. Our apologies if the ar...

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Thames Ditton Centre - Update

Thames Ditton Community Centre Update Cllr Gill Coates updated the 60+ attendees at the RA's recent Open Meeting on the progress towards finding local community partners to run the Thames Ditton Community Centre (TDCC), under lease from the Council. No decisions have been taken as yet, but promising discussions have taken place with Vital Village, a Community Interest Company (CIC) that is keen to create a vibrant, inclusive and sustainable hub in the TDCC. A CIC is a legal structure designe...

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TD Centre Petition - The RA's View

Petition - 'Save our Thames Ditton Community Centre'The TD & WG Residents' Association View  The RA recognises local concern over the current state of the Community Centre, and would like to see improvements. We are open minded about how these could be achieved, and think it is beneficial to explore different options for this rather than insisting on maintaining the current Elmbridge Borough Council (EBC) management model. Some residents will feel there is value in a petition, howev...

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A right stink in TD High Street

Thames Water refuses to repair broken main sewer It's not a nice subject, but it's a serious concern for residents and businesses in Thames Ditton High Street. We are talking POO! Video evidence sent to Thames Water shows that the main sewer is broken in several places. This has led to debris forming around the cracks and it is 80% blocked. With even moderate rainfall the system cannot cope leading to residents with sewage backing up into their properties. Thames Water Engineers visited the...

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