 People living in Redbridge are being urged to claim their £150 energy rebate from the council.
Households in homes classified in bands A-D are entitled to a one-off payment of £150 to support increased energy costs.
In April, most households will receive their energy rebate automatically because they pay their council tax by direct debit.
 A local election candidate and Redbridge resident has sadly passed away. The candidate, who was due to stand in Mayfield Ward, was not a sitting councillor.
In accordance with electoral law, the local election of candidates in Mayfield ward will now take place on Thursday, 26 May. Elections in all other Redbridge wards will continue, as planned, on Thursday, 5 May.
Registered electors in Mayfield Ward will receive a notice from the Council Returning Officer this week, informing them of the new election timetable for their ward.
 Please remember the deadline to apply for a proxy vote is nearly here.
A proxy vote is where you can appoint someone you trust to vote in your place. The deadline to apply is 5pm on Tuesday 26 April.
 Can you help us identify these people who were caught on camera dumping their rubbish in our borough? Head to the Redbridge Wall of Shame to view this month’s edition in full.
If you recognise any of the offenders featured in the video clips on our Wall of Shame, email us now.
 RideLondon, an annual cycling extravaganza, comes to Redbridge on Sunday, 29 May.
RideLondon is an annual cycling event (paused in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic) that involves several different races at varying levels. RideLondon is one of Europe’s most successful fundraising cycling events, with riders raising almost £80 million for charity since the first race in 2013.
On Sunday, 29 May, members of the public and charities will take part in the RideLondon 100, 60, and 30-mile amateur races through parts of central London, Woodford and Essex.
RideLondon will bring extensive benefits to the borough, attracting visitors to Redbridge high streets, encouraging local people to take up cycling and promoting Redbridge as part of an internationally recognised sporting event.
In the lead up to the event, we will promote the locations of crowd zones where local people can view the cycling and a complete list of road closures with information on any affected public transport.
 Almost 3,300 children got into their first choice of primary school in Redbridge this year. This is the highest number in the past five years, despite a 3.8% increase in on-time applications, according to figures published on National Primary Offer Day (Tuesday, 19 April 2022).
Over nine out of ten (94%) were offered their first or second preference for primary school, while almost nine out of ten (87%) reception applicants were offered their first preference.
 Please don't forget to check your dates for rubbish collection over the May Bank Holiday as there will be a change to your usual collection day.
The May Bank holiday is on Monday, 2 May.
 Following a successful two years of supporting residents through the most challenging periods of the pandemic, our Wellbeing Service has come to a close as national restrictions are lifted, and the government has announced its plan for Living with COVID.
In March 2020, Redbridge Council launched the Wellbeing Service to support Redbridge residents through the COVID-19 pandemic. A new support hotline, staffed seven days a week by council employees and volunteers, was created to ensure essential food, medicine, and critical advice were available to local people as part of the service.
The Wellbeing Service supported:
- More than 26,000 shielding residents
- Hospital discharge teams with food supplies for discharged residents
- Children and Families teams and the multi-agency safeguarding hub with food supplies to ensure families were not going hungry
- Provided and delivered 960 food parcels to vulnerable families in Redbridge
 Young people from the National Citizen Service (NCS) in Redbridge, Barking & Dagenham and Havering have organised an event to aid the Ukraine appeal.
The event takes place between 10.30am and 2.30pm at Kenneth More Theatre in Redbridge, Oakfield Rd, Ilford, IG1 1BT, on Saturday, 23rd April.
If you any items that you can spare, please come along to provide any donations.
The items they are looking for range from clothes, children’s toys, to sanitary products & toiletries.
Our Green Homes Grant Team has been shortlisted for a Sustainable City Award in the Public Sector Organisational Changemaker category.
Our judges were really impressed with their work and they have invited us to join an online Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, 11 May, where the winners will be announced.
The Sustainable City Awards seek to recognise “Changemaker” individuals and organisations creating change to help Londoners from all backgrounds live and work in ways that are good for the health of people and the planet.
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