Mayor's Schedule
Friday 31 May
4.30pm Surrey M&E Energy Shop Opening
7pm RBL Banstead 100yrs Concert
Tuesday 4 June
6.30pm Berkshire and Surrey Armed Forces Briefing
Wednesday 5 June
12pm Stripey Stork Volunteers Lunch (Deputy Mayor)
Upcoming Mayoral Events
June 29
National Armed Forces Day
July 11
Long serving Volunteer Awards
July 24
Volunteer awards
September 8
Mayor’s Civic service
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It’s back! Stars in Surrey will return by popular demand on 11 December 2024, with a new look and feel, bigger, brighter, and bolder than ever before.
These awards celebrate the outstanding achievements of individuals and teams across Surrey – and nominations are now open!
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Nominations for the Reigate & Banstead Volunteer Awards 2024 are now open!
Volunteers can be nominated in five award categories:
- Young Volunteer Award
- Individual Volunteer Award
- Individual Trustee Award
- Volunteer Team Award
And in honour of Reigate & Banstead Borough Council's 50th Anniversary...
To qualify, nominees must live and/or volunteer in the borough and not receive any remuneration for their time.
The closing date for nominations is 9 June 2024
To nominate: https://reigatebanstead-self.achieveservice.com/service/Reigate_and_Banstead_Volunteer_Awards
Training and induction for newly elected councillors
Dear Members, the Local Government Association (LGA) is providing the following training and induction for newly elected councillors:
Welcome to newly elected councillors (national), Wednesday 19 June, 2-4pm
This national virtual event will introduce the LGA’s Chairman, Cllr Shaun Davies and Chief Executive, Joanna Killian to new councillors and will highlight the support available as well providing an overview of the challenges facing the sector. Members can register via the LGA's Events site after the elections.
Regional welcome event and induction for new councillors, Thursday 12 September, 1.30-4.30pm
The regional team will host a separate virtual induction for new councillors in the South East region which will provide an opportunity to meet other new councillors and hear from more experienced councillors, as well as introducing the LGA’s regional team and support available from the LGA. Further information and joining information will be circulated in due course, or please contact ellie.greenwood@local.gov.uk to register an interest.
Anti Social Behaviour - Webinar for Elected Members
You are invited to attend a webinar to learn more about Anti-Social Behaviour. Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) refers to actions or behaviours that cause, or are likely to cause, alarm or distress to others. To address ASB, various powers and tools are available to police, local authorities and other partner agencies, including those introduced through the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime & Policing Act 2014.
Elected members can play a crucial role in ensuring the effective use of these powers within local communities and that victims and communities get the support and advice they need to feel safe where they live, play and work.
This online briefing session will:
- Advise you of the tools and powers in the ASB Crime & Policing Act 2014
- How Surrey works in partnership to tackle ASB
- What you can do as an elected member to support victims and communities
The sessions will be delivered by Jo Grimshaw, Head of ASB, Partnerships & Youth Engagement and Tactical Lead for Serious Violence, at Surrey Police. There are two sessions to choose from, please use the links below to register.
Member Tablets
As part of the RBBC IT strategy it was agreed that Councillors would provide their own devices to access online tools required to deliver their duties as elected representatives, namely:
- Outlook for email
- ModGov for review of Council papers (agenda, reports, minutes etc)
- MS Teams for remote meetings
Prior to this Members had been provided with “tablets”, hand held devices suitable to complete the activities listed above.
It was agreed at full Council as part of the IT strategy already referenced, that these “Member Tablets” would no longer be supported by IT, as they were either at, or close to the end of their useful life.
IT support ended in April 2023, and was communicated in advance of this deadline.
Councillors receive an annual pre-tax payment of £400 as part of their Members Allowance to cover the cost of purchasing the hardware (device) required to replace their Member Tablet.
On 18 January 2024 a drop in session took place for Councillors to bring their own devices to RBBC IT Officers to allow for any challenges to be resolved ahead of the tablets being deactivated.
Further to the email sent to all Councillors by Laura McCartney, Strategic Head of Organisation & Transformation on 07 May 2024, all helpdesk tickets raised during the January Member IT drop in session have now been resolved, meaning the tablets will shortly become unusable.
- As part of the RBBC IT strategy it was agreed that Councillors would provide their own devices to access online tools required to deliver their duties as elected representatives.
- Namely:
- Outlook for email
- ModGov for review of Council papers (agenda, reports, minutes etc)
- MS Teams for remote meetings
- Prior to this Members had been provided with “tablets”, hand held devices suitable to complete the activities listed above.
- It was agreed at full Council as part of the IT strategy already referenced, that these “Member Tablets” would no longer be supported by IT, as they were either at, or close to the end of their useful life.
- IT support ended in April 2023, and was communicated in advance of this deadline.
- Councillors receive an annual pre-tax payment of £400 as part of their Members Allowance to cover the cost of purchasing the hardware (device) required to replace their Member Tablet.
As a reminder, the switch off date was Tuesday 21st May.
If you have yet to return your tablet, please do so by dropping it into Town Hall Reception. The tablets will be securely disposed of in line with RBBC Information Governance processes.
If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact Service Desk: servicedesk@reigate-banstead.gov.uk or 01737 276464.
Councillor Information Pack 2024
The Councillor Information Pack for May 2024 has now been published in the Web Library here.
This is a collection of useful guidance and information for new and current councillors, including the Member allowances scheme, declaration of interests guidance and the organisation structure.
Accessing restricted information on the Modern.Gov site
Elected Members can access restricted committee information on our Modern.Gov website, by logging into the ‘Extranet’. You can log in using the same user credentials as you use to access your Council email account. If you require further guidance, please contact democratic@reigate-banstead.gov.uk
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Wednesday 24 April
7.30pm Planning Committee
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