Category Archives: Leisure services

Leisure centre opens – and charges locals £44 per month

Posted on January 30, 2013 by

Olympic legacy? Not at the Waddon Leisure Centre, opened yesterday by Croydon Council inviting a Paralympic champion from… Sutton. The public facility – built at a cost of £15million, or one-tenth of the price we are paying for the Council … Continue reading →

Posted in Clare Hilley, Fusion, Leisure services, Simon Hoar, Tony Harris, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Laings give up on URV schemes due to lack of interest

Posted on January 19, 2013 by

Croydon Council’s “innovative” £450 million urban regeneration vehicle will not be copied by any other local authority any time soon, as their partners in the scheme, John Laing, have announced that they will not be bidding for any more such … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Fusion, John Laing Integrated Services, Jon Rouse, Leisure services, Planning, Property, Purley Way, Sport, URV, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Grassroots sports clubs are facing an Olympic task

Posted on June 10, 2012 by

What lasting impact will the Olympics have on sport in Croydon? Not much, says STEVEN DOWNES It’s less than 50 days now until the Olympic Games begin in our city. But here, in Croydon, we seem almost untouched by the … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 Olympics, Activities, Athletics, Cricket, Croydon Harriers, Health, Leisure services, Purley, Purley Pool, Rugby Union, Schools, Shirley, Sport, Streatham-Croydon RFC, Swimming | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Pollard agrees to extend consultation at Question Time event

Posted on May 24, 2012 by

The deputy leader of the Conservative group that controls Croydon Council has given an undertaking that the consultation period for the Upper Norwood Joint Library will be extended. Councillor Tim Pollard told residents at Tuesday evening’s council Question Time staged … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe, Clare Hilley, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Leisure services, Libraries, Sara Bashford, Simon Hoar, Tim Pollard, Tony Harris, URV, Waddon, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , ,

Purley campaigners fear their pool is “under attack”

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

Campaigners supporting Purley Pool are concerned that a council consultation process is laying the groundwork for redevelopment of the pool, car park and the former Sainsbury’s store. The council’s “spatial” planning team has issued a circular inviting submissions from developers … Continue reading →

Posted in Activities, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Health, Leisure services, Parking, Planning, Property, Purley, Purley Pool, Richard Ottaway MP, Sport, Swimming, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Who decided Croydon should be an Olympics-free zone?

Posted on July 24, 2011 by

Have you had a look around Croydon the past couple of weekends? Notice anything happening? No, not the usual puddle of half-dried vomit amid the fast food wrappers and empty beer bottles that scatter the pavements in the town centre … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 Olympics, Activities, Boris Johnson, Commuting, Gavin Barwell MP, Leisure services, Libraries, London-wide issues, Richard Ottaway MP, Sara Bashford, Sport | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Use ‘em or lose ‘em: Council plan to axe six Croydon libraries

Posted on December 5, 2010 by

Croydon Council’s latest money-saving wheeze is to close six of the borough’s libraries. Sanderstead, Norbury, Shirley, Bradmore Green, Broad Green and South Norwood libraries all face the axe under recommendations to be put before the council Cabinet next week. According … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon North, Leisure services, Libraries, Sara Bashford | 1 Comment

Purley Pool campaign calls for support on masterplans

Posted on September 29, 2010 by

Campaigners to save Purley Pool are seeking your help urgently to help influence the consultation process Croydon Council is undertaking for its masterplans for the borough. Purley Pool has been given a four-year stay of demolition by Croydon Council leader … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon South, Leisure services, Mike Fisher, Purley Pool, Sport

Croydon misses the starter’s gun for Olympic Weekend

Posted on July 20, 2010 by

Finally, Croydon admits the Olympics really are coming to London. It was 6.30 last night, six months after Boris and London’s Games organisers had set a deadline for local authorities throughout the capital to make submissions, and a month since … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 Olympics, Activities, Croydon Council, Fusion, Leisure services, Purley Pool, Sara Bashford, Sport | 1 Comment

Historic Streatham ice rink to move – possibly forever

Posted on July 17, 2010 by

A near-century of public amenity just up the road is about to end, according to Jason Cobb who reports that Lambeth Council has opted to move Streatham’s ice rink to a temporary site in Brixton, while Tesco’s multi-million-pound development of … Continue reading →

Posted in Activities, Leisure services, London-wide issues

Issues up the road with Fusion’s leisure management

Posted on July 11, 2010 by
Posted in Leisure services, Purley Pool, Sport

Purley Pool given 4-year lifeline by Council leader

Posted on July 1, 2010 by

The future of Purley Pool and leisure centre has been guaranteed for the next four years, following a meeting on Tuesday night between the local campaign group, the leader of Croydon Council and the contractors, Fusion. Fred Wallis, of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon South, Leisure services, Mike Fisher, Purley Pool, Richard Ottaway MP, Sport

When pooling local resources does not always work

Posted on June 29, 2010 by
Posted in Activities, Croydon Council, Leisure services, Sport