Support for Claygate Residents
March 2025
WELLBEING GROUP SEEKS HELP WITH WARM HUB PLAN
Opportunities for improving health and wellbeing provision for Claygate residents are being targeted by the Health, Wellbeing and Leisure Advisory Committee. Much of its work, as one of the groups set up as part of the Claygate: The Way Forward project, now working with Claygate Parish Council, relates to maintaining and enhancing existing health, wellbeing and recreational facilities and services, with longer-term actions and target dates. But it is also looking for short-term benefits.
One gap in provision is the lack of local access to a food bank or warm hub for people living in Claygate. Parish Councillor Jenny French, who set up and runs the Community Support Hub in Lower Green, has attended Elmbridge Borough Council engagement workshops facilitated by Roretti, Elmbridge’s consultancy firm, to hear the views of voluntary sector organisations and she used the opportunity to highlight this issue. The group is keen to hear from anyone with ideas about how the village can come together to support those in need using existing venues and community groups, with one aim being to provide a warm hub in Claygate next winter as well as a local Community Fridge.
Members of the group have also been involved with the work Elmbridge is undertaking on community support in the borough, with the objective of helping people of all ages, particularly those facing financial hardship, as well as older people and the socially isolated. John Bamford, in his role as a Trustee of the Friends of Claygate Centre, has helped bring the needs of the current users of the Claygate Centre to the attention of Elmbridge and Roretti.
The Advisory Committee is also a keen supporter of moves to create an outdoor gym at Claygate Recreation Ground – one of the recommendations made in the Claygate: The Way Forward report. It is delighted to see the Claygate Recreation Ground Trust driving this project forwards.
Helpful Websites
- Find cost of living support in Claygate (Elmbridge Borough Council)
- Charity support with cost of living (Elmbridge Borough Council)
- Cost Of Living Crisis (Elmbridge Eco Hub)
- Walton Charity Support Directory
Advice
- Get Advice (Citizens Advice Esher & District)
- Advice Café, including Energy Advice (Lower Green Community Centre)
Community Fridges
Foodbank
Warm Welcome Spaces
Older People
- Claygate Centre for the Community (Elmbridge Borough Council)
- CHEER: Concern and Help for East Elmbridge Retired
- Walsingham Care Charity
