Cllr Usaama Kaweesa
@cllrkaweesa.bsky.social
Proud Councillor for Cricket Green Ward & Cabinet Member for Children's Services in Merton | Chair of Governors at Haslemere School.
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I’m so proud that Merton has once again been rated Outstanding for our Children’s Services.
This means so much to me because I’ve always believed our young people should lead the way. Their voices guide us & I’m proud of everyone who makes that real in #Merton 💜
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This means so much to me because I’ve always believed our young people should lead the way. Their voices guide us & I’m proud of everyone who makes that real in #Merton 💜
news.merton.gov.uk/2025/08/27/m...
@mertonlabour.bsky.social’s out checking in on our residents every Sunday, come hell or high water 🌹 #LabourDoorstep
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
@mertonlabour.bsky.social’s out checking in on our residents every Sunday, come hell or high water 🌹 #LabourDoorstep
So grateful to my councillor colleague Gill Manly for leading such a fitting tribute to our dear friend and local resident Christine ‘Tot’ Kelly, our Queen of #Mitcham.
A beautiful way to remember everything she did for our community and all the people she brought together.
Rest in peace, Tot 🌹❤️
A beautiful way to remember everything she did for our community and all the people she brought together.
Rest in peace, Tot 🌹❤️
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
So grateful to my councillor colleague Gill Manly for leading such a fitting tribute to our dear friend and local resident Christine ‘Tot’ Kelly, our Queen of #Mitcham.
A beautiful way to remember everything she did for our community and all the people she brought together.
Rest in peace, Tot 🌹❤️
A beautiful way to remember everything she did for our community and all the people she brought together.
Rest in peace, Tot 🌹❤️
Very proud of our cooking with friends programme. Our children and young people deserve the very best. #NCLM #Merton
'Cooking with Friends’ is a Merton Council project aimed at providing care leavers with the opportunity to learn new skills in the kitchen, make new friends and socialise over food.
This video has been produced as part of LGA's Step Ahead campaign: www.local.gov.uk/about/campai...
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This video has been produced as part of LGA's Step Ahead campaign: www.local.gov.uk/about/campai...
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National Care Leavers’ Week
National Care Leavers’ Week will take place from 28 October to 3 November 2024.
www.local.gov.uk
November 20, 2025 at 8:54 AM
So proud of our Cooking with Friends programme and everything our @mertonlabour.bsky.social Administration along with @mertoncouncil.bsky.social do to support our care leavers all year round.
Our children deserve the very best. Wishing all our children in and leaving care a very happy #NCLM #Merton
Our children deserve the very best. Wishing all our children in and leaving care a very happy #NCLM #Merton
#NCLM is an opportunity to celebrate the resilience and achievements of care-experienced young people and to highlight how they are being supported by #LocalGov.
Merton Council shows this in action: youtube.com/watch?v=r28a... 1/2
Merton Council shows this in action: youtube.com/watch?v=r28a... 1/2
'Cooking with Friends’: London Borough of Merton
YouTube video by Local Government Association
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November 20, 2025 at 8:49 AM
So proud of our Cooking with Friends programme and everything our @mertonlabour.bsky.social Administration along with @mertoncouncil.bsky.social do to support our care leavers all year round.
Our children deserve the very best. Wishing all our children in and leaving care a very happy #NCLM #Merton
Our children deserve the very best. Wishing all our children in and leaving care a very happy #NCLM #Merton
#IWishAMentorHadToldMe many things like stop playing Pokémon at the back of class. But most importantly to get involved in life and hobbies beyond school.
It’s why I’m backing City Year’s #GivingTuesday campaign so more children have someone in their corner.
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It’s why I’m backing City Year’s #GivingTuesday campaign so more children have someone in their corner.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
#IWishAMentorHadToldMe many things like stop playing Pokémon at the back of class. But most importantly to get involved in life and hobbies beyond school.
It’s why I’m backing City Year’s #GivingTuesday campaign so more children have someone in their corner.
👉🏾 giving.give-star.com/online/city-...
It’s why I’m backing City Year’s #GivingTuesday campaign so more children have someone in their corner.
👉🏾 giving.give-star.com/online/city-...
At my first Co-Operative Party conference as a new member. I joined because I believe our communities should have real power and a say over their future.
I’m proud to keep that work going in #Mitcham by standing for re-election as a @mertonlabour.bsky.social and Co-operative candidate. #CoopConf25
I’m proud to keep that work going in #Mitcham by standing for re-election as a @mertonlabour.bsky.social and Co-operative candidate. #CoopConf25
November 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
At my first Co-Operative Party conference as a new member. I joined because I believe our communities should have real power and a say over their future.
I’m proud to keep that work going in #Mitcham by standing for re-election as a @mertonlabour.bsky.social and Co-operative candidate. #CoopConf25
I’m proud to keep that work going in #Mitcham by standing for re-election as a @mertonlabour.bsky.social and Co-operative candidate. #CoopConf25
Pollards Hill Youth Centre was absolutely buzzing. So good seeing it full of our children and young people laughing, playing games and just being themselves.
Huge thanks to Carol Hemans, our youth workers and young leaders for all you do to provide this safe space. You inspire me. #YouthWorkWorks
Huge thanks to Carol Hemans, our youth workers and young leaders for all you do to provide this safe space. You inspire me. #YouthWorkWorks
November 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Pollards Hill Youth Centre was absolutely buzzing. So good seeing it full of our children and young people laughing, playing games and just being themselves.
Huge thanks to Carol Hemans, our youth workers and young leaders for all you do to provide this safe space. You inspire me. #YouthWorkWorks
Huge thanks to Carol Hemans, our youth workers and young leaders for all you do to provide this safe space. You inspire me. #YouthWorkWorks
If you donated, shared my link or just cheered me on, thank you so much.
AFC Wimbledon Foundation are doing something really special here and I am proud to back them: afcwimbledonfoundation.com/news/cllr-us...
And if you’d still like to chip in, here’s my page: www.justgiving.com/page/jumpfor...
AFC Wimbledon Foundation are doing something really special here and I am proud to back them: afcwimbledonfoundation.com/news/cllr-us...
And if you’d still like to chip in, here’s my page: www.justgiving.com/page/jumpfor...
COUNCILOR usaama kaweesa TAKES TO THE SKIES FOR AFC WIMBLEDON FOUNDATION! — AFC Wimbledon Foundation
Recently, Councilor Usaama Kaweesa took to the skies for AFC Wimbledon Foundation - completing a thrilling skydive to raise vital funds for our community programmes. Usaama’s daring jump from 15,000 ...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:34 AM
If you donated, shared my link or just cheered me on, thank you so much.
AFC Wimbledon Foundation are doing something really special here and I am proud to back them: afcwimbledonfoundation.com/news/cllr-us...
And if you’d still like to chip in, here’s my page: www.justgiving.com/page/jumpfor...
AFC Wimbledon Foundation are doing something really special here and I am proud to back them: afcwimbledonfoundation.com/news/cllr-us...
And if you’d still like to chip in, here’s my page: www.justgiving.com/page/jumpfor...
Powerful #ArmisticeDay assembly at Raynes Park High School. Thank you to Headteacher Kirsten Heard and Year 7 for bringing the stories of former pupils who stepped up to serve and died for our country so young.
An honour to stand with former students like Jim who served. Thank you for your service.
An honour to stand with former students like Jim who served. Thank you for your service.
November 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Powerful #ArmisticeDay assembly at Raynes Park High School. Thank you to Headteacher Kirsten Heard and Year 7 for bringing the stories of former pupils who stepped up to serve and died for our country so young.
An honour to stand with former students like Jim who served. Thank you for your service.
An honour to stand with former students like Jim who served. Thank you for your service.
History made in Detroit.
Huge congratulations to Mayor-elect Ms Mary Sheffield. We met on my IVLP visit and her love for #Detroit was powerful even back then.
America looks a little brighter today because of leaders like Mary and fellow Ugandan born Zohran Kwame Mamdani. All the best ✊🏾
#HERstory
Huge congratulations to Mayor-elect Ms Mary Sheffield. We met on my IVLP visit and her love for #Detroit was powerful even back then.
America looks a little brighter today because of leaders like Mary and fellow Ugandan born Zohran Kwame Mamdani. All the best ✊🏾
#HERstory
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Remembrance, for me, is about service: honouring those, like #Mitcham’s very own Mr William Dedman, who gave themselves to something greater than any one of us.
We can repay that by serving our community today, and teaching our children and young people the stories of this place. #RemembranceDay
We can repay that by serving our community today, and teaching our children and young people the stories of this place. #RemembranceDay
November 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Remembrance, for me, is about service: honouring those, like #Mitcham’s very own Mr William Dedman, who gave themselves to something greater than any one of us.
We can repay that by serving our community today, and teaching our children and young people the stories of this place. #RemembranceDay
We can repay that by serving our community today, and teaching our children and young people the stories of this place. #RemembranceDay
Thank you @mertoncouncil.bsky.social for an awesome fireworks display tonight. Great to see so many of our residents come together to remember remember the 5th of November, even on the 8th ✨ #BonfireNight #Merton
November 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Thank you @mertoncouncil.bsky.social for an awesome fireworks display tonight. Great to see so many of our residents come together to remember remember the 5th of November, even on the 8th ✨ #BonfireNight #Merton
What better way to mark #YouthWorkWeek than launching an Esports Youth Club in #PollardsHill. Got schooled by a young person on #Fortnite. These kids are good.
Thanks to Merton Libraries, our Youth Work team, #Esports and BBC Children in Need.
On Fridays after school at Pollards Hill Library 🎮
Thanks to Merton Libraries, our Youth Work team, #Esports and BBC Children in Need.
On Fridays after school at Pollards Hill Library 🎮
November 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
What better way to mark #YouthWorkWeek than launching an Esports Youth Club in #PollardsHill. Got schooled by a young person on #Fortnite. These kids are good.
Thanks to Merton Libraries, our Youth Work team, #Esports and BBC Children in Need.
On Fridays after school at Pollards Hill Library 🎮
Thanks to Merton Libraries, our Youth Work team, #Esports and BBC Children in Need.
On Fridays after school at Pollards Hill Library 🎮
I am proud to help share our new Healthy Masculinity toolkit so that more of our young people, parents and carers can have honest conversations about respect, relationships and what it means to be a man today. This is part of our work to end violence against women and girls 💜
👉🏾 orlo.uk/Vz6fH
👉🏾 orlo.uk/Vz6fH
November 6, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I am proud to help share our new Healthy Masculinity toolkit so that more of our young people, parents and carers can have honest conversations about respect, relationships and what it means to be a man today. This is part of our work to end violence against women and girls 💜
👉🏾 orlo.uk/Vz6fH
👉🏾 orlo.uk/Vz6fH
Not all heroes wear capes.
Met Stephen Crean, a Nottingham Forest fan who ran towards danger to confront the #Huntingdon attacker. He was hurt, but like the local hero he is, felt like he had no choice but to protect other people he didn’t know.
Thank you Stephen and wish you a speedy recovery.
Met Stephen Crean, a Nottingham Forest fan who ran towards danger to confront the #Huntingdon attacker. He was hurt, but like the local hero he is, felt like he had no choice but to protect other people he didn’t know.
Thank you Stephen and wish you a speedy recovery.
November 3, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Not all heroes wear capes.
Met Stephen Crean, a Nottingham Forest fan who ran towards danger to confront the #Huntingdon attacker. He was hurt, but like the local hero he is, felt like he had no choice but to protect other people he didn’t know.
Thank you Stephen and wish you a speedy recovery.
Met Stephen Crean, a Nottingham Forest fan who ran towards danger to confront the #Huntingdon attacker. He was hurt, but like the local hero he is, felt like he had no choice but to protect other people he didn’t know.
Thank you Stephen and wish you a speedy recovery.
Big thanks to Grace Collins MBE and @local.gov.uk team for a weekend that was so needed. Great to be with fellow young councillors, dig deep into our origin stories, and talk about bringing our whole selves to serving our communities and making a difference. Our youth is a strength. #LGAYoungCllrs
November 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Big thanks to Grace Collins MBE and @local.gov.uk team for a weekend that was so needed. Great to be with fellow young councillors, dig deep into our origin stories, and talk about bringing our whole selves to serving our communities and making a difference. Our youth is a strength. #LGAYoungCllrs
Loved visiting our free holiday clubs for children on free school meals. I sadly lost a climb to a 10 year old at Morden Hall Park and had to dodge paint at Rosie’s Art Club, but all very fun for our children. Proud #Merton is the only London borough running these in half term too. #LetKidsBeKids
October 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Loved visiting our free holiday clubs for children on free school meals. I sadly lost a climb to a 10 year old at Morden Hall Park and had to dodge paint at Rosie’s Art Club, but all very fun for our children. Proud #Merton is the only London borough running these in half term too. #LetKidsBeKids
Bursting with pride. Benedict Academy in our ward is top 10 in #London and 29th in the country.
Congratulations to pupils, families and staff. As Cabinet Member I see the care & hard work in our schools. Every #Merton school is Good or Outstanding.
👉🏾 www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/2556875...
Congratulations to pupils, families and staff. As Cabinet Member I see the care & hard work in our schools. Every #Merton school is Good or Outstanding.
👉🏾 www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/2556875...
October 30, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Bursting with pride. Benedict Academy in our ward is top 10 in #London and 29th in the country.
Congratulations to pupils, families and staff. As Cabinet Member I see the care & hard work in our schools. Every #Merton school is Good or Outstanding.
👉🏾 www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/2556875...
Congratulations to pupils, families and staff. As Cabinet Member I see the care & hard work in our schools. Every #Merton school is Good or Outstanding.
👉🏾 www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/2556875...
We all know the global icons, but our story is here too, in the everyday role models in our community.
Our foster carers from all backgrounds who open their homes and love our children are part of that story. You are the role models our young people need to see.
#BlackHistoryMonth #Merton
Our foster carers from all backgrounds who open their homes and love our children are part of that story. You are the role models our young people need to see.
#BlackHistoryMonth #Merton
October 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
We all know the global icons, but our story is here too, in the everyday role models in our community.
Our foster carers from all backgrounds who open their homes and love our children are part of that story. You are the role models our young people need to see.
#BlackHistoryMonth #Merton
Our foster carers from all backgrounds who open their homes and love our children are part of that story. You are the role models our young people need to see.
#BlackHistoryMonth #Merton
It happened. I actually jumped out of a plane ✈️ 😱
Thanks to everyone who supported me. You’re helping @afcwimbledon1889.bsky.social Foundation give children in #Merton the chance to grow, feel confident and be part of something positive.
You can still donate:
www.justgiving.com/page/jumpformerton
Thanks to everyone who supported me. You’re helping @afcwimbledon1889.bsky.social Foundation give children in #Merton the chance to grow, feel confident and be part of something positive.
You can still donate:
www.justgiving.com/page/jumpformerton
October 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
It happened. I actually jumped out of a plane ✈️ 😱
Thanks to everyone who supported me. You’re helping @afcwimbledon1889.bsky.social Foundation give children in #Merton the chance to grow, feel confident and be part of something positive.
You can still donate:
www.justgiving.com/page/jumpformerton
Thanks to everyone who supported me. You’re helping @afcwimbledon1889.bsky.social Foundation give children in #Merton the chance to grow, feel confident and be part of something positive.
You can still donate:
www.justgiving.com/page/jumpformerton
Great to meet colleagues from #WalthamForest Council today and thanks for hosting me. Always good to talk all things Children’s Services and how we can work together across London on the issues that affect all our children and young people like tackling child poverty.
October 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Great to meet colleagues from #WalthamForest Council today and thanks for hosting me. Always good to talk all things Children’s Services and how we can work together across London on the issues that affect all our children and young people like tackling child poverty.
Yesterday at #Evensong we celebrated the Feast of the Dedication of @westminsterabbey.bsky.social alongside the Lord Mayor of #Westminster and mayors from across London, including our very own Cllr @martinwhelton.bsky.social.
October 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Yesterday at #Evensong we celebrated the Feast of the Dedication of @westminsterabbey.bsky.social alongside the Lord Mayor of #Westminster and mayors from across London, including our very own Cllr @martinwhelton.bsky.social.
Day two of the @local.gov.uk leadership weekend was just as powerful.
Hearing from @brendadacres.bsky.social, Mayor of #Lewisham, really hit home. Being Black in these spaces means working twice as hard to get half as far, and her story opens the door for the rest of us.
Feeling inspired ✊🏾
Hearing from @brendadacres.bsky.social, Mayor of #Lewisham, really hit home. Being Black in these spaces means working twice as hard to get half as far, and her story opens the door for the rest of us.
Feeling inspired ✊🏾
October 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Day two of the @local.gov.uk leadership weekend was just as powerful.
Hearing from @brendadacres.bsky.social, Mayor of #Lewisham, really hit home. Being Black in these spaces means working twice as hard to get half as far, and her story opens the door for the rest of us.
Feeling inspired ✊🏾
Hearing from @brendadacres.bsky.social, Mayor of #Lewisham, really hit home. Being Black in these spaces means working twice as hard to get half as far, and her story opens the door for the rest of us.
Feeling inspired ✊🏾
Day one at @local.gov.uk Leadership Weekend left me recharged and inspired.
Amazing to hear from Lord Marvin Rees and @drshabina.bsky.social: two powerful examples of values-driven leadership that reflects the communities we come from.
We need more of this kind of leadership, especially now ✊🏾
Amazing to hear from Lord Marvin Rees and @drshabina.bsky.social: two powerful examples of values-driven leadership that reflects the communities we come from.
We need more of this kind of leadership, especially now ✊🏾
October 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Day one at @local.gov.uk Leadership Weekend left me recharged and inspired.
Amazing to hear from Lord Marvin Rees and @drshabina.bsky.social: two powerful examples of values-driven leadership that reflects the communities we come from.
We need more of this kind of leadership, especially now ✊🏾
Amazing to hear from Lord Marvin Rees and @drshabina.bsky.social: two powerful examples of values-driven leadership that reflects the communities we come from.
We need more of this kind of leadership, especially now ✊🏾
With our last bank closing, #Mitcham deserves a banking hub for our people.
Big thank you to Siobhain McDonagh MP for leading this campaign and making sure Mitcham isn’t left behind. Proud to stand with others fighting for our community.
Mitcham matters!
Big thank you to Siobhain McDonagh MP for leading this campaign and making sure Mitcham isn’t left behind. Proud to stand with others fighting for our community.
Mitcham matters!
October 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
With our last bank closing, #Mitcham deserves a banking hub for our people.
Big thank you to Siobhain McDonagh MP for leading this campaign and making sure Mitcham isn’t left behind. Proud to stand with others fighting for our community.
Mitcham matters!
Big thank you to Siobhain McDonagh MP for leading this campaign and making sure Mitcham isn’t left behind. Proud to stand with others fighting for our community.
Mitcham matters!