Archives from January 2021

Richmond Council plans to plant 500 trees

The Council is on track to plant over 500 trees across Richmond upon Thames by the end of the tree planting season (31 March 2021).

29 January 2021 | around_town

Chief Executive for Richmond and Wandsworth councils to move on

Chief Executive Paul Martin will be leaving Richmond and Wandsworth councils from March, following his 2019 announcement that he would step down.

29 January 2021 | news

Pyramid power

Another thing to do during the lockdown and ‘wow’ your family at the same time.

28 January 2021 | around_town

COVID-19 testing available this February

People who are displaying symptoms of COVID-19 are reminded that they can also get tested at the temporary pop-up testing centre in Old Deer Park, on selected dates this February.

27 January 2021 | around_town

Wilson launches We Care about Clean Air petition

Munira Wilson, MP for Twickenham, is calling for the Government to put safer legal limits on air pollution in place and is rallying support from residents through a petition.

27 January 2021 | news

Council pilots in-home sensors to support vulnerable residents

Richmond Council is deploying in-home sensors to improve the safety of vulnerable residents living in social housing. The technology unobtrusively monitors residents and provides carers with early alerts on issues such as potential accidents or declining health.

25 January 2021 | news

Be Inspired, Finding Peace

There’s only limited time a walking therapist can spend walking with clients, and I wanted to share some of those tools for others to access what we do.

25 January 2021 | around_town

8 week yoga therapy course for stress, anxiety and depression

Mindfulness and therapeutic yoga are well known to help reduce and better manage stress, anxiety and depression. This evidence-based 8-week yoga therapy course combines specific yoga therapy techniques and mindfulness with research from the fields of psychotherapy and neuroscience.

21 January 2021 | around_town