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![Man and woman holding a Love Elmbridge Award outside a restaurant](https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/UKELMBC/2024/08/9932969/newsletter-residents_original.png) Vote for your favourite Elmbridge independent retailer
In a celebration of all local and independent businesses, the Love Elmbridge Awards give you the chance to vote for your favourite shop, café, restaurant, salon or special independent retailer.
These annual awards celebrate the fabulous independent businesses on our high streets contributing to a thriving Elmbridge. Voting closes on 31 August and the winners will be announced on our socials at the start of September.
![Volunteer stacking tins into a box](https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/UKELMBC/2024/08/9998272/foodbank_original.png) Elmbridge Multi-Faith Forum hosts foodbank event
The Elmbridge Multi-Faith Forum, a local charity which promotes understanding and friendship amongst faith communities, is hosting an awareness event to discuss the growing need for foodbanks and the role of the faith community in supporting them.
The event is being held on Tuesday 10 September from 7pm to 8:30pm at Hersham Centre for the Community.
Anyone is welcome to attend. RSVP to Kawther.Hashmi@smef.org.uk
![hand putting a piece of paper into a box](https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/UKELMBC/2024/08/9998923/images-for-residents-newsletter-5_original.png) Annual voter canvass begins soon
The council will soon be starting its annual voter canvass. Households will be contacted by email and post to ensure the Register of Electors is up-to-date, and to invite any unregistered residents to register for voting.
![Seven children jumping with raised hands on a grassy setting](https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/UKELMBC/2024/07/9859821/children_original.png) Summer activities for children
Unleash your inner explorer with the Elmbridge Museum team on a family walk and scavenger hunt on 27 August, or drop in to the stay and play session at Xcel in Walton.
![Molesey cemetery with gravestones and cherry blossom trees](https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/UKELMBC/2024/08/9936841/molesey-cemetery_original.png) Join our historical walk on 11 September
Join our wellbeing walk leader and a volunteer from the Elmbridge Museum to learn about the 1968 Great Flood in Molesey.
![Planting scheme in a raised bed](https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/UKELMBC/2024/08/9998608/biodiversity_original.png) Celebrating biodiversity in Elmbridge this summer
Our green spaces are important to local residents, but we also want them to be places where the environment and wildlife can thrive.
As well as looking at potential wildlife corridors and putting in sustainable bedding displays in our parks, we are also supporting local non-profits through the Elmbridge Community Climate Action Fund.
![Chewing gum stuck on a shoe](https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/UKELMBC/2024/08/9998860/images-for-residents-newsletter-4_original.png) Funding granted to remove chewing gum from pavements in Claygate and Molesey
A grant from the Chewing Gum Task Force, administered by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy, will help Elmbridge Borough Council clean up gum and reduce gum littering in Claygate and Molesey.
![River mole showing river bank, river and clouds reflected in the water](https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/UKELMBC/2024/08/10007143/river-mole-1_original.png) Public consultation on the Lower Mole Flood Alleviation Scheme
Your views are vital in helping to shape the future of the Rivers Ember and Mole. The Environment Agency are running a public consultation from 15 August to 6 November to gather your feedback on the proposed options for the Lower Mole Flood Alleviation Scheme.
![Playground equipment in a park setting](https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/UKELMBC/2024/08/9998780/lower-green_original.png) Lower Green placemaking
Initial community engagement will start on 9 September until 7 October 2024. This is our opportunity to hear from the residents, businesses and community stakeholders of Lower Green.
![Hand holding a phone with a WhatApp logo on it](https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/UKELMBC/2024/08/9933182/4-original_original.png) Join us on WhatsApp
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