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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 secured £120,000 of government funding for three specialised accessible toilets for people with profound learning or physical disabilities.

The Royal Borough of Kingston has secured agreement to deliver an additional 104 new council homes in the first phase of the Cambridge Road Estate regeneration.

In 2025, Kingston will mark the 1100th anniversary of the crowning of King Athelstan, the first King of England, with a borough-wide celebration.

A 21st Century heating system installed at a council-run hostel in Chessington will keep its residents warm while cutting energy bills and helping to tackle climate change.