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2025 is set to be a landmark year for Kingston upon Thames as the Royal Borough announces a major, diverse six-month cultural festival opening in May. 

The vital role local businesses play in the economic and community life of the borough has been celebrated at the Kingston Borough Business Awards 2024.

Councillor Andreas Kirsch has written to the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt MP urging him to extend the Household Support Fund for another year, to help struggling families.

To mark Race Equality Week young footballers from the borough’s schools battled it out in a tournament hosted by Kingston Race and Equalities Council, with Chelsea FC Foundation and Kingston Council.

Eligible businesses based in the Royal Borough of Kingston can access funding to pay for the training and assessment of their apprentices.

Communities from across the borough gathered in Kingston University’s Townhouse to reflect and remember the experiences of those affected by the Holocaust and to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

Kingston Council has awarded 35 grants to local organisations in phase 2 of its Community Resilience Fund.

With over a hundred fantastic entries to this year’s Mayor’s Christmas card competition, the winner has been announced for 2023.

More disabled and vulnerable residents can now access funding to make adaptations to their homes to help improve the quality of their lives thanks to changes made by Kingston Council. 

In recent months, Kingston has benefited from a revolutionary robotic approach to gas main maintenance, in which a cutting-edge device called CISBOT is used.