Category Archives: Charity

Dinosaur sculptures get help from Heritage Lottery Fund

Crystal Palace Park has received £304,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to help with the improvements and restoration of its “dinosaur island”. The Lottery grant is part of a wider £5million regeneration project being undertaken in the park by … Continue reading

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Church leaders spent £95,000 charity cash on foreign holidays

The pastor of an evangelical church that used to stage its services in Croydon’s Fairfield Halls has been banned from acting as a charity trustee for 10 years after an official investigation found ‘serious misconduct and mismanagement, including misuse of … Continue reading

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Bromley’s handover of precious park delayed by six months

The handover of Crystal Palace Park from Bromley Council to the Crystal Palace Park Trust will not now be completed on April 1, as had been planned, but is to be “phased” over the course of the next six months. … Continue reading

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BBC’s Antiques Roadshow heads for Crystal Palace in June

Fiona Bruce and the Antiques Roadshow team is returning to south London this summer, when the historic Crystal Palace Park will be one of the six locations for the filming of the 46th series of the celebrated BBC programme. First … Continue reading

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Aldi survey: Half of parents skip meals to feed their children

Supermarket chain Aldi has today launched its Adult Breakfast Club, offering the most important meal of the day to hard-pressed parents. Aldi, with the help of its charity partner Neighbourly, is donating 10 tonnes of healthy breakfast cereals and 5,000 … Continue reading

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St John Ambulance offers young responders vital new skills

If your son, daughter, grandchild, or their best friend was stabbed or attacked in the street, would you know what to do? If their drink was spiked, or they’d had too much to drink, and collapsed, having the skills to … Continue reading

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Woodland Trust is offering free trees to fight climate crisis

Schools and community groups across Croydon are being urged to join the fight against climate change and nature loss by taking advantage of the Woodland Trust’s latest tree-pack giveaway. Applications for the charity’s free tree-packs scheme are open now and … Continue reading

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Bookings are open for 70 children’s Easter activity centres

The Easter holidays will see more than 70 activity clubs operate across the borough, offering free places for children and young people in receipt of free school meals. Backed with a £350,000 grant from Government, the clubs are being run … Continue reading

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Community Kitchen fund-raising quiz, Jolly Sailor, Mar 26

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Book and Cake Sale, St Peter’s, South Croydon, Mar 18

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Homelessness charity workers ballot on strikes over low pay

Hundreds of workers at Britain’s biggest homelessness charity are being balloted over strike action in a long-running dispute over low levels of pay, while the charity’s chief executive enjoys a salary of £189,000 per year. Frontline workers at St Mungo’s, … Continue reading

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Business goes extra 30 miles to raise cash for cancer charity

A Purley-based cancer charity has been given more to celebrate than just its 40th anniversary this year, after a local business smashed its fundraising target by more than 400per cent. The South East Cancer Help Centre, based in the Tesco … Continue reading

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Family Fund charity urges families to grasp Your Opportunity

Families caring for young disabled adults at home are being offered help to improve quality of life by a national charity. Already faced with three times higher costs to bring up disabled children, the cost-of-living crisis is placing families in … Continue reading

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New Addington Community Hub, Central Parade, every Wed

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Free legal advice, South East Cancer Help Centre, Mar 1

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Turkey-Syria Earthquake charity appeal: collections til Feb 25

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Indoor Boot Sale, St Paul’s Croham Park Ave, Mar 11

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Quiz Night fundraiser, St Paul’s Croham Park Ave, Mar 4

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Council appeals for early applications for Coronation parties

Croydon Council has today announced that it is open for applications from neighbourhood groups and communities who might want to stage Coronation parties in May. “The Coronation Big Lunch Event is being held over the weekend of Saturday May 6 … Continue reading

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Help precious pollinators by getting your own Bee Saver Kit

There are unprecedented challenges facing the world, but our fragile food system would be put under even more strain if we lose our bees. Bees pollinate 75per cent of our main food crops worldwide, but right now they are dying … Continue reading

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Get Work Ready 6-week course, Selhurst Park, from Feb 23

 

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Kick Off into Construction open evening, Selhurst Park, Feb 15

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Cherry Orchard Garden Centre could be offered CAT reprieve

CROYDON IN CRISIS: The cash-strapped council’s efforts to reduce its operating costs could see up to seven public-owned assets transferred to community groups, including a much-loved garden centre in the town centre that was under threat of closure. EXCLUSIVE by … Continue reading

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£250,000 Lottery funding available for ‘Community Weekend’

Groups from across Croydon are being encouraged to pitch for a share of £250,000 Lottery cash to be part of London’s first-ever Mayor’s Community Weekend. The Mayor of London’s Community Weekend takes place from June 23 to June 25, and … Continue reading

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