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Charities’ support centre under threat from latest flats scheme
Around a dozen locally based charities and support groups face being evicted from their offices or having access to vital facilities withdrawn, as the owner wants to convert two floors of the Croydon Carers’ Support Centre on George Street into … Continue reading
Police needs to re-build trust with the victims of crime
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Charity founder TRACEY FORD, pictured left, on how her family has been denied justice for more than a decade, since the shooting of her teenaged son, Andre, at Streatham ice rink, a murder for which no one has … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Crime, JAGS, Knife crime
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Inquest ‘was like re-living his murder’ says mother of shot teen
The Metropolitan Police have issued a formal apology to Tracey Ford, the founder of a Croydon-based charity, after they failed to inform her that a coroner’s inquest was being held into the murder of her teenaged son that happened 10 … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, JAGS, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Policing
Tagged JAGS, JAGS Foundation, Tracey Ford
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JAGS Foundation stages 10th anniversary dinner at City Hall
The JAGS Foundation is 10 years old this year, and to mark the anniversary they are staging a fund-raising gala dinner at City Hall next month. JAGS is a Croydon-based organisation which seeks to reduce and eliminate violent crime among … Continue reading
Youth groups have fun to fund-raise in Surrey Street, Sep 19
Two organisations working with young people on different scales, 12 young people and a team of enthusiastic staff. The result? A Family Fun Day in Croydon North End on Saturday to raise money for a great cause. JAGS Foundation and … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, JAGS
Tagged charity, Croydon, CVA, JAGS, JAGS Foundation, Surrey Street
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Charity founder Ford seeks backing for award nominations
Tracey Ford, the founder the JAGS Foundation, a Croydon-based charity which campaigns to reduce violent youth crime, has been nominated for awards from Just Giving and Back2Black to celebrate her work with bereaved mothers and for young people. Ford founded … Continue reading
JAGS founder calls for more help to combat gang culture
Tracey Ford, the founder of the Croydon-based anti-violence body the JAGS Foundation, has welcomed a government report on the first year of its Ending Gang and Youth Violence (EGYV) initiative. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme last week, Ford … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Crime, JAGS, Policing
Tagged BBC Radio 4, Croydon, England, London, Princes Trust
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JAGS Foundation community event: Sep 14
The JAGS Foundation and The Challenge are joining forces to bring a great community event to the people of Croydon this Saturday September 14, while raising much-needed funds to support the work of a locally based youth organisation. JAGS Foundation … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Charity, Community associations, JAGS
Tagged Croydon, England, Facebook, London, National Citizen Service, Youth
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Croydon anti-crime charities receive £40,000 from Standard
Two strong and courageous women, both with inspiring Croydon stories to tell, were featured in the Evening Standard this week, as Tracey Ford, the founder of the JAGS Foundation, an anti-crime charity, and Eliza Rebeiro, the founder of Lives Not … Continue reading
