 Friday 20 October 2023
 Cllr Jas Athwal, Leader of Redbridge Council, and Cllr Jyotsna Rahman, Redbridge Mayor, officially opened the newly renovated Constance Bridgeman Youth Centre in Loxford.
Following a complete refurbishment, the centre is now home to a music studio, classrooms, a multi-use games area, an outdoor gym, and a production kitchen.
As well as offering space and facilities for young people to use in the evenings, the centre is now an educational hub with classrooms in use by local students throughout the day. The centre will also be open at weekends shortly.
 As many of you will have seen in the news, Storm Babette has hit London and the rest of the country this week.
Storm Babet has brought heavy rain and strong winds to the UK and is set to continue into the weekend.
Being flood aware can help you act faster in a flooding emergency, limit flood damage & ensure you contact the right people for assistance. Please read our dedicated flooding information page for advice on what to do in a flooding emergency
 Our fortnightly Green Garden Waste collections are ending but will resume again in spring. Week one collections end on Friday 20 October, & week two collections end on Friday 27 October.
 Parents of Redbridge school pupils in school years reception to year 11 will automatically be contacted by their schools about our flu vaccination in-school offer. If your child has missed the school session and you would like to attend a catch-up clinic, please either email us or call 0203 343 2400 Option 3.
Catch-up clinics are available on:
• Monday 23 October, 10am-2pm at Fullwell Cross Library
• Wednesday 25 October, 10am-2pm at Redbridge Library
• Monday 20 November, 3:30pm-5:30pm at Fullwell Cross Library
• Tuesday 28 November, 3:30pm-5:30pm at Redbridge Library
• Thursday 30 November, 3:30pm-5:30pm at Fullwell Cross Library
• Thursday 7 December, 3:30pm-5:30pm at Redbridge Library
• Monday 11 December, 3:30pm-5:30pm at Fullwell Cross Library
• Tuesday 12 December, 3:30pm-5:30pm at Redbridge Library
 Nominations for the Mayor of Redbridge's Community Awards are now open
Why not submit a nomination and help recognise, celebrate and reward the special people of Redbridge?
Do you know an unsung hero in your family, street, or community? Or a group or organisation that has made a positive and selfless contribution to the lives of Redbridge residents?
If yes, why not enter them into our community awards this year?
They could be:
- An individual, group or organisation whose service to the Community
is worthy of special recognition
An individual, group or organisation who deserves recognition for their
supreme, strength, bravery or achievement
An individual, group or organisation who has achieved something,
which benefits the neighbourhood or even the whole of our borough
It doesn’t matter how small or big; we would love to hear from you!
Nominations close on 31 December 2023. We look forward to hearing from you.
 Are you looking for activities and events during the October half-term?
There are lots of things to do in Redbridge, including a Hainault Forest Spooky Trail, Owls Play Centre Halloween Party, Black History Month events, swim and cycling courses, a film screening of The Little Mermaid, and more.
 Two Ilford restaurants who left their local area looking messy after repeatedly failing to store their commercial waste properly have been successfully prosecuted.
Ali Curry House and Ceemo Food Centre, located on the High Road, were known to the Council following ongoing issues relating to the storage of their commercial waste.
No stranger to the court, the latest successful prosecution against Ali Curry House follows two others successfully brought against it by Redbridge Council for waste-related offences.
 Redbridge Enforcement Officers recently teamed up with their colleagues in Street Cleansing to take targeted action in fly-tipping hotspot zones in the borough, and it has already led to the identification of a local business behind 16 bags of builders' waste found dumped on the street.
The special joint patrols are in addition to the regular patrols carried out across the borough to tackle fly-tipping and identify the culprits creating untidy neighbourhoods by selfishly ditching their rubbish around Redbridge.
 The latest Redbridge Action Day took place on Friday 2 November, in Ilford Town Centre, involving Redbridge Council, Redbridge Police and other local partners.
On Redbridge Action Days (RADs), we work with partners to target a specific area and tackle illegal street activity and antisocial behaviour, business and residential premises for waste and licensing compliance, and we speak to residents to address concerns and encourage people to report any issues to us.
During the day, we met with over 180 people and distributed over 50 personal safety alarms.
Police made two arrests due to 14 stop and searches, and Enforcement and Police Officers issued 47 Fixed Penalty Notices. Over 30 visits to business premises identified ten non-compliant businesses, while residential premises were identified for potential Licensing and HMO investigation.
 A three-year-old from Redbridge, fed up with seeing people drop litter on the floor, has been helping clean up his neighbourhood and is hoping his actions inspire others to help keep the borough tidy.
 Redbridge resident Lesley Seary, has been appointed as new Chair of Governors for Redbridge Institute of Adult Education.
Lesley has had a distinguished career as a senior leader in the public sector, and most recently has just retired from her role as Interim Chief Executive of Redbridge Council.
Lesley is a non-executive Director at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals and at Barts Health. She is also a trustee of a charity that works with young people who have experienced the care system.
“I am very excited to be working with Redbridge Institute. I began my career working in community training and employment projects in east London so the work of the Institute, in supporting residents into training and employment, is very close to my heart” explains Lesley
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