Latest news

• Council becomes a hate incident reporting centre

  Published on Thursday, 17th October 2019 in About the Council news

  Volunteer hate crime ambassadors have allowed Southend-on-Sea Borough Council’s Civic Centre to become a hate incident reporting centre.

• ForwardMotion travel roadshows hit south Essex

  

  Published on Wednesday, 16th October 2019 in Events and Leisure news

  ForwardMotion’s travel roadshows will be coming to Southend-on-Sea on 26 October, Grays on 28 October and Basildon on 29 October.

• Businesses encouraged to install free bike hangers

  

  Published on Thursday, 10th October 2019 in Events news

  Businesses in south Essex are being asked to encourage their employees to travel more sustainably by installing cycle hangers on their premises.

• New short stay car park set to open soon

  

  Published on Wednesday, 9th October 2019 in Parking, Travel and Roads news

  Work to create a small new town centre short stay car park on the site of former public toilets is progressing well.

• Southend children attending local grammar schools on the rise

  

  Published on Wednesday, 9th October 2019 in Schools and Learning news

  Over half of Year 7 pupils that started at a Southend-on-Sea grammar school in September live within the Borough, new figures have revealed.

• High school-aged children asked, “Who’s controlling your friends?” in new county lines campaign

  

  Published on Monday, 7th October 2019 in Communities, Neighbourhoods and the Environment news

  We have launched a campaign to give children an understanding of how criminals operate, in their attempts to force children to run drugs and money in, out and around the borough.

• Children say “yes please!” to smoke free school gates

  

  Published on Monday, 7th October 2019 in Health and Wellbeing news

  Primary schoolchildren in Southend-on-Sea are encouraging their grown-ups to stop smoking at the school gates.

• Measles cases in Southend-on-Sea

  

  Published on Friday, 4th October 2019 in Health and Wellbeing news

  Update from Southend-on-Sea Borough Council and Public Health England (PHE).

• Suspected measles cases in Southend-on-Sea – UPDATE and information line set up

  

  Published on Thursday, 3rd October 2019 in Health and Wellbeing news

  A public information telephone line has been set up by Southend-on-Sea Borough Council’s public health team.

• Statement and public information: Suspected measles outbreak in Southend-on-Sea

  

  Published on Wednesday, 2nd October 2019 in Health and Wellbeing news

  The council is working with colleagues at Public Health England (PHE) regarding a suspected measles outbreak in Southend-on-Sea involving eight people.

• Southend Activity Awards open for nominations

  

  Published on Wednesday, 2nd October 2019 in Health and Wellbeing news

  Southend-on-Sea Borough Council is asking residents for their nominations for the annual Southend Activity Awards.

• Updated HIV figures for Southend-on-Sea show reduced figure

  

  Published on Tuesday, 1st October 2019 in Health and Wellbeing news

  Revised figures of newly diagnosed HIV cases for Southend-on-Sea have been released, placing the town well within the national average.

• Queensway residents enjoy regeneration launch event

  

  Published on Tuesday, 1st October 2019 in Communities, Neighbourhoods and the Environment news

  More than 130 residents living on or near to the Queensway Estate attended a special invitation-only event to meet the organisations involved in the regeneration project.

• Volunteers needed to drive forward electric taxi project

  

  Published on Monday, 30th September 2019 in Communities, Neighbourhoods and the Environment news

  The council is looking for up to fifty taxi drivers to take part in a study to help decide where four new rapid recharge points for electric taxis will be installed.

• Get involved with the Local Offer

  

  Published on Friday, 27th September 2019 in Children and Families news

  Children and young people who live with special educational needs and disabilities and their families are being encouraged to help the Council spread the word about important services.

• Resolution to tackle town’s inequalities

  

  Published on Friday, 27th September 2019 in About the Council news

  The Leader of the Council has claimed the council’s new administration will be “unrelenting in its resolve to tackle inequalities in the town”, after a national study into deprivation in England.

• New community woodland for Shoeburyness

  

  Published on Thursday, 26th September 2019 in Events news

  As part of its commitment to plant more trees and work with communities to do so, Southend-on-Sea Borough Council is asking residents of to help them plant a new community woodland in Shoeburyness.

• Finding Neverland – the magic returns to the Shrubbery

  

  Published on Thursday, 26th September 2019 in Events and Leisure news

  Over the past year, the council’s parks team have been working hard to improve the area which was formerly part of the seafront attraction ‘Never Never Land’.

• Become a composting champion and recycle your food waste at home

  

  Published on Monday, 23rd September 2019 in Recycling and Waste news

  Every year, British households throw away approximately 7million tonnes of food waste and lots of this ends up in landfill, where it decomposes and produces harmful gases and liquids.

• Naloxone kits and training available to all

  

  Published on Thursday, 19th September 2019 in Health and Wellbeing news

  Southend-on-Sea Borough Council is highlighting the work being done with Naloxone kits and training to avoid drug-related deaths.

• Connected and Smart: briefing offers opportunity for Southend businesses to learn more

  

  Published on Wednesday, 18th September 2019 in Business news

  A Southend Business Partnership briefing, looking at the key Southend 2050 strategic theme of “connected and smart”, will take place on Thursday 26 September at The Forum.

• Your Pride and Joy pictures to air on The Big Screen

  

  Published on Monday, 16th September 2019 in Events and Leisure news

  An array of photos taken by local people and visitors, showing the best of our coastline, will be showcased on The Big Screen from tomorrow (17 September 2019).

• Young people encouraged to text a school nurse for health advice

  

  Published on Friday, 13th September 2019 in Schools and Learning news

  A health service which allows schoolchildren to anonymously text message a school nurse has launched.

• 10 roads to shine brighter thanks to more street lighting

  

  Published on Friday, 13th September 2019 in Parking, Travel and Roads news

  Sixty new LED lampposts will be installed across five Southend streets this autumn, thanks to funding added to the budget by the council’s new joint administration.

• Public event for parents and carers

  

  Published on Thursday, 12th September 2019 in Children and Families news

  Parents and carers of children with special educational needs are invited to have their say on Post 16 opportunities for young people in Southend living with special educational needs.

• Council becomes a Real Living Wage employer

  

  Published on Thursday, 12th September 2019 in About the Council news

  Councillors will discuss the work needed to make Southend-on-Sea Borough Council an accredited Real Living Wage employer at the cabinet meeting next week (Tuesday 17 September).

• Brexit preparations on the agenda

  

  Published on Thursday, 12th September 2019 in About the Council news

  The council’s cabinet will receive an update on its own Brexit preparations at its meeting next week (Tuesday 17th September).

• Plans in place to make council ‘carbon neutral’

  

  Published on Wednesday, 11th September 2019 in Communities, Neighbourhoods and the Environment news

  A climate emergency could be announced in Southend-on-Sea next week as plans to create a ‘Green City’ continue to take shape.

• World Suicide Prevention Day: panel discuss complex issues at Southend event

  

  Published on Wednesday, 11th September 2019 in Health and Wellbeing news

  The Southend Suicide Prevention Partnership Steering Group hosted an event offering open and honest conversation about this challenging subject on World Suicide Prevention Day (Tuesday 10 Sept 2019).

• Increase in fire safety budget to be discussed

  

  Published on Wednesday, 11th September 2019 in About the Council news

  Further investment in fire safety is to be discussed by the council’s cabinet (Tuesday 17 September).