Category Archives: Croydon Nightwatch

Social services handed out food donations over Christmas

Posted on January 1, 2014 by insidecroydon

Food donations made by Croydon Council staff for the poor and vulnerable over Christmas were distributed directly by local social services ahead of the holiday break, sources have confirmed to Inside Croydon. Croydon Council’s annual charity food collection was previously highlighted … Continue reading →

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Noted: How our local MPs voted to oppose food bank motion

Posted on December 20, 2013 by insidecroydon

On Wednesday, in the House of Commons, the Labour party put forward a motion that called for the government to look into the use of food banks in Britain. The number of people – many of them hard-working families – … Continue reading →

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Food Bank Britain 2013: some uncomfortable truths

Posted on December 18, 2013 by insidecroydon

There is a debate in parliament today on the rising use of – and need for – food banks in Britain in 2013. Inside Croydon’s Christmas Appeal this year is for Croydon Nightwatch, the local charity which dispenses food to … Continue reading →

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Off their trolley: council’s sorry whip-round for families in crisis

Posted on December 10, 2013 by insidecroydon

If you had any doubt whether the people of Croydon need to help the homeless and poor of the borough, because they cannot rely on their elected councillors to provide food and other assistance, then they have only to consider this … Continue reading →

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Which councillors attended Town Hall Christmas banquet?

Posted on December 10, 2013 by insidecroydon

Many thanks to all those who have already expressed support, and donated or offered other help, to Croydon Nightwatch as a result of Inside Croydon’s Christmas appeal. We have noted before the proximity, and stark contrast, between the grinding poverty … Continue reading →

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Our Christmas Appeal 2013: Help Croydon Nightwatch

Posted on December 9, 2013 by insidecroydon

STEVEN DOWNES, the founder of Inside Croydon, calls on this site’s loyal reader to make a difference this Christmas We were walking back from the Fairfield Halls. It was just after nine, one of the first really freezing cold nights … Continue reading →

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Police chief wants to have Nightwatch soup kitchen moved on

Posted on December 4, 2013 by insidecroydon

Croydon Nightwatch, the local charity whose nightly work with the homeless and poor at Queen’s Gardens has been under threat from the council, today described comments by the borough’s police commander, David Musker, as ill-informed and accused Croydon’s most senior … Continue reading →

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Soup kitchen PR disaster forces council U-turn – for now

Posted on November 30, 2013 by insidecroydon

Croydon Council has been shamed into backing down from “utilising all available bye [sic] laws” to stop a local charity handing out food to the homeless and poor in Queen’s Gardens, as was revealed by Inside Croydon this week. The sudden … Continue reading →

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Nightwatch charity chairman: “Our activities are legal”

Posted on November 30, 2013 by insidecroydon

This is the response from JAD ADAMS, the chairman of Croydon Nightwatch, to Croydon Council’s plans to move the charity’s nightly soup kitchen from Queen’s Gardens Nightwatch has been operating since 1976, it is the largest volunteer organisation in the … Continue reading →

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Barwell provides a “nasty” reminder with soup kitchen blunder

Posted on November 29, 2013 by insidecroydon

Another day, another Twitter blunder by Gavin Barwell, the MP for the Whitgift Foundation. This time he has given his backing to the council’s action to move a nightly soup kitchen from Queen’s Gardens, in his Croydon Central constituency, because … Continue reading →

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Council to use “all available bye laws” to move soup kitchen

Posted on November 28, 2013 by insidecroydon

Croydon Council wants to stop a local charity providing a much-needed soup kitchen in Queen’s Gardens to the area’s homeless and poor. Croydon Nightwatch, formed in 1976, offers food and assistance to the needy every night of the year out … Continue reading →

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Roller Derby get their skates on to back Nightwatch

Posted on November 26, 2013 by insidecroydon

LILY “COOPER” RAE and ALEX “PUNK” CAMPBELL invite you to support a charity fund-raising event this Sunday This Sunday, December 1, a very special Christmas roller derby event is taking place in a tucked-away sports centre in Carshalton – and … Continue reading →

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