#MakingBexleyEvenBetter

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#MakingBexleyEvenBetter - How we did in 2023/24

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Erith Leisure Centre awarded over £98,000 to support energy saving initiative from the Swimming Pool Support Fund.

Lesnes Abbey Woods received Green Flag award - official recognition as one of the country's best parks.

26 tennis courts will be renovated following a partnership with the Lawn Tennis Association.

More than 812,000 people visited our libraries.

A monthly average of 1,037,105 household bins collected.

New dry recycling haulage and processing contract began, cutting costs by £500k a year and reducing our carbon footprint.

Bexley Business and Employment Service engaged with over 2,000 residents and assisted over 500 residents into work.

3,000 people supported through Care Act assessments and reviews.

Our Talking Business programme provided support to 150 Bexley businesses and helped eight local entrepreneurs start their business.

Fly-tipping reduced by almost one-third in a year, one of the biggest cuts in London.

New online platform for carers launched to give residents more choice in the help and support they can access.

30 additional SEN places created at Parkway School.

192 additional SEN places being created at Shenstone School.

23 young people with SEN have enrolled on Supported Internships.

Latest free school, Lime Wood Primary School in Erith officially opened.

3,500 pupils and 17 schools participated in the Children's University award programme for children ages 5 to 14 in 2023.

Nearly 900 young people attended the Annual Bexley Apprenticeship event.

100 new electric charge points in residential streets across Bexley.

A new Community Diagnostic Centre opened at Queen Mary's Sidcup.

*LECB student satisfaction survey showed 95% would recommend the college.

Over 1,220 children and young people given funded places on the most recent Holiday Activities and Food Programme.

98.7% of children offered one of top three preferences for a primary school place compared to 97% across London.

More than £3 million distributed to support local households with cost of living pressures.

Nearly 8,500 children provided with free school meal vouchers.

Rise of 14% in enrolments at the LECB on the previous year - and 23% on the year before.

*Learning and Enterprise College Bexley