Sam’s success

New skills & training centre for Biggin Hill

London Biggin Hill Airport has launched The Hub - a new skills and training centre designed to support the airport’s colleagues, local businesses and community organisations by providing a dedicated space for employers to upskill their workforce. It will also be made available to local schools and colleges to support educational programmes for the borough’s young people, including sectorbased and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths) skills training. The facility offers a range of flexible meeting and event rooms, available to book on an individual basis, that have been designed to accommodate all types and stages of learning.

Go Radfield!

Radfield Home Care Bromley Orpington & Beckenham, has been out and about in the community lately. The company’s Director, Simi Ghuman, has been regularly volunteering at the Orpington Methodist Church on a Wednesday morning, as part of the Rotary Warm space every other Thursday and has also been donating to the food bank at St Nicholas' Church. Go Radfield!'

Get Ready For Changes In Parking Payments

All council operated parking facilities across the borough are being updated to the cashless service, RingGo. The council reports that the changes will stop theft associated with pay and display machines and reduce the carbon footprint that results from regular visits to collect cash and service the machines. It also says that the move will eliminate motorists having to find coins, have the correct change, worry about machine faults, incorrectly displayed tickets or returning to their car to extend their stay.

Motorists are being encouraged to download the RingGo app from their provider’s store or they can call or text to pay for parking instead.

Councillor Nicholas Bennett, Executive Councillor for Transport, Highways and Road Safety, said:

“Motorists who are not familiar with the RingGo service will soon see guidance displayed on signs throughout the borough with more detailed information on our website and leaflets available in libraries and other public buildings. If you have not used the RingGo parking payment service before, then I would encourage you to start today and it’s crucial that you use your mobile provider’s app store to download the official app.

“There is still a telephone line that motorists can also call to pay for parking this way. You can also use a home phone to pay for parking, even in advance but this does not guarantee a place if all are taken at the chosen location.”

Visit www.bromley.gov.uk/ ringgoparkingpayment for further information about paying for parking with RingGo.

Cotmandene Community resource centre move

Cotmandene Community Resource Centres in St Paul’s Cray will move to St Paul’s Cray Library on a permanent basis - a two-minute walk from the previous centre. Funding will be provided to refurbish and remodel the library to offer improved spaces and modern facilities, including accessible toilets and consultation rooms. The resource centre was praised for the crucial advice and support it provides to the local community, including assistance with accessing government support grants, housing and benefit advice and supporting the well-being of the community.

4 YEARS AND COUNTING…

Get IT done!

EJJB IT Consultancy, based in Rochester, Kent is looking to employ a student (aged 17-20) for two days a week who is interested in pursuing a career in IT. Duties would include remote and onsite support to customers, investigating and resolving IT issues and the installation of new equipment including network cabling and CCTV equipment. Please email careers@ ejjb.co.uk with your CV and covering letter if interested.

Gracious Care recently celebrated its achievements of not just its care staff achieving their Level 2 & 3 NVQ’s, but also the company’s fourth birthday.

Founder of the business, Christine McNamara said:

“We were so very grateful to Gareth Bacon, MP for Orpington, for coming along and presenting the staff with their certificates and cutting our celebration cake and spending a little while chatting with the staff. If it was not for our amazing team of carers, we would not be celebrating our fourth year.”

Gracious Care is a small family-run business that provides person-centred care for people within Orpington and the surrounding areas.