With Battersea Arts Centre about to celebrate its landmark 50th anniversary, Wandsworth Council has delivered an early birthday present and agreed to extend its rent-free period until the middle of the next decade.

Support funding rises from £10m to £15m. London’s most generous scheme. Helping residents through country’s economic downturn.

Support funding rises from £10m to £15m. London’s most generous scheme. Helping residents through country’s economic downturn.

Council’s free job brokerage finds work for its 2,500th resident. Thousands of people have received job offers, apprenticeships and training since 2013. Local firms get help to employ Wandsworth people.

Council’s free job brokerage finds work for its 2,500th resident. Thousands of people have received job offers, apprenticeships and training since 2013. Local firms get help to employ Wandsworth people.

Free swimming lessons will be offered to children on free school meals from next month (April 2024), as part of the council’s work to ensure all our residents can access everything Wandsworth has to offer.

Wandsworth’s bid to become London Borough of Culture 2025 will improve access to the arts and support better health and wellbeing in the borough.

Free swimming lessons will be offered to children on free school meals from next month (April 2024), as part of the council’s work to ensure all our residents can access everything Wandsworth has to offer.

Wandsworth’s bid to become London Borough of Culture 2025 will improve access to the arts and support better health and wellbeing in the borough.

Wandsworth Council has announced a Council Tax freeze, meaning residents will continue to pay the lowest bills in the country. Council leader Simon Hogg brands 25 per cent tax increase plan as “totally unacceptable”. Proposed 25 per cent rise plus inflation would hit thousands of households in west of the borough, including Roehampton, whilst pressure on household budgets is still high.