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16 March 2021 Beyond Shelves: How a pandemic is challenging libraries to reach out to new audiences Kingston Libraries, working with Libraries Connected and second year students from Kingston School of Art, have created a programme of events entitled “Beyond Shelves”.
15 March 2021 Kingston Council and Fircroft Trust working together on future plans Fircroft Trust and Kingston Council have agreed to work together to secure premises enabling the trust to continue its work to support people with mental health issues and learning disabilities.
03 March 2021 Regular, rapid coronavirus testing is helping to keep Kingston’s frontline workers safe Thousands of people across Kingston who have to leave their homes for work or to volunteer are accessing regular, rapid coronavirus tests.
02 March 2021 Community figures across Kingston come together to urge people to get the vaccine Community figures from across Kingston have come together to encourage everyone to get the vaccine.
16 February 2021 Putting libraries at the heart of Kingston communities The second phase of Reimagining Kingston Libraries - a transformational review which aims to place libraries at the heart of the community - begins after approval at committee.
08 February 2021 Kingston Libraries granted £9,000 for Reading Friends Kingston Libraries has made a successful bid for £9,000 of DCMS funding available through The Reading Agency to set up and run Reading Friends in Kingston.
15 January 2021 Kingston’s first dedicated COVID-19 vaccination site to open at Hawks Road The Hawks Road NHS site in Norbiton has been announced as the first large COVID-19 vaccination site for the borough of Kingston upon Thames.
17 December 2020 Kingston Council’s Director of Public Health urges residents to think carefully this Christmas As cases of Covid-19 increase dramatically in Kingston, people across the borough are encouraged to take extreme care in the run up to the festive period.
10 December 2020 Shop safe this weekend to save lives and protect Kingston’s businesses Rates of COVID-19 are rising in Kingston and across the capital, and there is a possibility that London will be placed in Tier 3 with stricter restrictions from 16 December.
25 November 2020 New local COVID-19 contact tracing service begins work in Kingston Test and Trace completion rates have improved in Kingston following the launch of Keep Kingston Safe Test and Trace, a local contact tracing team working to help in the battle against COVID-19.
