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Category Archives: Charity
Charities team up with a festival of football for primary pupils
Palace for Life, Crystal Palace FC’s charity arm, is taking part in a community summer school being staged in South Croydon next week, with club coaches staging a football festival as the grand finale for more than 150 children from … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Charity, Crystal Palace FC, Education, Palace for Life Foundation, Roisha Hughes, Schools, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Crystal Palace FC, Football, Haling Park, Japanese, Palace for Life Foundation, Science, South Croydon, Sport, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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£130m Crystal Palace sports centre scheme is given go-ahead
Bromley Council last night granted planning permission for a £130million refurbishment of the long-neglected sports centre at Crystal Palace, with plans backed by London Mayor Sadiq Khan that are to be funded by the Greater London Authority. Councillors on Bromley’s … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Basketball, Bromley Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Sadiq Khan, Sport, Swimming, Tennis
Tagged Bromley Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace sports centre, Crystal Palace Sports Partnership, London, Mayor, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan
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Crystal Palace’s dinosaurs are no longer at risk of extinction
Crystal Palace Park’s Grade I-listed dinosaurs have been removed from Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register, after years of painstaking work by expert restorers and local volunteers. The move comes as the multi-million-pound restoration project across the whole park has … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Bromley Council, Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, Education, Friends of Crystal Palace Park, History
Tagged Bromley Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace dinosaurs, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, Hot air balloon, National Lottery Heritage Fund, Victoria Pinnington
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Up! Up! And away! You’re invited to Crystal Palace celebrations
After more than a year of regeneration works, key areas of Crystal Palace Park have been transformed, including the world-famous Grade I-listed dinosaurs, while the new Visitor Centre is ready to open and a dinosaur adventure playground has been built. … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, Friends of Crystal Palace Park, History, Music
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace dinosaurs, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, Hot air balloon, National Lottery Heritage Fund
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Free SWLLC benefits and housing advice sessions, Selhurst
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Google and Gatwick among employers attending MPs’ jobs fair
MPs Sarah Jones and Natasha Irons are jointly hosting a jobs fair for young people in the borough. Intended for those aged 16 and over, the fair brings together major industry players including Google, EY Foundation, the NHS, Transport for … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Business, Croydon Commitment, Croydon East, Croydon West, Gatwick Airport, Natasha Irons, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon West, Department of Work and Pensions, DWP, Gatwick Airport, Google, Natasha Irons MP, NHS, Sarah Jones MP, TfL, Transport for London
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Threat to life and infrastructure as Red heat warning issued
St John Ambulance provides first aid advice for noticing and treating symptoms of common conditions including heat exhaustion, sunstroke and dehydration The Met Office has this morning issued a Red heat warning for Croydon and much of southern England and … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Health
Tagged Croydon, Heat exhaustion, Heat wave, London, Met Office, Red heat warning, St John Ambulance, Sunburn, Sunstroke
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Youth theatre is raising funds to make an impact in the long run
Charity is feeling the squeeze after its landlord – Croydon Council – makes it pay for all repairs and maintenance of its council-owned building. Now they are calling for public support at a fundraising festival on July 25 A Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Charity, CYTO, South Norwood, Theatre
Tagged Anna Shields, Croydon Youth Theatre Organisation, CYTO, Shoestring Theatre, South Norwood, Ultramarathon
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Good Food Matters Open Day, New Addington, Fri June 19
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Free SWLLC benefits and housing advice sessions, Selhurst
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T NOTE the revised timings and venue details
Farm Fest annual fund-raiser, Deen City Farm, Merton, Jun 27
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Posted in Activities, Advertisement, Advertisement features, Charity, Environment, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon, Deen city farm, Phipps Bridge
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Good Food Matters Open Day, New Addington, Fri June 19
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Paxton is given a new perspective across the park he designed
Paxton’s head is back! The bust of Sir Joseph Paxton, the designer of the Crystal Palace, has been relocated to its original location on the Italian Terraces in Crystal Palace Park, as part of ongoing regeneration works.
Posted in Art, Croydon parks, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, History, Victoria Pinnington
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, National Lottery, National Lottery Heritage Fund, Paxton's head, Sir Joseph Paxton, Victoria Pinnington
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Help at the Minster on Sunday with sleep packs for refugees
In this Volunteers’ Week, Croydon Minster is asking for people to come along this Saturday to help assemble sleep packs for young refugees. The Minster is partnering again with The Separated Child Foundation, and is seeking help this Sunday, June … Continue reading
Old Coulsdon Village Fair, Grange Park, Sat July 4 from noon
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Sight-loss charity appeals for volunteers for Croydon group
A volunteer is needed to help run a leading sight-loss charity support group in Croydon which helps people affected by macular disease. The Macular Society Croydon Support Group gets together every second Monday of the month, at Croydon Vision, Bedford … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Charity, Croydon Vision
Tagged charity, Croydon Vision, Macular Society, Volunteers
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Whitgift Foundation makes 41 ‘life-changing’ bursary awards
£200,000 That’s the value, at least, to the family of one boy of a bursary to attend Whitgift or Trinity independent schools in Croydon through from Year 7 this September all the way to the Upper Sixth. It’s a life-changing … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Education, Old Palace, Roisha Hughes, Schools, Trinity School, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Croydon, Fiona Fletcher-Smith, Old Palace School, Old Palace School of John Whitgift, Palace for Life Foundation, Paul Cleal, Roisha Hughes, Shirley Park, South Croydon, Trinity, Trinity School, Westfield, Whiftgift School, Whitgift, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Young refugees’ art exhibition to open at Museum of Croydon
A multimedia exhibition created by young refugees and asylum seekers is opening at the Museum of Croydon tomorrow to mark 10 years of the charity Play for Progress. Forever We Can Be Full will bring together original artwork, photography, music, … Continue reading
Common Ground workshops, South Norwood, May 27 & Jun 3
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Old Coulsdon Village Fair, Grange Park, Sat July 4 from noon
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Farm Fest annual fund-raiser, Deen City Farm, Merton, Jun 27
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Posted in Activities, Advertisement, Advertisement features, Charity, Environment, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon, Deen city farm, Phipps Bridge
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Common Ground workshops, South Norwood, May 27 & Jun 3
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Carshalton infants’ school digs in with garden centre’s help
Dobbies Garden Centres is supporting 53 local charities and community groups across the country through its Community Gardens initiative. And from hundreds of nominations received, their Woodcote Green store has chosen to support Victor Seymour Infants School in Carshalton. The … Continue reading
Sing and Stroll, St Peter’s churchyard, S Croydon, Sat May 23
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