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Charity concern as butterfly numbers fall to lowest level
Butterfly numbers across the country have fallen to the lowest level for more than a decade, according to a wildlife charity following its annual survey. Butterfly Conservation is the charity which has been working with the London Wildlife Trust and … Continue reading
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Bluebird Care join in with a virtual Macmillan coffee morning
Bluebird Care Croydon will be backing Macmillan Cancer Support by holding their very own coffee morning for their staff as part of the annual World’s Biggest Coffee Morning tomorrow. Macmillan’s first coffee morning took place in 1990 and since then … Continue reading
Children’s cancer charity stages virtual walk this month
These have been tough times for many organisations, especially charities, many of whom have had to cancel long-planned fund-raisers because of covid-19, and so have lost important sources of income. Some have responded with innovative ideas that have allowed people … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Health, Lily Pad Appeal, Mayday Hospital
Tagged Chartwell Cancer Trust, Lily Pad Appeal, Mayday Hospital
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Take a walk in someone else’s shoes to help mental health
From this Thursday, Shawmind, a mental health charity, is inviting people to take part in its month-long activity to encourage gentle exercise, raise funds and increase awareness around suicide, mental health and wellbeing. The campaign, Walk a Mile in My … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Charity, Health, Walks
Tagged Shawmind, World Mental Health Day
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Community activists’ new conversation around kitchen table
The community activists behind one of the most successful projects in South Norwood have begun a new exercise, which they are calling The Kitchen Table Project – but this aims at being about a lot more than cooking meals for … Continue reading
Park’s learning department could be axed by National Trust
The National Trust’s slogan at present is “Everyone needs nature”. At the National Trust-run Morden Hall Park, just a short tram ride from Croydon, there is nature in abundance in a free-to-enter green oasis in the city, seemingly a perfect … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Education, Environment, Schools
Tagged Morden Hall Park, National Trust
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Disability charity seeks help so that together we can soar
Willow Learning for Life, a Croydon-based community interest company, has launched an appeal to give hope to adults with learning disabilities devastated by cuts in support, discrimination, and lack of opportunities “Together We Can Soar” is a project designed and … Continue reading
Children’s cancer charity celebrates hitting Mayday milestone
A locally based charity appeal is celebrating reaching a milestone towards its goal of raising £750,000 to the cost of creating a children’s cancer unit at Mayday Hospital. Despite having to halt all traditional charity fund-raising activities in March because … Continue reading
Cassandra Centre Art in the Park, Rookery Gardens, Aug 21
Posted in Activities, Charity, Community associations, Norbury
Tagged Cassandra Centre, Norbury, The Rookery
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Cassandra Centre kids’ summer Zoom arts classes, Aug 11-13
Please note the amended timings
Posted in Activities, Art, Charity, Community associations, Norbury
Tagged Cassandra Centre, Norbury
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Cassandra Centre kids’ photography competition, Aug 10-17
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Tagged Cassandra Centre, Norbury
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Tea rooms want to stage ‘thank you’ party for NHS staff
A café at the heart of the community in Sanderstead is calling on its customers and neighbours to help to raise funds for a special “Thank You” party for the Critical Care Team at Mayday Hospital. During the covid -19 … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Charity, Health, Mayday Hospital, Restaurants, Sanderstead
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Mayday Hospital, Priscilla's Tea Room, Sanderstead
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NSPCC reopens its Croydon centre to offer vital services
The NSPCC’s Croydon service centre has become one of the charity’s first sites in the country to physically reopen its doors for children’s face-to-face support work. Since the national lockdown, the practitioners at the base have been adapting the vital … Continue reading
Mothers’ charity sues Chancellor over self-employed support
A women’s charity yesterday started suing Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for discrimination in the implementation of the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS). The action is being taken by Pregnant Then Screwed. One of its members is Olga … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Community associations, Olga Fitzroy
Tagged Croydon South, Olga Fitzroy, Pregnant Then Screwed, Rishi Sunak
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Painting has sustainable goals for year as Rotary president
The Rotary Club of Croydon has a new president, Pat Painting. Painting takes over after Christopher Dighton’s year in office. The Rotary Club’s monthly meetings held in Oakfield Road were suspended at the end of March because of coronavirus, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Rotary Club of Croydon
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School to hold Food Bank Day to help families through summer
Thomas More School in Purley has organised a Food Bank Day for tomorrow, Wednesday, July 15, from 9.45am to 3pm. “The school has been through an extraordinary time and our families have been through many difficulties during this lockdown,” Eugene … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Community associations, Purley, Schools, Thomas More Purley
Tagged Purley, Thomas More School
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It could be you: National Lottery is looking for award-winners
Today, marks the launch of 2020’s National Lottery Awards and the organisers are calling on the people of Croydon to start nominating. This year the annual search for the country’s most popular National Lottery-funded projects will, for the first time, … Continue reading
Volunteers in Selsdon shift their work from food to support
As – for better or for worse – the government eases coronavirus lockdown conditions, so some of the mutual aid groups and food banks which sprang up around the borough three months ago are now being wound up. Age UK … Continue reading
UnFairbnb: Council has nothing to show for £200,000 spend
EXCLUSIVE: Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, provides a reminder of another significant amount of council cash that was poorly spent – but helped line the pockets of ‘friends and family’ of the Town Hall’s Labour leadership Do you remember … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Bishop of Croydon, Business, Charity, Croydon Council, David Evans, Fairness Commission, Hannah Miller, Housing, Rowenna Davis, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Bishop Jonathan Clark, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairbnb, Fairness Commission, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Rowenna Davis, Tony Newman
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Legacy Youth Zone boosted by £150,000 pledge from patron
Ruskin Square has increased its donation to Croydon’s Legacy Youth Zone by £50,000 a year over the next three years. Ruskin Square is the mixed-used development at East Croydon, developed by Stanhope and Schroders. They were one of the “Founder … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Croydon Council, Ruskin Square
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Legacy Youth Zone, Ruskin Square, Stanhope Schroders
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#Onetin: You can make a difference to reduce food insecurity
ROWENNA DAVIS, pictured right, and her covid-19 mutual aid group are making a difference to those struggling in poverty – one tin at a time At the beginning of this crisis, food insecurity was widespread, as supermarket shelves were stripped … Continue reading
