SECra updates

Save the date: Saturday 9th July 2022 1pm – 4pm Our summer social will include: BBQ, local craft stalls, Knollmead Primary School choir, updates and info on all SECra projects / initiatives, children’s games, raffle and the opportunity to vote in committee members! More details to follow. You can register … Continue reading Summer Social & AGM 2022

Below is information for upcoming vaccination clinics for week commencing Monday 13th June 2022: Kingston The Hook Centre, 9 Green End KT9 1AEPop up clinic – 12+ anyone eligible for 1st, 2nd, Booster and Spring BoosterWednesday 15 June 2022, 11am to 4.30pm New Malden Library, Kingston Road, KT3 3LYPop up … Continue reading Upcoming vaccination clinics (updated weekly)

There is a very good list of frequenlty asked questions (with answers) on the South West London CCG website here: https://swlondonccg.nhs.uk/covid/your-questions/ Below is a quick list of some of the more common questions.

Types of Covid-19 Vaccine Which vaccine will I get? Who can get (& how to get) a Covid-19 vaccine Book Online What information you will need to use the online booking service Walk-ins Help with travel to a vaccine appointment Side effects and safety Research has shown the vaccines help: … Continue reading Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines

Connected Kingston is a site dedicated to helping Kingston residents find local activities and navigate local services. It is run by the Royal Borough of Kingston Council and Kingston Voluntary Action in conjunction with local charities and statutory organisations. Their goal is to help residents of Kingston stay happy, healthy … Continue reading Connected Kingston

FUEL is Achieving for Children’s holiday activity and food programme, by the Department for Education Children receiving benefits-related free school meals can attend FREE holiday activities, which include a hot meal. Football & rugby, holiday camps and theatre run by partner agencies offer opportunities to get more active and learn … Continue reading Free Kingston Easter Holiday activities for children

Don’t ignore your cervical screening invite letter. If you missed your last one, book an appointment with your GP practice now.

Please complete the short survey below On 6th February this year Her Majesty The Queen will become the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, marking 70 years of service to the people of the United Kingdom, the Realms and the Commonwealth. To celebrate this unprecedented anniversary, events and … Continue reading The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

The next Committee Meeting will be at 7pm on Tuesday 11th January 2022 via Zoom. Everyone is welcome to join – you can raise any issues, concerns or questions at the meeting or you can submit them prior to the meeting by emailing hello@secra.org.uk To ensure transparency and online safety, … Continue reading SECra Committee Meeting 11th January 2022

WOW! Thank you to everyone for putting so many lights out this year – every street looks AMAZING! It took the judges nearly 5 hours to go around looking at all the lovely decorations and it was genuinely very difficult to pick the winners! So, without further ado, here are … Continue reading Christmas Lights

On Saturday 4th December 2021 we will be holding a Christmas Social & Fete from 1pm – 4pm to give our community a chance to come together to celebrate and socialise. Location: The Sunray Club, (Sunray Community Hall) KT5 9QP Come and meet our Sunray Stars & purchase your SECra … Continue reading SECra Christmas Social & Fete

Thank you to everyone that took part in this years SECra Scarecrow Festival and congratulations to our winner: Ron Seal by the Rolfe family. Take a look at all the entries here and get planning for next years event!

Take the survey here: https://forms.gle/hj6xN8zUyHsi49KC8 The playground at the end of Knollmead by the Hogsmill was ‘upgraded’ a year or so ago, but the work appeared to be of quite a low standard and the equipment installed has either broken, is un-useable or in some cases been removed. This survewy … Continue reading Knollmead Playground Survey Sept 2021

Please vote for the committee positions listed below. If you would like to nominate and vote for yourself for one of the roles, please enter your name in the ‘other’ field (You must also email hello@secra.org.uk so we can verify your nomination – if you do not then the nomination … Continue reading Vote for SECra Committee Members 2021/22

Thank you to everyone that voted. The vote closed at 7pm on Sat 17th July 2021 and results are as follows:

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) for Sunray & Egmont Community Residents Association (SECra) will take place on Saturday 17th July 2021 at 6pm. Due to current restrictions, it will be held online via Zoom. This is your opportunity to see everything that we have achieved this year and learn more … Continue reading 2021 Annual General Meeting

We have received this email below from Ed Davey MP regarding the rising rates of infection, driven by the Delta (previously called ‘Indian’) strain. We will pass on more information when we receive it regarding any additional measures or testing facilities, but as always, please remember to reduce the spread … Continue reading Kingston’s covid infection rates are rising

The next Committee Meeting will be at 8pm on Wednesday 5th May 2021 via Zoom. Everyone is welcome to join – you can raise any issues, concerns or questions at the meeting or you can submit them prior to the meeting by emailing hello@secra.org.uk To ensure transparency and online safety, … Continue reading SECra Committee Meeting 5th May 2021

On 16th April 2021, at an online event attended by some of the many volunteers that helped (and continue to help) during the lockdowns, Cllr Margaret Thompson, Mayor of Kingston, presented the Mayor’s Covid Award for outstanding service to the Royal Borough during the pandemic to the whole of Sunray Community !

These are photo’s taken on Monday 19th April 2021 of the service road at the top of Sunray Ave. Depressing aren’t they? Even more so for the amazing volunteers that worked hard in December clearing it completely. This is what they look like now on Monday afternoon after a team … Continue reading Service Roads – Green Corridor

Take the survey here: https://forms.gle/Q5CA1jZS2KJsszj66 This survey is to gather views, opinions, feedback and suggestions from the community & allotment users regarding the various needs & projects that directly affect Knollmead allotments. You do not need to answer all of the questions in this survey and can skip entire sections … Continue reading Knollmead Allotment & Community projects Survey

On the 20th February we posted on Sunray Community Facebook group and our local recycling group  – “noticed a lot of paper recycling bins with the same damage on the corner, Have Kingston Council been sold a bunch of cheap recycling bins? Does anyone know when we got our Blue … Continue reading Blue Recycling Bins

This weekend saw the start of a new project on the Sunray Estate. We have been working with Will from Woodwork with Will to create some flower beds around some of the trees on the estate. Will has used recycled wood and made 8 planter borders to the measurements we … Continue reading Planter Borders

There has been much talk about setting up wild flower corridors over recent months. During the early part of last spring / summer, due to limited council resource and lock down measures many green spaces such as road side verges were left to grow and natural wild flower corridors were … Continue reading Pardon the weeds, we are feeding the bees

The current infection rate in Kingston is steady – they key messages this week are: National lockdown is still in effect until 29th March. Please do not make any unnecessary journeys / visits. Wherever possible, please stay home and if you need to go out follow the standard hands, face, … Continue reading RBK Update: 22 March 2021

8pm Weds 24th March via Zoom A special meeting to discuss and vote on changing our constitution to include spending authorisation process and limits.

Create or colour in a picture of Easter eggs – place in your window or garden by Thursday 1st April so passers-by can see it and then let us know where your picture(s) are by emailing hello@secra.org.uk or WhatsApp 07940503795 To get you started, below are some templates you can download & … Continue reading Easter Egg Trail Colouring Templates