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Tandridge
Your local council magazine Spring 2021
Bin collections
are changing
Recycling Local Tandridge
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NEWS
Refecting on an Contents
unforgettable year Changes to waste collections 4-6
In the last year we have all had to adapt to a new and Economic recovery 7
very different way of living and working. We appreciate
this hasn’t been easy and many of us have struggled
financially, as well as physically and emotionally. Your council tax 8
Without doubt, one of the positives has been the While the Council is responsible for collecting all
amazing support and response from our residents, your council tax, the Council only keeps part of it. Elections and Census 9
businesses, fellow councillors, parish councils, For 2021/2022 our share of band D council tax is
voluntary and community groups, as well as our 11% (£225.98), 74% (£1,549.08) goes to Surrey Support in the community 12
staff and partners across Surrey. We have all County Council and 14% (£285.57) to Surrey Police.
pulled together in the most diffcult of times. The rest (1%) is the amount collected for parish
Building new homes 13
As a council, our services touch everyone’s lives, councils. Band D residents pay just under £4.35
whether you are a resident or business, so we are a week for Tandridge District Council’s services.
keenly aware of the impact of the pandemic. The Council also collects business rates and Lottery and grants 14
Most of you will have recently received your this is split between us (40%), the government
council tax or business rates bill. We appreciate (50%) and Surrey County Council (10%). Of Keep in touch 15
any increase in bills can be challenging. If the 40% we get, we make other payments to
you think you may fnd it diffcult to pay your government, leaving us with less than 5%.
council tax or business rates, please contact The latest information is on the Audio version
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Tandridge Magazine Spring 2021 3
RECYCLING AND RUBBISH
Bin collections are changing
From Monday 5 April, a new eight year waste contract will start, following the award to
Biffa, one of the UK’s leading national recycling and waste management providers.
The same high level of service will remain and in • The same range of materials being recycled.
addition there will be the following benefts: • Weekly textiles, batteries and small electrical
• From 5 April collections will also take place on items collections in separate tied carrier bags.
bank holidays except for Christmas Day, Boxing
Day and New Year’s Day. Collection day changes
• An online booking system for the collection of From Monday 5 April, while most households will
household bulky waste will be introduced. have their recycling and rubbish collected on the
same day as usual, some households will have
• New collection vehicles with in-cab technology their collection day changed, or their recycling or
and video cameras, which will improve the rubbish collection days swapped. This is to make the
effciency of the service and keep the crews safe. collection routes as effcient as possible.
• By working with local charity Emmaus more Are you affected?
of the bulky waste will be reused rather than
If your collections are affected, we will write to you
sending it to landfll.
before 5 April.
• £5,000 a year will be spent on proactive
You can also fnd out if your property is
recycling and rubbish education initiatives.
affected by these changes by visiting
You will continue to have: www.tandridge.gov.uk/checkmybinday.
• Weekly food collections. For more information about the recycling
and rubbish service, visit
• Fortnightly recycling and rubbish collections.
www.tandridge.gov.uk/recyclingandrubbish.
• The same council waste bins.
Bank holiday collections
Easter bank holiday collections
Recycling and rubbish collections due to take place on Friday 2 April will be collected
on Saturday 3 April.
Collections due to take place in the week beginning Monday 5 April will not change
despite the Easter bank holidays.
Other bank holiday collections
From 5 April, recycling and rubbish collections will not change following bank holidays
except for Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.
Find out when your bin will be collected by visiting
www.tandridge.gov.uk/checkmybinday.
Garden waste collections
If your garden waste collection falls on Friday 2 April, it will be collected on
Saturday 3 April. Collections due to take place in the week beginning Monday 5
April, will be collected on your usual day.
From 5 April, garden waste collections will not change following bank holidays except
over Christmas when the service is suspended for two weeks. This year, garden waste will
not be collected in the weeks beginning 27 December 2021 and 3 January 2022.
4 Tandridge Magazine Spring 2021
RECYCLING AND RUBBISH
Your food waste collections
From Monday 5 April, food waste collections for most households in Caterham, Oxted
and larger villages will be collected every week on the same day as your recycling or
rubbish, but at a different time and in a different vehicle.
Please remember to put your recycling or rubbish Your green food caddy can be lined with
bin and your food caddy at the edge of your compostable liners, bread bags or any kind of
property by 6am on your collection day and leave plastic bag. Smelly food waste can be put in a tied
them out until they have been emptied. carrier bag inside your food caddy which will also
Having separate collection vehicles is more deter vermin and reduce odours. Please do not use
effcient because more food waste can be stored, so black bags.
fewer trips are needed to unload the vehicle when Over 80% of households will have a
it’s full. The recycling and rubbish collection vehicles separate food waste collection.
will also have more capacity too. To fnd out if your property will have a
Your recycled food waste costs less to recycle separate food waste collection, visit
than general rubbish and is turned into electricity, www.tandridge.gov.uk/checkmybinday.
energy and fertiliser. You can play an important The collection crew will also attach a bin hanger
part by recycling all your food waste, which helps to your food caddy or recycling or rubbish bin to let
make savings and protects our environment for you know.
future generations.
Never forget to put your bins The Green
out again! Waste Club
Go online, download and print your recycling and From Monday 5 April,
rubbish calendar. You can fix it to the fridge door so subscribers to Biffa’s
anyone in the family can use it! Green Waste Club will
transfer to the Council’s
As well as reminding you about all your recycling and rubbish collection dates from April 2021 to
March 2022, it also explains what goes into which bin. Green Waste Club.
To download your copy, visit www.tandridge.gov.uk/checkmybinday. If you don't have access to the Biffa will continue to collect your garden waste
internet, call 01883 722000. and to take payment for the service. You will
use the same bins and there are no collection
day changes. You will still contact
d rubbish
Your recycling an
Biffa to report a missed collection by calling
0800 0858 286.
2
calendar 2021-202 Calendar A
Garden waste collections will not take place in
the weeks beginning 27 December 2021 and 3
January 2022.
Subscribers will be sent a letter explaining the
changes and a new garden waste calendar.
We are also creating a new Green Waste Club
e-newsletter. Anyone can register to receive it,
please visit www.tandridge.gov.uk/mag.
ru bbish
ov.uk/recyclingand
www.tandridge.g
Tandridge Magazine Spring 2021 5
RECYCLING AND RUBBISH
New vehicles Book a
As part of the contract, new collection vehicles will
feature in-cab technology and video cameras.
bulky waste
This technology will make working on the roads These new vehicles will also have eye catching
collection
safer for the collection crews, help with collection
issues and identify improvements to the
visuals to remind everyone that together, by
reducing, reusing and recycling everything we can,
online
collection service. we will make a difference. From Monday 5 April,
please use our new
online booking service to
arrange for large bulky
items to be collected from
outside your home.
A bulky waste collection is for large unwanted
items such as fridge freezers, sofas and
mattresses. This service is for household items
only and not commercial waste.
Biffa is working with local charity
Emmaus, based in Caterham, so more of the
bulky waste it collects is reused, rather than
sending it to landfll.
You can also help your community and the
environment by donating items directly to
charity to be reused.
Recycling and rubbish
To fnd out how to book, what items are
accepted and how much you have to pay, visit
www.tandridge.gov.uk/bulkywaste.
collection information
When and where your bins within two working days. Please leave your bins at
are collected the edge of your property until they're collected.
All containers must be available at the edge of your Check your collection day
property by 6am on your collection day. Although To check which week your recycling and which week
the crews usually come at the same time each week your rubbish is collected please:
to collect your bins, they can vary the route and
time, so please don’t get caught out. • Visit www.tandridge.gov.uk/checkmybinday.
Remember, your food waste may be collected by a • E-mail customerservices@tandridge.gov.uk.
different vehicle on the same day as your recycling • Call 01883 722000, or use Typetalk 18001 if
or rubbish, but at a different time. you are deaf or hard of hearing.
You can fnd out what day your bins Keep up to date
will be collected by visiting
To receive updates about this service, please sign up
www.tandridge.gov.uk/checkmybinday.
for recycling and rubbish e-newsletters at
Missed collection? www.tandridge.gov.uk/mag.
If your recycling, food or rubbish bin has been
missed and it was in the correct place by
6am on your collection day, please visit
tandridge.gov.uk/serviceupdates to check
for any delays to your collection.
If there were no delays, please report it within
two working days of your missed collection date at
www.tandridge.gov.uk/recyclingandrubbish.
We will work with our contractor Biffa to fnd
out why it was not collected. If it has just been
missed and there was no other reason for it not to
be collected, we will ask Biffa to return to collect it
6 Tandridge Magazine Spring 2021
ECONOMIC RECOVERY
Your local businesses need you
Our Backing Business campaign is supporting local businesses by encouraging
residents to stay safe, shop locally and support them as much as possible.
Small, independent and local businesses are what
makes the Tandridge district such a great place
Shop local and stay safe to live, but shops, bars, restaurants and other
businesses have been hit hard by the impact
of Covid-19. The recent lockdown means many
businesses continue to be affected by the
restrictions in place and they need your support
more than ever.
www.tandridge.gov.uk Some businesses are offering an online order and
delivery service, so before buying from well-known
high street retailers, why not check to see if your
local shops offer the same service?
We are continuing to work closely with the
Caterham and Oxted Business Improvement
Districts and the Chambers of Commerce to help
local businesses.
If you’d like your business to be featured in our
next campaign, please e-mail your business details
to communications@tandridge.gov.uk.
Helping our businesses recover Regenerating
We’re really pleased to have helped hundreds of
businesses across the district benefit from financial
Caterham Valley
support in the last year, helping them get back on Our ambitious project
track following the impact of the pandemic. to help regenerate
Caterham Valley and
Our offcers worked closely with eligible local their support to the backing business campaign. create economic growth
businesses, ensuring they quickly accessed the in the area is making
At the time of writing, 3,525 businesses received a
government’s range of fnancial support on offer, great progress, with
through its Business Support Grants. total of £23 million in fnancial support.
the renovation of
Many councillors helped offcers by contacting local Details of the grants and other fnancial
Quadrant House.
businesses in their area to encourage them to apply support available can be found at
for a grant, sharing government guidance and lending www.tandridge.gov.uk/coronavirus. We have started upgrading the building, with
more work planned to improve accessibility and
energy effciency, refurbish offce suites and add
biodiversity and microclimate benefts.
This work has been made possible by Coast
to Capital’s award of £4.9 million through the
Local Growth Fund. The Local Growth Fund is
awarded to Local Enterprise Partnerships like
Coast to Capital for investment in projects
benefting the local area and economy.
Looking for an alternative to home working?
An alternative to home working or commuting
is available at Quadrant House, through The
Workary, Caterham.
Wimbletech CIC, which runs the Workary,
also offers networking opportunities for local
professionals across the district through its
Human Networkz platform. Find out more at
www.wimbletech.com.
Tandridge Magazine Spring 2021 7
NEWS
Your council tax 2021/2022
There will be an increase of £5 for a Band D property in Tandridge District Council’s
share of the council tax for 2021/2022.
This means the Council’s share of Band D council tax Surrey County Council has agreed an overall
will increase to £225.98, which is just under £4.35 council tax rise, including social care, of 2.49%
a week to help pay for a wide range of services in 2021/2022, while the Surrey Police and Crime
including recycling and rubbish collections, planning, Commissioner agreed an increase of 5.54%.
street sweeping, housing, housing benefts and This year’s total band D council tax will be
children’s play areas. £2,060.63, an increase of 2.88%, which is divided
among the different organisations. Please see table
The increase will help fund work to improve town below for more details.
centres, invest in parks and open spaces, deliver
affordable homes and support the district’s most This Band D fgure does not include parish precepts,
which will vary across the district. An average increase
vulnerable residents. across the district including parish precepts is 7.60%.
Surrey County Council, which provides services Most people on income support, guaranteed
including schools, adult social care, children services, pension credit, or very low incomes will continue to
roads, fre and rescue and libraries, together with the have the cost of council tax fully met by council tax
offce of the Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner, support. Other people will automatically have their
have both increased their Band D level for council tax support recalculated to refect their revised
2021/2022. council tax bills.
Authority 2020/2021 2021/2022 Increase
Tandridge District Council £220.98 £225.98 2.26%
Surrey County Council £1,511.46 £1,549.08 2.49%
Surrey Police & Crime Commissioner £270.57 £285.57 5.54%
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Being an Army Cadet is not just about
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NEWS
Elections - have your say this May
On Thursday 6 May, residents will go to the polls to have their say on who should represent
them in the Police and Crime Commissioner, County, District and Parish elections.
There will also be a referendum on the Caterham, • Maintain social distancing at all times. 22 March. It’ll tell you which polling station
Chaldon and Whyteleafe Neighbourhood Plan, which • Leave the polling station and surrounding area you visit to cast your vote.
sets the basis for future planning applications in the promptly once you’ve cast your vote. • To be able to vote, you must register by 19 April.
three areas.
• Bring your own pen or pencil to mark your • Register to vote by postal vote by 5pm on
Our polling stations will be open and ready to ballot paper, if possible. 20 April.
welcome voters. They’re a safe place to vote and • Register to vote by proxy by 5pm on 27 April.
Voting in a polling station is not the only way to
Covid-secure. To keep yourself and others safe on
cast your vote. You can vote by post or by proxy - Visit www.tandridge.gov.uk/elections for
polling day, please: where someone votes on your behalf. more information.
• Wear a face covering. Some dates to remember: At the time of going to press the elections were still
• Use the hand sanitiser provided. • You will receive your polling card from scheduled to take place on 6 May.
Help shape your community this Census day
Residents will play a key role in shaping their communities later this month, by
completing the Census 2021.
The Census, happening on Sunday 21 March, Everyone is being encouraged to complete the A range of support services are available for
takes place every ten years and provides valuable Census digitally and will receive a letter with an anyone who needs help completing the Census.
information about households across the UK. access code to enable you to complete the Census A freephone number will be available from early
By completing it, you will help us plan many online. You can start flling yours in as soon as you March, offering help over the phone and guidance
of the services we provide and help shape your receive your code. in a range of languages and accessible formats,
community for the next ten years. including providing paper questionnaires and large
print if you can’t complete the
Census online.
The information you provide is
confdential and protected by law.
It’s a crime for anyone to share
your personal information.
More information and
guidance is available at
www.census.gov.uk.
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prevent dispute. The charity offers the following free
support:
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between neighbours.
• Support coaching - for those experiencing
antisocial behaviour.
• Intergenerational mediation - for disputes within
families, but not couples separating.
Mediation Surrey also offers family mediation
at affordable rates for couples who are divorcing
or separating.
For community mediation, support coaching and
intergenerational mediation, call 03301 340260.
For family mediation, call 03301 340176. Visit
www.mediationsurrey.org for more information.
Building friendships Need a health and
The Tandridge Befriending Scheme provides friendship wellbeing boost?
and companionship to lonely or isolated residents.
Help is at hand for
The scheme, provided by Tandridge Voluntary self-esteem, might struggle to maintain regular residents needing
Action, helps tackle loneliness by making long term contact with others. guidance or support
friendships between volunteer befrienders and those For more information on how to volunteer
in need of some company. with their health and
or refer someone for the scheme, contact Lucy
It’s a valuable service, especially during periods Darlow on 07796 307286, e-mail wellbeing, with free
of lockdown, when some residents, particularly befriending@tva.org.uk or visit expert advice available.
those with disabilities, illness or low confdence and www.tva.org.uk/befriending.
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12 Tandridge Magazine Spring 2021HOUSING
Building new homes
We are working hard to
build affordable homes in
the district for residents on
our housing register.
Construction has started at:
Bronzeoak House: This site in Caterham Valley
will provide 12 two bedroom fats for families in
the new Bronzeoak building. In the Wadey Court
building there’ll be 14 one bedroom fats for
sheltered housing.
The construction site has been safely set up
and has CCTV. Work has started to demolish
the remaining structure, level the site and
divert drainage. The NHS Test and Trace and a
temperature access control system are in place and
being used by all site workers and visitors.
Uplands: This site in Warlingham will provide
8 two and three bedroom homes and 13 one and We have been granted planning permission at: We’ve also agreed ways to ensure all these
two bedroom fats. The existing buildings have been Rochester Gardens: This site in Caterham will new council houses will produce net zero carbon
demolished and the site is being prepared for the have the existing garages demolished before a emissions, which supports our climate change
construction to start. three bedroom house, 2 one bedroom bungalows action plan.
We are looking forward to both these sites and 2 two bedroom fats will be built. To apply for council housing, please complete
becoming homes to people on our housing register Town End: Also in Caterham, 2 one bedroom an online application form at
in the summer of 2022. bungalows for people over the age of 50. www.tandridge.gov.uk/housing.
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the system works and saved my mother's life. With
lockdown and no visiting, we possibly wouldn't
have known until later in the day when we called
to check in with her, when it probably would have
been too late.”
From 1 April, MVL, which is run by Mole
Valley District Council, will manage the Lifeline
Alarm and Technology Enabled Care service for
residents in this area.
The service, previously known as the Community
Alarm provides help at the touch of a button 24 safest possible way, giving them, their carers and If you would like to know more about the service,
hours a day, 365 days a year. their families much needed reassurance. please visit www.molevalleylife.co.uk,
We are writing to all residents in the district call 01372 204500, or e-mail
The huge beneft of this service is it enables mvlife@molevalley.gov.uk.
residents to live independently for longer, in the who currently receive this service about the smooth
transfer over to Mole Valley Life.
Tandridge Magazine Spring 2021 13LOTTERY AND GRANTS
Winners scoop big prizes Over
236 lucky players won prizes on the Tandridge Together
Lottery in 2020, winning more than £45,000. In August
£20,000
one lucky player won the jackpot of £25,000. awarded
players to win, from annual memberships to days
and meals out.
to local
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7
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The lottery supports 164 local good causes,
voluntary and charity organisations. Many of them
organisations
have had their funds depleted with fundraising events The Tandridge Together
cancelled due to the pandemic. Community Fund
Anyone buying a ticket can select one of the 164 has awarded £22,670,
local good causes registered on the website, with 50p in grants of up to
of the £1 ticket price going directly to the chosen
£2,000, to local
good cause. Ten pence from every pound is also
allocated to the Tandridge Together Community Fund. organisations, charities
Since the online lottery started three years ago, over Every year, the fund awards grants of up to £2,000 and good causes in the
7,500 players have won more than £100,000 worth to good causes across the district, Tandridge district.
of prizes. To buy tickets and support your favourite local These have been for funding initiatives
The lottery has also been supported by local good cause visit www.tandridgelottery.co.uk or directly benefting the health and wellbeing of
businesses which have donated fantastic prizes for call 01883 460555. residents, as well as companionship to lonely
or isolated residents across the district.
£2,000 lottery winner The selection process was diffcult, with
Mark Elsey from Redhill won the second highest representatives from the Tandridge Health and
prize of £2,000 in a Tandridge Together Lottery draw Wellbeing Board pleased to award grants to 16
this year. of the 44 organisations which applied.
These grants will help a number of projects,
Mark said, "I am so pleased to have won £2,000!
like supporting carers, helping young adults with
I plan to spend my winnings buying a new cross
disabilities, working with vulnerable children
trainer. It’ll be nice to have some new gym
equipment I can use safely at home” Mark is just and students at local schools, befriending
one of the 800 lucky winners who have won cash services for older people and improving the
prizes since the lottery started three years ago. physical and mental health of residents.
As well as winning cash prizes, local charity Later this year, we will be inviting local
and voluntary organisations also beneft, as 50p charities and voluntary groups in the
from the £1 ticket goes directly to a chosen local Tandridge district to apply for grants which
good cause the player selects. will be awarded by the Tandridge Health
and Wellbeing Board in January 2022.
Mark goes on to explain why he chose his
local good cause, “I am really pleased to support For more information about the fund and
Rescue Remedies Dog Rescue. In the past my wider the good causes it has supported this year, visit
family volunteered as dog walkers which led us to www.tandridge.gov.uk/communityfund.
adopting our rescue dog, Kiki.”
By supporting the lottery, players like Mark
have raised more than £200,000 for local
charities and voluntary organisations to help them
deliver the valuable work they do for our residents
and the district.
Tickets cost £1 and are available
to buy at www.tandridgelottery.co.uk. If
you don’t have access to the internet please
call 01883 460555. Tandridge Together
Community Fund
Mark and Kiki.
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