{"id":786552,"date":"2026-07-07T18:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/786552\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T18:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:01:08","slug":"residents-invited-to-help-shape-new-west-surrey-council-brand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/786552\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents invited to help shape new West Surrey Council brand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Residents\u00a0from across Surrey are invited to\u00a0get involved to\u00a0help shape\u00a0the brand\u00a0identity\u00a0of the new West Surrey Council.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The council will need to\u00a0create its own\u00a0distinct brand\u00a0identities,\u00a0to\u00a0help everyone\u00a0recognise\u00a0who is\u00a0delivering\u00a0local services\u00a0from April 2027.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0new brand\u00a0will be created at no cost by designers working in councils across Surrey. To help inform these designs, residents, businesses, council staff,\u00a0partners\u00a0and community groups across Surrey are invited to have a say on the future visual identities of the new West Surrey Council.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is the first phase of a wider programme of engagement to help shape the new council.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A survey has been created\u00a0for people to\u00a0share their views. This will be available to complete in the 52 libraries across the county to ensure a broad range of voices are heard.\u00a0We are asking residents to share their views on:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What makes our area unique?<br \/>\nWhat are you most proud of?<br \/>\nWhat should your future council\u2019s look and feel reflect?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Insights gathered\u00a0from the survey\u00a0will be used to help create the new logo and brand for West Surrey Council. This means that each brand will reflect the distinct views of the people in the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Residents have until 11.59pm on Monday 3\u00a0August\u00a0to complete a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartsurvey.co.uk\/s\/future-surrey-brands\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">short survey,<\/a> more information can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surreylgrhub.gov.uk\/your-future-surrey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Future Surrey website on the get involved webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Councillor Paul Follows, the Leader of West Surrey Shadow Authority added:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur focus\u00a0remains\u00a0on creating a council that delivers high-quality services, provides value for\u00a0money\u00a0and meets the needs of residents,\u00a0businesses\u00a0and communities across West Surrey.\u00a0This engagement is an opportunity for people across West Surrey to help define how we present ourselves as a new council.\u00a0We\u2019re\u00a0not asking for views on logos or designs, but on what really matters to our communities &#8211; the character,\u00a0feel\u00a0and identity of the area. By taking part, residents can shape the new West Surrey brand and ensure this is a people\u2019s brand.\u00a0We are also committed to keeping costs to a minimum, so I am delighted that the new brand will be created in-house, with designers\u00a0working in\u00a0all councils.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents\u00a0from across Surrey are invited to\u00a0get involved to\u00a0help shape\u00a0the brand\u00a0identity\u00a0of the new West Surrey Council.\u00a0 The council will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-786552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}