Thanks to the Kickstart Scheme, 64 ‘high-quality’ job placements for young people aged 16 to 24 have been opened up with 21 employers in Kensington and Chelsea. The scheme helps smaller employers to create local job opportunities and help to
Well, we’ll certainly all have to dig deep to find our strength to tackle this latest lockdown, while at the same time maintaining some optimism at the thought of the vaccines that are being administered widely now. I am waiting
So many people campaigned to ‘Save the Brompton Hospital’, but decisions were taken behind closed doors and as nothing will seem to change immediately, it is sometimes easy to forget the issues behind the campaign. There is always fear when
Hot on the heels of the petition to Save Kensington High Street from cycle lanes and Tfl and the Mayor of London, my campaigning blood is boiling at an even higher temperature at the attempt to close and re-develop
There are times when a stance must be taken and common sense has to prevail. And, the current debate over ‘cycling lanes’ on Kensington High Street is just one of those times. Although the views expressed in my blog are,
Special Christmas Markets will pop up along Portobello Road on Sunday 13 and Sunday 20 December from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm. Visitors will be able to shop for gifts, clothes, food, drink and more at the markets. They will
Portobello and Golborne Markets are listed online this year to help boost their Christmas trade after what has been a difficult year. Residents can find local businesses and traders online on the dscvr app. It will be possible to shop
As we enter the tiered system there are still people who are in the ‘clinically vulnerable’ or ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’ groups. A special shopping service is being operated in the borough by Age UK and the Venture Centre, working with
In recent times as I have been through medical emergencies and dramas, one of the side effects has been a loss of interest initially in food altogether and then a lack of motivation in cooking for myself – after being
School staff and those working in nurseries and early years setting will not have to pay for parking during this second lockdown in Kensington. Schools are required to stay open during the lockdown and Kensington and Chelsea Council has recognised
