London Borough of Bexley

May is National Walking Month and Walx in Bexley is hosting a series of free events and training sessions to help you lead a healthier lifestyle 🚶‍♀️✨ Whether you want a gentle Discovery walk or want to master the "Power of Poles," there's a session for everyone. The next free activity is: 🗓 FREE Pole Walking Taster 11.45am, Thursday 28 May @hallplacebexley Spaces fill up fast! Book your session at 👉 #NationalWalkingMonth #WalkOut #Bexley #FreeFitness

🏆 The results are in! 🏆 After an incredible celebration of Bexley’s amazing food & drink scene, we’re excited to officially announce the winners of Bexley’s Got Taste 2026 🍴🎉 A huge congratulations to all the local restaurants, cafés, pubs, bakeries and takeaways that were voted favourites by our community👏 🥇 Winners🥇 🍻 The Green Man, Welling @thegreenmanwellingpub • Favourite Pub • Favourite Family Friendly Place • 🏆 Overall Favourite 🥐 Worths Bakery, Welling @worths_cakes • Best Bakery 🍽️ Gulens, Welling @gulens_welling • Favourite European/Mediterranean Food (Draw) ☕ Walnuts, Sidcup @walnuts_cafe • Best Café 💛 Noon Coffeehouse, Sidcup @nooncoffeeldn • Best Coffee Shop • Favourite Place for Health-Conscious Food 🌍 Soul Street, Sidcup @soulstreetlon • Favourite Food From Around the World 🥩 Miller & Carter, Bexley @millerandcarterbexley • Best British Food 🍷 Txoko, Bexley @txokosocialbexley • Favourite European/Mediterranean Food (Draw) 🍛 Masala Inn, Bexleyheath @masala_inn • Favourite Asian Food 🥙 Topkapi, Bexleyheath @topkapi_bexleyheath • Favourite Takeaway 🍟 Spudbae, Bexleyheath @snvbae • Favourite Street Food Thank you to everyone who voted and supported local businesses across Bexley 🙌 Which winner is your favourite? Tag them below 👇 #BexleysGotTaste

Did you know that this week is Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK? 🫶 The theme is ‘Take Action’, to highlight the importance of turning awareness into meaningful change. It’s a great time to explore your local area and visit places that you’ve perhaps been curious about but never been to. Getting out and about and discovering new things is a great way to boost your confidence and mental wellbeing without the pressure of commitment. If you live in or near the Bexley Borough, there are plenty of green walks with woodlands and riverside trails that you can follow. You can capture photos along your journey, and take a minute to pause and write down what you’re feeling in the moment. It’s a simple idea, with plenty of benefits. Of course, you can visit us at The Exchange, explore our garden, and find out about our workshops that you can get involved in if you want to try something new. Remember we have the Little Book Stop situated in the garden, near The Garden Room, so you can swap or borrow a book, and Board Games Club, as well as Crafters Club, which you can join for free on Thursdays from 6 - 8 pm. Let us know if you’re doing something new this week. 👇 #TakeAction #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #ExploreLondon #Bexley #SELondon

The London Borough of Bexley welcomed the Deputy Mayor for Children and Families, Joanne McCartney, this week for a visit to St Catherine’s Catholic School for Girls — one of two Bexley schools participating in the Mental Health in Schools Project. Members of the Schools team were on hand to meet the Deputy Mayor to see the progress of the initiative. This project supports schools to embed a Whole School Approach to wellbeing and mental health, ensuring that every part of the school community plays a role in supporting young people. Bexley is one of just eight boroughs selected to participate, with St Catherine’s Catholic School for Girls in Bexleyheath, as well as SEN School Woodside Academy in Erith taking part. Both schools are working closely with mental health charity Anna Freud and Health Dialogues, helping to strengthen support systems. #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek

The London Borough of Bexley has procured 10 AV1 telepresence robots to enable children who are absent from school due to medical needs, long-term illness or anxiety, to join lessons remotely from home, hospital, or other setting. Controlling the robot via an app, the child can listen to the teacher, see the board, raise their hand virtually, ask questions, and participate in class discussions with peers. You can find out more at: https://ow.ly/XBUN50YY7QF

Outstanding work 👏 The London Borough of Bexley is proud to share that its Private Sector Housing Standards and Property Licensing Team (Environmental Health) received a National Safeguarding Adults Board (NSAB) Excellence Award at the end of April in recognition of their ongoing work to safeguard vulnerable adults from abuse and neglect. Every day, our officers work closely with vulnerable residents to address poor housing conditions, safeguarding concerns and support people facing complex challenges. Their work makes a real difference to people’s health, safety and wellbeing. The Council would like to thank all officers within the team for their continued professionalism, dedication and commitment to protecting vulnerable residents across the borough.

Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have published their full SEND monitoring inspection and found that Bexley’s local area partnership has taken “effective action” to make improvements in all the services and support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) that were identified during our Local Area SEND Inspection in December 2023. The Council would like to thank everyone involved for all their hard work that lead to this excellent outcome. Find out more – https://ow.ly/8UAu50YXIIS Read the report in full - https://ow.ly/hxIN50YXIIQ

What to do if you’re not feeling ok? Call Samaritans; they will listen without judgement, or pressure and will help you work through what’s on your mind. Call Samaritans on 116 123 #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek

May is National Walking Month and there’s no better time to get moving in Bexley 🚶‍♀️✨ WALX in Bexley is hosting a series of free events and training sessions to help you lead a healthier lifestyle. Whether you want a gentle Discovery walk or want to master the "Power of Poles," there's a session for everyone. The next free activity is: 🗓 WALX Discovery Session 9.45am, Sunday 17 May Foots Cray Meadows Spaces fill up fast! Book your session at 👉 #NationalWalkingMonth #WalkOut #Bexley #FreeFitness

🍔 TONIGHT FRIDAY 5-9pm 🍾 🍻 🍲 🥘 DANSON HOUSE STREET FOOD AND LIVE MUSIC RETURNS! 🚀 🥳Street food - live music - desserts - bars and more!!! ☀️Danson House (Some seating available but bring your blankets - for garden area and fold ups welcome too) 🕺 #streetfood #dansonpark #dansonhouse #bexley #welling

This Friday (May 8), is VE (Victory in Europe) Day, marking the 81st anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. It is a day to remember and thank those who fought for our freedom. #VEDay

The Bexley local election votes have now been counted and verified. The turnout for today’s local election was 45.74% The results for will be add online as they come in at 👉 https://ow.ly/ZWV050YWmRM #LocalElections2026